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Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit ‘09

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"...[I] was very impressed with [the] diversity of presentations and attendees."
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The Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit is scheduled for January 11-14, 2009, at the Grand Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey. This will be the third bienniel science conference convened by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

Building on the themes of the 2005 science conference ("Linking Science and Management") and the 2007 science conference and environmental summit ("Setting Achievable Environmental Goals"), the theme of the 2009 meeting will be "Working Toward a Healthy, Sustainable Environment in Tomorrow's Delaware Estuary."

Initial planning is now underway at the Partnership. Like the 2007 meeting, we will again strive to bring together environmental scientists, managers, and practioners over a three-to-four day span in a retreat-like atmosphere. The Partnership and many collaborating entities believe this conference fills an important niche whereby individuals and groups that rarely intersect are afforted an opportunity to exchange information and ideas in the context of the Delaware Estuary. Meetings like this offer one way to advance an ecosystem-based, integrative approach to managing, monitoring and restoring our regional environment.

Suggestions for speakers and session themes should be directed to Dr. Danielle Kreeger at DKreeger@DelawareEstuary.org.

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"I enjoyed the conference thoroughly. I wish it could happen on an annual basis. "
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The Partnership's last conference attracted almost 300 scientists, resource managers and environmentalists from throughout the tri-state region. Together, these participants engaged in more than 100 presentations, roundtable discussions, and regular and special-topic sessions. Most of the presentations that took place are still available for download below. For a summary of the 16 sessions, please click here. And for a session-by-session listing, please explore either the "Science Conference" or "Environmental Summit" tables.

Abstracts and contact information for most presenters is available in the 2007 event program (PDF file). And a proceedings document is available from the 2005 conference as well.

We here at the Partnership hope you will consider joining us in 2009 for what is sure to be another terrific opportunity to foster creative collaborations among diverse stakeholders. In the meantime, please feel free to leave your comments, concerns and feedback in our online discussion board. Or, to view photographs from our 2007 event, please click here.

Session Listing (click on session name to go to presentation lists)

Event	Session	Date
Science Conference	Keynote and Plenary Presentations	Various
	Session 1. Hydrology, Hydrodynamics and Sedimentation	Monday 22 January 2007
	Session 2. Living Resources and Ecological Processes	Monday 22 January 2007
	Session 3. Wetlands	Monday 22 January 2007
	**Session 4. Linkages among Science, Management & Policy**	Tuesday 23 January 2007
	Session 5. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment I: Hydrologic & Chemical	Tuesday 23 January 2007
	Session 6. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment II: Biota and Habitats	Tuesday 23 January 2007
	Session 7. Posters (listed with affiliated session themes)	Tuesday 23 January 2007
	Session 8. Bivalve Shellfish Ecology, Management and Restoration	Wednesday 23 Jan. 2007
	Session 9. Restoration and Enhancement Activities, Opportunities & Needs	Wednesday 23 Jan. 2007
	Session 10. Hot Topics in Delaware Estuary Science and Management	Wednesday 23 Jan. 2007
Environmental Summit	Sessions A & B. Successful Strategies for Messaging & Communication	Monday 22 January 2007
	Session C. Stormwater Issues and Pollution Prevention	Tuesday 23 January 2007
	Session D. Building Stewardship	Tuesday 23 January 2007
	Session E. Water Quality and Restoration	Tuesday 23 January 2007
	Session F. Innovative Collaboration	Tuesday 23 January 2007

