Agenda
Monday, September 18, 2023
Pre -Conference Tour:
| 12:45-1:00 | Load Buses, Departing promptly at 1 pm |
| 1:00-1:30 | Depart and Travel to Tesdell Farm NW 2nd St., ½ mile south of 300NW 158th Ave., Slater IA 50244 |
| 1:30-3:00 | Birth of Batch and Build Agricultural BMPs-hayrack rides Presenters: Lee Tesdell landowner and others one of his farmers on Ag BMPs: Cover Crops, Saturated Buffers, Prairie Strips, Bioreactors, Kurnza |
| 3:00-3:30 | Travel to Gray’s Station |
| 3:30-4:15 | Retrofitting Hundreds of Acres in Downtown Des Moines: Stormwater wetland at Gray’s Station Greg Pierce-RDG and Patrick- Bean-City of Des Moines |
| 4:15-4:30 | Travel to Market District |
| 4:30-5:00 | Eightly Biocells to Treat Dirty Water: Craig Clarkson-ISG and Patrick Beane-City of Des Moines Drive through Market District |
| 5:00-5:30 | 10 Years in the Making: The Largest Dam Removal in Iowa: Drive through and stop at Scott Ave. Bridge over DSM River for Dam removal and Watertrail-Presenter from Great Outdoors Foundation-TBD |
| 5:30-6:00 | Drive Back to Prairie Meadows |
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
| 9:00-10:00 | Exhibitor Setup |
| 10:00 | Posters/Exhibits open |
| PLENARY WEDNESDAY MORNING | |
| 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:15 | Keynote Drive Back to Prairie Meadows |
| 11:45-12:45 | Lunch |
| BREAKOUT ONE: Community Engagement and Water | |
| 12:45-1:15 | Paved Wetlands: Restoring Flood Storage Post Urbanization Tim Olson & Ryan Benjegerdes (Bolton & Menk) |
| 1:20-1:50 | Building a locally-led water monitoring program Daniel Haug (Prairie Rivers of Iowa); Tracy Peterson (City of Ames); Maryann Ryan (City of Ames); Sara Carmichael (Story County Conservation) |
| 1:55-2:25 | Northeast Iowa Watershed Guardian Program’s Innovative Model for Urban Stormwater Education Tori Nimrod (Northeast Iowa RC&D) |
| 2:30-3:00 | FloodGame: A Serious Game on Flood Mitigation for K-12 and Public Education Bekir Z Demiray (University of Iowa) |
| BREAKOUT TWO: Flood Resiliency | |
| 12:45-1:15 | Davenport’s Flood Resiliency Plan Teresa Stadelmann (HR Green, Inc.); Clay Merritt (City of Davenport) |
| 1:20-1:50 | Iowa’s Flood Future Gabriele Villarini (University of Iowa) |
| 1:55-2:25 | Iowa DNR Statewide Two Dimensional Base Level Engineering (2D BLE) Update Chris E Kahle (Iowa DNR) |
| 2:30-3:00 | Peak-Flow Frequency Analysis and Nonstationarity in Iowa Padraic O’Shea (U.S. Geological Survey) |
| BREAKOUT THREE: Rivers and Streams in Iowa | |
| 12:45-1:15 | The Missouri River Flood Information System Dan Gilles (Iowa Flood Center ) |
| 1:20-1:50 | Declining Nutrient Concentrations in Iowa Rivers, 2002-2017 Lindsey Schafer (USGS – Central Midwest Water Science Center) |
| 1:55-2:25 | The race to protect and improve urban streams – Sugar Creek story Ivo Lopez (Snyder & Associates, Inc.); Jennifer Welch (Polk SWCD) |
| 2:30-3:00 | Floodplain Restoration on Mill Creek in Jackson County, Iowa Dan Kirby (IDNR) |
| BREAKOUT FOUR: Agriculture and Water Resources | |
| 12:45-1:15 | Building Water Quality and Soil Conservation Infrastructure in Iowa Matthew J McDonald (IDALS); Tanner Puls (IDALS) |
| 1:20-1:50 | FARMING THE WATERSHEDS by Veterans Dr. Raymond Meylor, SMSgt Paul Havran IA AIR NG |
| 1:55-2:25 | Multicropping Iowa: Exploring multi-cropping as an effective and economical watershed management tool. Ross Evelsizer (Northeast Iowa RC&D) |
| 2:30-3:00 | Streamlining Nutrient Removal Wetlands: A Targeted Approach, from Concept to Construction, to Build Wetlands in Bulk Jon Rosengren (Bolton & Menck); Shawn Richmond (INREC) |
| BREAKOUT FIVE: Iowa Watershed Approach | |
| 12:45-1:15 | Flood Mitigation Site Investigation in a Karst Landscape Matt Frana (Upper Iowa Watershed Project) |
| 1:20-1:50 | The Middle Cedar River Watershed: An Iowa Watershed Approach Success Story Meghan Funke (WHKS & Co.); Lou Wehrspann (WHKS & Co.); Jennifer Fencl (Middle Cedar WMA) |
| 1:55-2:25 | Lessons learned in the evaluation of the Iowa Watershed Approach Logan Drake (University of Iowa) |
| 2:30-3:00 | Measuring Flood Reduction Benefits using GHOST: The Iowa Watershed Model Antonio Arenas (Iowa State University) |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| Panels | |
| 3:30-4:30 | Environmental and Agronomic Impacts of Prairie Strips Cole Dutter (ISU), Eric Henning (ISU), Antonio Arenas (ISU) |
| 3:30-4:30 | The Evolving Carbon Market: Opportunities and Challenges for both farmers and companies Karen O’Brien (Truterra); Adam Kiel (Soil & Water Outcomes); Alyssa Cho (Bayer) |
| 3:30-4:30 | A Closer Look at Eastern Iowa Post Con Ordinances: Coralville, Davenport, & Dubuque Area Amy Foster (City of Coralville), Amy Kay (City of Davenport), John Wiley (Dubuque Co. SWCD) |
