AGENDA
DATE |
START |
END |
FUNCTION |
Wednesday |
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4/23 |
4:00 PM |
7:00 PM |
Registration |
4/23 |
4:30 PM |
7:00 PM |
Board Meeting |
Thursday |
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4/24 |
7:00 AM |
7:00 PM |
Registration |
4/24 |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
4/24 |
8:30 AM |
8:45 AM |
Opening Remarks |
4/24 |
8:45 AM |
9:15 AM |
Pre-dam removal surveys: Keys to good survey design for successfully quantifying federal and state listed species Daelyn A. Woolnough and Shaughn Barnett, Biology Department and Institute for Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
4/24 |
9:15 AM |
9:45 AM |
Effect of dam removal on the unionid mussel community in the Salmon River, New York John E. Cooper, Cooper Environmental Research, Constantia, New York |
4/24 |
9:45 AM |
10:00 AM |
Appalachian Elktoe relocation associated with a dam removal project in Western North Carolina John M. Alderman, Alderman Environmental Services, Inc., Pittsboro, North Carolina; Joseph D. Alderman, Alderman Environmental Services, Inc., Hillsborough, North Carolina; Hugh Barwick, Duke Energy (retired), Cornelius, North Carolina; Mark Cantrell, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, North Carolina; Scott Fletcher, Duke Energy, Environmental Center, Huntersville, North Carolina; and Gene Vaughan, Duke Energy (retired), Mooresville, North Carolina |
4/24 |
10:00 AM |
10:15 AM |
Morning Break |
4/24 |
10:15 AM |
10:45 AM |
Physical habitat conditions and low-head dams: factors affecting the distribution and abundance of freshwater mussels and their relation to the dam removal process W. Cody Fleece and Scott Peyton, Stantec Consulting Services, Cincinnati, Ohio; David Huntress, Stantec Consulting Services, Topsham, Maine; Bryon Ringley and Travis White, Stantec Consulting Services, Columbus, Ohio; Tim Taylor, Stantec Consulting Services, Charlotte, North Carolina; and James Kiser, Stantec Consulting Services, Louisville, Kentucky |
4/24 |
10:45 AM |
11:15 PM |
Managing sediment during dam removal to reduce downstream mussel impacts. Nick Nelson, Andy Selle, Mike Burke - all with Inter-Fluve, Inc. |
4/24 |
11:15 AM |
12:00 PM |
Panel Discussion |
4/24 |
12:00 PM |
1:00 PM |
Lunch |
4/24 |
1:00 PM |
1:30 PM |
Not all dams are equal: complex interactions between small dams and mussels in the southeastern USA Michael Gangloff, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina; Rachael Hoch, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Marion, North Carolina; Jordan Holcomb, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Gainesville, Florida; Megan McCormick, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina; Erin Singer-McCombs, American Rivers, Asheville, North Carolina; Erin Abernethy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and Robert Nichols, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina |
4/24 |
1:30 PM |
2:00 PM |
Effects of small dam removal on a freshwater mussel assemblage in the Deep River of North Carolina: findings and lessons learned Ryan J. Heise, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, North Carolina; W. Gregory Cope, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; Thomas J. Kwak, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Chris B. Eads, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina |
4/24 |
2:00 PM |
2:30 PM |
Experimental PIT-tagging and translocation of Yellow Lampmussels (Lampsilis cariosa), Tidewater Muckets (Leptodea ochracea), and Eastern Lampmussels (Lampsilis radiata radiata) for removal of the Fort Halifax Dam on the Sebasticook River, Maine. |
4/24 |
2:30 PM |
3:00 PM |
Afternoon Break |
4/24 |
3:00 PM |
3:30 PM |
Dwarf Wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) Relocation and Monitoring for the Removal of the Homestead Woolen Mill Dam on the Ashuelot River (Swanzey, New Hampshire) |
4/24 |
3:30 PM |
4:15 PM |
Freshwater Mussel Research and Monitoring for the Penobscot River Restoration Project |
4/24 |
4:15 PM |
5:00 PM |
Panel Discussion |
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Dinner on your own |
4/24 |
6:30 PM |
9:00 PM |
Reception |
Friday |
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4/25 |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
4/25 |
8:30 AM |
9:00 AM |
Dillsboro dam removal – lessons learned. Ty Ziegler, P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina |
4/25 |
9:00 AM |
9:45 AM |
Permitting dam removal in Massachusetts: how mussels fit in to the regulatory framework. Beth Lambert, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, Boston, Massachusetts; Peter Hazelton, Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, West Boylston, Massachusetts; and Misty-Anne Marold, Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, West Boylston, Massachusetts. |
4/25 |
9:45 AM |
10:00 AM |
Morning Break |
4/25 |
10:00 AM |
10:30 AM |
Assessing aquatic faunal response to dam removal: maximizing
mitigation credits through monitoring methods. Case studies in North Carolina, results and recommendations for future projects.
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4/25 |
10:30 AM |
11:15 PM |
Endangered mussels and dams: navigating the complex waters of river restoration and mussel mitigation. Beth Swartz, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Bangor, Maine |
4/25 |
11:15 AM |
12:00 PM |
Panel Discussion and Concluding Remarks |
4/25 |
12:30 PM |
6:00 PM |
Penobscot River Dam Removal Site Visit – Box Lunch Provided |
4/25 |
1:00 PM |
4:00 PM |
Northeastern Mussel Identification Workshop |