Environmental Summit Presentations

Session	Presenters	Title (Presentation No.)	File Type
*Session A* Monday 22 January 2007	Christine Heenan The Clarendon Group	Successful Strategies for Messaging & Communication. (#79)	PDF File of Talk (1,871 KB) For the Express purpose of review by Summit participants, and shall not be reproduced or re-presented.
*Session B* Monday 22 January 2007	Christine Heenan The Clarendon Group	Messaging and Communications - Workshop	No File
*Session C* Stormwater Issues and Pollution Prevention Tuesday 23 January 2007	M. Allio	Seeing is Believing: A Showcase of Best Management Practices in Montgomery County. (#81)	PDF File of Talk (1,619 KB)
	Liz Feinberg	Urban Stormwater Retrofit Projects. (#82)	PDF File of Talk (2,256 KB)
	Mary Ellen Noonan	Rain Gardens for Clean Streams. (#83)	PDF File of Talk (3,260 KB)
	Lyn O’Hare	Schuylkill Action Network /Agricultural Best Management Practices. (#84)	PDF File of Talk (11,197 KB)
	Jeanne Waldowski	Philadelphia Water Department’s Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Partnership: From Partnership to Independent Nonprofit. (#85)	PDF File of Talk (2,498 KB)
	James M. Eisenhardt	CAFO Designs/Environmental Stewardship at Delaware Park. (#86)	No File
*Session D* *Building Stewardship* Tuesday 23 January 2007	Jennifer Jones	Corporate Environmental Stewardship Program, a Partnership for Conservation and Economic Growth. (#87)	PDF File of Talk (3,407 KB)
	Dottie Baumgarten	Habitat Restoration at Oak Lane Day School: Elementary Environmental Education. (#88)	PDF File of Talk (30,037 KB)
	Janet Starwood	Earth Force GREEN: Young People Protecting our Watersheds. (#89)	PDF File of Talk (876 KB)
	Tim Fenchel	Exelon-Schuylkill River Restoration Fund. (#90)	PDF File of Talk (419 KB)
	Vivan Williams	Using Your Website as a Teaching Tool.” (#91)	PDF File of Talk (6,632 KB)
	Lisa Ragone Calvo	Engaging Student Communities in Delaware Bay Oyster Restoration Efforts—Promoting Oyster Restoration Through Schools: Project PORTS. (#92)	PDF File of Talk (1,430 KB)
*Session E* *Water Quality and Restoration* Tuesday 23 January 2007	Kirk Mantay	Wetland Restoration Site Preparation and Site Management: Balancing Project Costs and Habitat Benefits to Waterfowl. (#93)	No File
	John Harrod	Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program. (#94)	PDF File of Talk (3,827 KB)
	Helen Edwards	Working for Cleaner Water with the Watershed Ambassador Program. (#95)	PDF File of Talk (2,458 KB)
	Krista Laudenbach-Nelson	The Guide to the Natural Communities of the Delaware Estuary. (#96)	PDF File of Talk (2,613 KB)
	Ginger North	Citizen’s Science in Delaware: A Success Story. (#97)	PDF File of Talk (1,409 KB)
	Robert Lonsdorf	Restoring Shad to the Brandywine River.”(#98)	PDF File of Talk (12,455 KB)
*Session F* *Innovative Collaboration* Tuesday 23 January 2007	Jennifer Adkins	Schuylkill Action Network / Schuylkill Watershed Initiative Grant. (#99)	PDF File of Talk (2,246 KB)
	Ray Bivens	Cape Henlopen Osprey Project. (#100)	PDF File of Talk (1,596 KB)
	Ed Grusheski Craig Johnson	The Wireless Revolution in Ecotourism Communication. (#101)	PDF File of Talk (4,207 KB)

