Water Quality | Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference
NPS Conference Presentations 2012
Opening Remarks
- Strengthening the Clean Water Act 319 Program
Lynda Hall, U.S. EPA
Welcome To New Hampshire
- The Great Bay Nitrogen Pollution Source Study
Philip Trowbridge, NH DES
- Green Snow Pros – Working on Salt Solutions for Roads and Parking Lots
Eric Williams, NH DES
Patrick Santoso, UNH Technology Transfer Center
Session 1.1: Structural BMP Challenges – Selection, Inspection and Maintenance
- Mass DOT’s Impaired Waters Program – Charles River Watershed
Alex Murray, Mass DOT
Theresa McGovern, VHB, Inc. - Where are Those Old BMPs Now?
Jeffrey Marcoux, NH DES
- Misunderestimating Maintenance: An Empirical Approach to Quantifying Reasonable Maintenance Expectations for LID Strategies
James Houle, UNH Stormwater Center
Session 1.2: Fluvial Geomorphology – Effects on Pollutant Loading and Stream Health
- Contributions and Potential Reductions in Delivery of Fine Sediment and Phosphorus to Lake Champlain from Streambanks of the Missisquoi River
Staci Pomeroy, VT DEC
- Urban Watershed Renewal in Berry Brook: An Examination of Impervious Cover, Stream Restoration and Ecosystem Response
Robert Roseen, UNH Stormwater Center
Tom Ballestero, UNH Stormwater Center - Benefits of a Fluvial Geomorphologically Based River Restoration Project in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Tyler Phillips, Horizons Engineering
Session 2.1: Tough Talk on Turf
- The New Jersey Fertilizer Law: Tackling Nonpoint Source Pollution One State at a Time
Heather Saffert, Clean Ocean Action
- Influencing Homeowner Behaviors to Protect Water Quality and Minimize Environmental Impacts of Urban Landscapes
Chris Wible, Scotts Miracle Gro Company
- The Northeast Voluntary Turf Fertilizer Initiative
Clair Ryan, NEIWPCC
Session 2.2: From Planning to Action – Implementation Case Studies
- Case Study: The Cobbett’s Pond Watershed Restoration Plan
Robert Hartzel, Geosyntec Consultants
- Building Blue in Franklin, Massachusetts
Julie Wood, Charles River Watershed Association
- Nutt Pond Watershed Restoration Plan Implementation and Case Studies
Robert Robinson, City of Manchester Environmental Protection Division
Benjamin Lundsted, Comprehensive Environmental, Inc.
Session 3.1: Urban Restoration Challenges and Successes
- 303(d)? Dam – not me! - The Maxwell Pond Dam Removal/Black Brook Restoration Project NPS Success Story Saga
Stephen Landry, NH DES
- A Comprehensive Approach to Urban Water Quality Restoration: Roger Williams Park Ponds, Providence, Rhode Island
Thomas Ardito, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
- Reducing Pollution to New York City’s Rivers and Harbors Using Green Infrastructure
Anne Kitchell, Horsley Witten Group
Rich Claytor, Horsley Witten Group
Session 3.2: Prioritization and Planning Tools
- Recovery Potential Screening in Massachusetts
Laura Blake, Cadmus Group, Inc.
Jane Peirce, Mass DEP - Surrogate Pollutant TMDLs in New England: Wave of the Future?!
Chester Arnold, UConn Center for Land Use Education and Research
Chris Bellucci, CT DEEP
Melissa Evers, ME DEP - Designing Effectiveness Monitoring Plans for TMDLs, Watershed Plans, and Other Pollutant Load Reduction Efforts
Laura Blake, Cadmus Group, Inc.
Session 3.3: Approaches to Tackling Unregulated Stormwater
- Implementing a Rural Stormwater Management Program in Vermont Communities
James Pease, VT DEC
David Braun, Stone Environmental, Inc.
Milly Archer Vermont League of Cities and Towns - A Subwatershed Approach to Developing a Management Plan for Lake Winnipesaukee
Patricia Tarpey, Lake Winnipesaukee Watershed Association
Dari Sassan, Lakes Region Planning Commission - Utilizing Local Volunteers to Organize and Implement a Successful Face-to-Face Septic and Stormwater Survey in New Hampshire
Jen Jespersen, FB Environmental
Closing Session: Economic Perspectives on Green Infrastructure
- Green Infrastructure – The Bottom Line
Andrew Reese, AMEC Environment and Infrastructure
- Linking the Economic Benefits of LID and Community Decisions
Robert Roseen, UNH Stormwater Centre
- Mapping and Legal Implications of Future Flooding in the Lamprey River Watershed of New Hampshire Due to Changes in Land Use and Climate
Cameron Wake, UNH