Ecosystem Services of Floodplains and Backwaters
Thursday, February 2, 1:00 - 2:40 pm
Moderator: Catherine McCalvin, The Nature Conservancy

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
1:00 - 1:20	Ken Lubinski, US Geological Survey & The Nature Conservancy R. Clevenstine, US Fish and Wildlife Service M. Davis, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources P. West, The Nature Conservancy S. Brewer, US Army Corps of Engineers N. McVay, US Army Corps of Engineers	How can we incorporate floodplain ecosystem services into Mississippi River management decisions?
1:20 - 1:40	William F. James, ERDC Eau Galle Aquatic Ecology Laboratory William B. Richardson, US Geological Survey David M. Soballe. ERDC Environmental Laboratory	Nutrient processing in backwater wetlands of the Upper Mississippi River
1:40 - 2:00	Terri M. Jicha, US Environmental Protection Agency B.H. Hill, US Environmental Protection Agency L. Johnson, Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth C.M. Elonen, US Environmental Protection Agency M.S. Pearson, US Environmental Protection Agency	Effect of flood pulses and season on nitrification rates in Upper Mississippi River forested floodplains
2:00 - 2:20	Nic Jelinski, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Joy Zedler, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Chris Kucharik, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Carbon sequestration, land use and vegetation change: Prospects for a southern Wisconsin floodplain
2:20 - 2:40	Laura Craig, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Jean Bahr, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Ken Potter, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Eric Roden, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Identifying denitrification processes in a riverine floodplain and wetland located in Dane County, Wisconsin

Restoration of Riverine Wetlands: Mitigation and Other Case Studies
Thursday, February 2, 1:00 - 2:40 pm
Moderator: Jim Ruwaldt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
1:00 - 1:20	Alice Thompson, Thompson & Associates Wetland Services	Restoration of vegetation on the restored Pike River, Racine, WI: Successes and failures
1:20 - 1:40	Janet Smith, Wisconsin Department of Transportation	Inside WisDOT: Mitigation, the restoration process and a riparian case study
1:40 - 2:00	Jon Gumtow, Natural Resources Consulting, Inc. Bernard Michaud, Earth Tech, Inc.	Design of a floodplain forest wetland mitigation site
2:00 - 2:20	Nicole Kalkbrenner, JFNew Robert Wolfe, JFNew	Restoration of a wet prairie community along the Little Calumet River (NW Indiana)
2:20 - 2:40	Timothy Rogers, SERVICE Engineering Group Dean Myers, SERVICE Engineering Group	Natural resource functions and values assessment of wetland communities at a superfund remediation site and associated mitigation site

Biodiversity of Riverine Wetlands: Habitat, Monitoring & Management (Part 1)
Thursday, February 2, 1:00 - 2:40 pm
Moderator: Mary Linton, Univ. of Whitewater

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
1:00 - 1:20	Tracy A. G. Rittenhouse, Univ. of Missouri Raymond D. Semlitsch, Univ. of Missouri	Wood frogs in oak-hickory forests connect isolated wetlands and first order streams
1:20 - 1:40	Christopher D. Shulse, Missouri Department of Transportation Raymond D. Semlitsch, Univ. of Missouri	Amphibian use of constructed wetlands: riverine vs. upland
1:40 - 2:00	Bethany K. Williams, Univ. of Missouri Raymond D. Semlitsch, Univ. of Missouri	Amphibian use of streams and stream-corridor wetlands in an agricultural landscape
2:00 - 2:20	Jon Stravers, National Audubon Upper Mississippi River Campaign	The importance of wetland quality and wetland size in the Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo Lineatus) nesting sites along the Upper Mississippi River
2:20 - 2:40	David Vetrano, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Single species management: fact or fiction

Hydrologic and Geomorphic Perspectives on Riverine Wetlands
Thursday, February 1, 3:10 - 4:50 pm
Moderator: Emily Stanley, Univ. of Wisconsin

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
3:10 - 3:30	Dan Salas, JFNew	An introduction to stream morphology and its implications for riparian wetland restoration
3:30 - 3:50	Faith Fitzpatrick, US Geological Survey James C. Knox, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Joseph Schubauer-Berigan, US Environmental Protection Agency	Sedimentation history of halfway creek marsh, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin
3:50 - 4:10	Douglas Faulkner, Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Evan Weiher, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Hydrographic change in the Tiffany Bottoms from 1939 to 2001
4:10 - 4:30	Brick Fevold, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Joanne Kline, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Tom Bernthal, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	River oxbows to ephemeral ponds: What’s the connection?
4:30 - 4:50	Rio W. Roland, Applied Ecological Services, Inc. Scudder D. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Inc. John Bell, Applied Ecological Services, Inc.	Wetlands as regulators of flow regime in the Milwaukee River watershed

Restoration of Riverine Wetlands: Project Design and Evaluation
Thursday, February 1, 3:10 - 4:50 pm
Moderator: Alice Thompson, Thompson & Associates Wetland Services

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
3:10 - 3:30	Gregory Weber, Carroll College Eric Thobaben, Carroll College	Conceptual framework and initial results of a long-term buckthorn removal experiment in a riparian swamp
3:30 - 3:50	Robert D. Hansis, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Jeff Nania, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Matt Ruwalt, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Steve Richter, The Nature Conservancy Noah Lottig, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Emily Stanley, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Reconnecting a Stream to its floodplain on the East Branch of the Pecatonica River
3:50 - 4:10	Noah Lottig, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Emily Stanley, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Robert D. Hansis, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Reconnecting a stream to its floodplain on the East Branch of the Pecatonica River: In-stream responses
4:10 - 4:30	Jeffrey W. Matthews, Illinois Natural History Survey	Evaluation of restoration success in Illinois riverine wetlands
4:30 - 4:50	Facilitators: Alice Thompson & Jim Ruwaldt	Group discussion of lessons learned and research needs for restoration of wetlands associated with flowing waters

Using Science, Statute and Savvy to Protect Wisconsin’s Wetlands: A Regulatory Primer for Wetland Professionals
Thursday, February 1, 3:10 - 4:50 pm
Moderator: Erin O'Brien, Wisconsin Wetlands Association

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
3:10 - 3:30	Erin O'Brien, Wisconsin Wetlands Association	Section 404 of the Clean Water Act: Protection of wetlands adjacent and hydrologically connected to navigable waters
3:30 - 3:50	Erin O'Brien, Wisconsin Wetlands Association	State and local review of projects with wetland impacts
3:50 - 4:20	Dreux Watermolen, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Web-based tools for wetland professionals and wetland advocates
4:20 - 4:50	Gregg Breese, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Shoreland wetland zoning in Wisconsin