Science Conference Presentations

Session	Presenters	Title (Presentation No.)	File Type
Keynote Speaker	Scott Nixon	The National Importance of the Delaware Estuary. (#64)	PDF File of Talk (5,850 KB)
Plenary Speakers	Michael Koterba	Integrated Ocean Observing Systems: An Example from the Chesapeake Bay. (#1)	No File
Plenary Speakers	Jonathan H. Sharp	The Delaware Estuary Watershed to Ocean Observing System (DEWOOS): Current and Future Design for a Comprehensive Monitoring Infrastructure. (#35)	PDF File of Talk (1,179 KB)
*Session 1* Hydrology, Hydrodynamics and Sedimentation Monday 22 January 2007	Shandor J. Szalay	Protecting stream channels in the Delaware Estuary. (#7)	PDF File of Talk (2,795 KB)
	Bartholomew D. Wilson Robert Scarborough David B. Carter Donald R. Cahoon	Delaware Integrated Marsh Monitor Network: evaluating sedimentation and sea-levels effects on marsh surface elevation and evolution. (#28)	PDF File of Talk (3,881 KB)
	Nicholas Dudley Ward Jeffrey A. Gebert J. Richard Weggel	A hydraulic study of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. (#34)	PDF File of Talk (3,881 KB)
	Christopher K. Sommerfield	Understanding turbidity in the Delaware Estuary. (#38)	PDF File of Talk (4,369 KB)
	Michael Piasecki Kutay Celebioglu	A numerical study on the impact of different turbulence closure models on salinity and sediment distribution in the Delaware Estuary. (#53)	PDF File of Talk (748 KB)
	John A. Madsen Bartholomew D. Wilson David B. Carter	Constraints on the sediments and geologic framework of Delaware Bay from sub-bottom imaging. (#54)	PDF File of Talk (3,581 KB)
	Andrea L. Friedman Jeffrey S. Waldner Jane Uptegrove J. Bailey Smith	Marine geologic and geophysical investigations offshore of Cape May, New Jersey: methodology, representative data, and preliminary findings. (#51)	No File
*Session 2* Living Resources and Ecological Processes Monday 22 January 2007	Bartholomew D. Wilson David B. Carter	Delaware Benthic Mapping Project: addressing the forgotten resource in coastal management. (#21)	PDF File of Talk (7,689 KB)
	Timothy E. Targett Brian P. Boutin	Spatiotemporal comparisons of density, growth and production of young-of-the-year weakfish in Delaware Bay and major tidal tributaries. (#47)	No File
	Harold W. Avery James R. Spotila Walter F. Bien	Effects of wetland fragmentation on freshwater turtle populations in the Delaware Estuary. (#57)	PDF File of Talk (5,966 KB)
	James R. Spotila Pamela Plotkin John Keinath	Delaware Bay is an important foraging habitat for loggerhead turtles. (#58)	PDF File of Talk (2,263 KB)
	Robert E. Loveland Mark L. Botton	The importance of alternative habitats to spawning horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in lower Delaware Bay, New Jersey. (#14)	PDF File of Talk (6,227 KB)
	Kenneth A. Strait	Fish production from a large scale marsh restoration program. (#67)	PDF File of Talk (1,253 KB)
	Kathryn Goddard Steven Ordog Kelly Bemis Julius Cook	Parasite burden on the Black-nosed Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) at four sites in the Darby Creek, PA watershed. (#70)	No File
*Session 3* Wetlands Monday 22 January 2007	William F. Moyer	The increasing necessity to monitor wetlands losses due to changing regulatory programs and recent Supreme Court decisions. (#3)	PDF File of Talk (356 KB)
	Ralph Spagnolo	Overview of the regionalization of the 1987 Corps Delineation Wetlands Delineation Manual. (#22)	No File
	Regina Poeske	Wetland monitoring and assessment in the Mid-Atlantic states. (#37)	PDF File of Talk (385 KB)
	Amy Jacobs Evan Rehm Debora Fillis	Delaware’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program: a science-based approach to prioritize restoration and protection. (#18)	PDF File of Talk (4,723 KB)
	Christopher W. Bason Amy Jacobs	Sudden wetland dieback in Delaware’s Inland Bays. (#16)	PDF File of Talk (4,780 KB)
	Tracy Elsey John L. Gallagher Denise M. Seliskar	Nutrient and carbon sequestration of salt marsh plants in the face of eutrophication and sea-level rise. (#17)	PDF File of Talk (2,427 KB)
	Alison E. Banning Jacob L. Bowman Bruce L. Vasilas	The effect of long piers on birds using marsh habitat in Worcester County, Maryland. (#25)	No File
