Agenda
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Pre -Conference Tour:
Field of Dreams Watershed: Bringing People Back to the Water
Free event and includes hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. Tour is limited to 100 guests and pre-registration is required.
| 4:00-4:30 | Leave Dubuque’s Grand River Center and Travel to Dyersville Travel via coach bus. Water, soda, and Field of Dreams puns included. |
| 4:30-4:50 | Stop #1: Hewitt Creek at the Field of Dreams The trip starts near the headwaters of the Field of Dreams watershed at the Field of Dreams Movie Site. The vision is to connect the Field of Dreams Movie Site to the downtown community by way of Hewitt Creek. Equally important, we hope to help residents and tourist re-envision Hewitt Creek as a community resource, one that can be capitalized for recreational opportunities and increased accessibility to downtown and everything Dyersville has to offer. |
| 4:50-5:00 | Board Bus and Travel to Stop #2 |
| 5:00-5:20 | Stop #2: Field of Dreams Stormwater Wetland Phase 1 The stormwater wetland is located prominently along the North Fork Maquoketa River near the convergence of Hewitt Creek. The project will treat 12.6 acres of runoff and intercept the Water Quality Volume (WQv) from a 1.25-inch rain event once completed this fall. The wetland is the second practice within this watershed and will be an aesthetically pleasing, natural greenspace, and an outdoor classroom for residents and tourists. |
| 5:20-5:30 | Board Bus and Travel to Stop #3 |
| 5:30-6:00 | Stop #3: Bear Creek Restoration This project was the first State Revolving Fund (SRF) Clean Water Sponsored Project to utilize the Iowa River Restoration Toolbox (IRRT) in the State of Iowa. Restoration included 4.2 acres of riparian buffer seeded with plants native to Iowa, a half-acre of oxbow restoration, and over 1,500 linear feet of stream restoration practices including fish habitat improvements, inner streambank benches, cross vanes, and j-hooks. Construction was completed at Bear Creek in 2021 and annual monitoring and maintenance is underway. |
| 6:00-6:10 | Board Bus and Travel to Stop #4 |
| 6:10-6:30 | Stop #4: Future Location of the Downtown Driftless Float Park This project will be a one-of-a-kind, family-friendly outdoor recreation experience. The proposal is to create a lazy river float park, through stream restoration measures. Natural amenities that blend into the stream include native stone hard scaping that can serve as steps down to the stream and/or seating for onlookers. The overall vision for this project is to develop a nature-based amenity that will provide economic benefits, retain young professionals and families, and keep visitors coming to Dyersville. |
| 6:30-8:00 | Tour Reception Light dinner and refreshments provided in downtown Dyersville! |
| 8:00-8:30 | Bus departs for Dubuque’s Grand River Center |
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
| 8:00 | Exhibitor Setup |
| 9:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 | Posters/Exhibits open |
| PLENARY WEDNESDAY MORNING | |
| 10:00 | City of Dubuque Welcome David Resnick- City of Dubuque, Mayor Pro Tem |
| 10:05-10:55 | Iowa Farmers and Farm Programs: Powerful Public/Private Partnerships for Farmer Led Environmental Services Matt Russell (Farm Service Agency) |
| 10:55-11:45 | Bee Branch Creek Restoration – Community Values Michael A Jansen (Strand Associates, Inc.); Steve Brown (City of Dubuque) |
| 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 |