| PLENARY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON | |
| 4:35-5:20 | Impacts of subsistence gardens in 5 Indigenous communities of the US Midwest: Earth and People Derrick Kapayou |
| 5:20-7:30 | Reception at Mississippi River Museum — sponsored by JEO, remarks from Hank Kohler |
Thursday, September 29, 2022
| 7:15 | Continental and Networking in Exhibit Hall |
| PLENARY THURSDAY MORNING | |
| 8:10-9:10 | Building Innovative Stormwater Treatment Systems and Green Infrastructure Projects through Partnership, Collaboration, and Community Engagement to Protect and Improve the Water Quality of Mississippi River Udai Singh (Water Resources Director at the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) |
| WORKSHOPS: | |
| 9:15-10:15 | Building Bridges: Connecting Water Utilities & Farmers to Address Nutrient Pollution Mary Beth Stevenson (City of Cedar Rapids); Jennifer Terry (Des Moines Water Works); Ashley Geesman (City of Ames); Marty Braster (Rathbun Regional Water Assoc) |
| 9:15-10:15 | Flood Resilience Action Plan Guidebook for Planners V Fixmer-Oraiz (Astig Planning LLC); Asmita Poudel (Astig Planning LLC) |
| 9:15-10:15 | Integrating Rivers and Streams as a Catalyst for Community Revitalization and Resiliency Staci Williams (ISG) |
| 9:15-10:15 | Evolution of Bioretention Cell Design Over the Past 10 Years Zaid Alsamawi (City of Coralville), Aaron Gwinnup (Emmons and Olivier Resources, Inc.), Jennifer Welch (Polk Co. SWCD) |
| 10:15 | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| BREAKOUT SIX: Social Sciences | |
| 10:50-11:20 | The Conservation Practitioner Poll: An Annual Survey to Strengthen the Conservation Community Catherine DeLong (Iowa State University Extension and Outreach) |
| 11:25-11:55 | Public Engagement and Planning Leads to Successful Des Moines River Restoration Efforts in Fort Dodge, IA Nichoel Church (Snyder & Associates, Inc) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Assessing How Signs Build Awareness of Creeks and Watersheds in Iowa Stephen K Hopkins (Iowa Dept of Natural Resources); Nathan Stevenson (ISU Ext) |
| BREAKOUT SEVEN: Phosphorus: Urban and Rural Landscapes | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Monitoring Phosphorus and Turbidity during High Flows in Eastern Iowa Elliot S Anderson (University of Iowa) |
| 11:25-11:55 | Iron sand biochar filters for phosphorus and bacteria removal in urban areas Edward A Matthiesen (Stantec) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Performance of In-Field Management Practices at Reducing Dissolved Phosphorus Loss from Iowa Corn and Soybean Fields Antonio Mallarino (Iowa State University) |
| BREAKOUT EIGHT: Addressing Urban Stormwater Management | |
| 10:50-11:20 | What’s New with ISWMM Paul Miller (IDALS); Jennifer Welch (Polk SWCD) |
| 11:25-11:55 | Using the Storm Water Management Model to examine effects of climate change on residential areas with distributed BMPs Breanna Marmur (Iowa State University) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Data-based Stormwater Master Planning in Oskaloosa, IA. Sandy Pumphrey (HR Green); Sean Murphy (City of Oskaloosa) |
| BREAKOUT NINE: Exploring the Mississippi River | |
| 10:50-11:20 | New Water Quality Index to Evaluate Historical Mississippi River Water Quality Data Chris Jones (IIHR Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa) |
| 11:25-11:55 | The Mighty Mississippi – what can we do to revive Old Man River? Bartlett Durand (Sand County Foundation) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Potential for Natural Infrastructure to Reduce Flood and Water Quality Risks in the Mississippi River Basin Keith Schilling (Iowa Geological Survey) |
| BREAKOUT TEN: Beyond N and P – Contaminants in our Waterways | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Investigating the Prevalence of “Forever” Contaminants (Microplastics and PFAS) in Small Agricultural Streams: The Importance of a Multi-matrix Approach Shannon Meppelink (U.S. Geological Survey); Dana Kolpin (U.S. Geological Survey) |
| 11:25-11:55 | Moving Towards a Better Understanding of Bacterial Impairments at Public Beaches in Iowa Jason A Palmer (Iowa DNR) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Changing Complex Exposure Mixtures in a Temperate Region Wastewater Effluent-Dominated Stream in Iowa Greg LeFevre (University of Iowa) |
| 12:30-1:45 | Lunch Served – Award Ceremony (IAWA, Poster Contest, Getting Into Soil & Water) IAAWA presented by: Sean McMahon and Catherine DeLong |
| PLENARY THURSDAY AFTERNOON | |
| 1:45-2:45 | The Power of Partnerships Mike Steuck (IDNR) |
| 2:45-3:00 | Conference Wrap Up |