	Kenneth A. Strait Brenda Q. Evans	Evaluation of status and success for a large scale marsh restoration program in the Delaware Estuary. (#71)	PDF File of Poster (4,405 KB)
*Session 4* *Linkages among Science, Management & Policy* Tuesday 23 January 2007	Carol Collier	The Role of DRBC in Linking Science, Management and Policy. (#66)	PDF File of Talk (209 KB)
	Cristina Frank	NJA’s Important Bird and Birding Areas Program: a science-based effort linking management and policy to conserve important bird habitat. (#27)	PDF File of Talk (587 KB)
	Ralph G. Stahl, Jr.	A company perspective on linking science, management and policy for addressing issues in the Delaware Estuary. (#102)	PDF File of Talk (436 KB)
	Maya K. van Rossum	The importance of independence and advocacy. (#6)	No File
	Larry J. Silverman	Teaching Estuaries 101 to Congress 110: what, how, when, and why to tell the new Congress about the benefits of supporting scientific investigations in the Delaware Estuary. (#26)	No File
*Session 5* *Environmental Monitoring & Assessment I: Hydrologic & Chemical* Tuesday 23 January 2007	A. Ronald MacGillivray, David E. Russell, Betty Jane Boros-Russo, Steven S. Brown, Thomas J. Fikslin, Richard Greene, Robert Hoke, Christopher Nally and Linda O’Donnell	Monitoring the tidal Delaware River for ambient toxicity. (#9)	PDF File of Talk (4,312 KB)
	Thomas J. Fikslin Gregory J. Cavallo.	PCB concentrations in the ambient waters of the Delaware Estuary and coastal waters: implications for TMDLs for PCBs. (#36)	PDF File of Talk (748 KB)
	Edward D. Santoro	Towards the goal of setting nutrient criteria for the Delaware Estuary. (#72)	PDF File of Talk (139 KB)
	David R. Legates Robert Scarborough Daniel J. Leathers Geoffrey E. Quelch Kevin Brinson	A real-time and historical environmental data archive for the Delaware Estuary. (#19)	PDF File of Talk (8,242 KB)
	Hernan A. M. Quinodoz	Optimizing reservoir operations for water supply and ecological objectives using flow modeling. (#65)	No File
	John Yagecic	Using real time monitoring for real time management. (#29)	PDF File of Talk (1,611 KB)
	Christopher J Nally A Ronald MacGillivray Tarmo Pallop Kerri Koch Thomas J Fikslin	Low salinity acclimation & salinity tolerance of Americamysis bahia in short-term chronic toxicity tests. (#10)	No File
	Yoana Voynova Jonathan H. Sharp	Do low-frequency watershed inputs have a major impact to the Delaware Estuary? (#33)	No File
	Jeffrey Ashley David Velinsky Danielle Libero Evan Halscheid Linda Zaoudeh Heather Stapleton	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in American Eels from the Delaware River Estuary. (#42)	JPD of Poster ( 1,044 KB)
	Jim Bennett Roger Reinhart	Protection of underground sources of drinking water: the Underground Injection Control Program. (#69)	No File
*Session 6* Environmental Monitoring & Assessment I: Biota & Habitats Tuesday 23 January 2007	Brandon W. Muffley and Lynette Lurig	Survey of New Jersey’s recreational blue crab fishery in Delaware Bay. (#13)	PDF File of Talk (2,809 KB)
	Bartholomew D. Wilson David G. Bruce John Madsen David B. Carter	Mapping the distribution and habitat of oysters in the upper Delaware Bay. (#20)	PDF File of Talk (12,351 KB)
	Stewart F. Michels Michael J. Greco	Bottom trawl sampling of fish and invertebrates in the Delaware Estuary – getting the word out. (#39)	PDF File of Talk (778 KB)
	Kevin S. Kalasz	Monitoring shorebird populations in Delaware Bay during spring migration using mark-recapture methods. (#40)	PDF File of Talk (2,918 KB)
	Richard G. Lathrop Michael Allen Aaron Love	Assessing horseshoe crab spawning habitat suitability of Delaware Bay USA beaches. (#44)	PDF File of Talk (2,371 KB)
	Jeffrey M. Fischer Karen Riva-Murray Rachel Riemann Peter S. Murdoch	Landscape characteristics affecting streams in urbanizing subbasins of the Delaware River Basin, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. (#56)	No File
	Dewayne A. Fox Phil Simpson Lori Brown Kevin J. Magowan Joseph E. Hightower	Atlantic sturgeon of the Delaware: historical perspectives and current approaches to understanding habitat requirements. (#61)	No File
*Session 7* *Posters* (also listed with affiliated sessions) Tuesday 23 January 2007	Jeffrey Ashley David Velinsky Danielle Libero Evan Halscheid Linda Zaoudeh Heather Stapleton	Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in American Eels from the Delaware River Estuary. (#42, affiliated with Session 5)	No File
	Russell M. Babb Jason Hearon David Bushek Eric Powell	The Delaware Bay Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Restoration Program.” (#68, affiliated with Session 8)	No File
	Jim Bennett Roger Reinhart	Protection of underground sources of drinking water: the Underground Injection Control Program. (#69)	No File
	Matthew Colip Fred Suffian	Igo, Porter, Warren Memorial Field Rain Garden Project in Warrington Township, Bucks County.” (#15, affiliated with Session 9)	No File
	Andrea L. Friedman Jeffrey S. Waldner Jane Uptegrove J. Bailey Smith	Marine geologic and geophysical investigations offshore of Cape May, New Jersey: methodology, representative data, and preliminary findings.” (#51, affiliated with Session 1)	No File
	Kathryn Goddard Steven Ordog Kelly Bemis Julius Cook	Parasite burden on the Black-nosed Dace Rhinichthys atratulus at four sites in the Darby Creek, PA watershed.” (#70, affiliated with Session 2)	No File
	Jennifer Halchak John L. Gallagher Denise Seliskar	“The transition from agricultural lands to wetlands during sea level rise: managing the ecology and economics.” (#31, affiliated with Session 10)	PDF File of Poster (172 KB)
	Christopher J Nally A Ronald MacGillivray Tarmo Pallop Kerri Koch Thomas J Fikslin	Low salinity acclimation & salinity tolerance of Americamysis bahia in short-term chronic toxicity tests. (#10, affiliated with Session 5)	No File
	Evan M. Rehm Mark Biddle Amy Jacobs Gary Kreamer Steve Williams	Integrating Delaware’s wetland monitoring, restoration, and education efforts to improve the health of the Delaware Estuary.” (#12, affiliated with Environmental Summit)	No File
	Janet W. Starwood.	Earth Force Watershed Awareness to Action.” (#52, affiliated with Environmental Summit)	No File
	Kenneth A. Strait Brenda Q. Evans	“Evaluation of status and success for a large scale marsh restoration program in the Delaware Estuary.” (#71, affiliated with Session 3)	PDF File of Poster (4,405 KB)
	Jaclyn Taylor David Bushek	Preliminary investigations of constructed oyster reef habitat in lower Delaware Bay.” (#23, affiliated with Session 8)	PDF File of Poster (209 KB)
	Dawn R. Werry	Clear into the Future, a DuPont Delaware Estuary initiative.” (#41, affiliated with Environmental Summit)	No File
	Vivian Williams	Using Your Website as a Teaching Tool.” (#43, affiliated with Environmental Summit)	No File
	Yoana Voynova Jonathan H. Sharp	Do low-frequency watershed inputs have a major impact to the Delaware Estuary? (#33, affiliated with Session 5)	No File
*Session 8* Bivalve *Shellfish Ecology, Management and Restoration* Wednesday 24 January 2007	Jason Hearon Russell M. Babb David Bushek Eric Powell	The Delaware Bay Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Restoration Program. (#49)	PDF File of Talk (3,997 KB)
	Eric N. Powell John N. Kraeuter K. A. Ashton-Alcox	How long does oyster shell last on an oyster reef? (#2)	PDF File of Talk (975 KB)
	Roger Mann	Native oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay: Lessons for the DE Estuary. (#32)	PDF File of Talk (1,036 KB)
	Ryan B. Carnegie Eugene M. Burreson	Increasing tolerance for Perkinsus marinus among natural Crassostrea virginica populations from Virginia waters. (#55)	PDF File of Talk (1,456 KB)
	John W. Ewart E. J. Chalabala Jim Alderman.	Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Oyster Gardening Program. (#46)	PDF File of Talk (4,296 KB)
	David Bushek Danielle A. Kreeger	Some potential alternative strategies and applications for shellfish enhancement and restoration in Delaware Bay. (#48)	PDF File of Talk (2,862 KB)
	Catherine M. Gatenby Matthew A. Patterson Danielle A. Kreeger	A freshwater mussel propagation program for restoring aquatic ecosystems and endangered species. (#50)	No File
	Danielle A. Kreeger Catherine M. Gatenby	From local to regional: contrasting the water processing and restoration potential of native bivalves throughout the Delaware Estuary and its watershed. (#63)	PDF File of Talk (5,442 KB)
	Robert D. Brumbaugh Michael W. Beck	From local to global: using site-based projects to inspire large scale conservation action for native bivalves. (#45)	PDF File of Talk (2,227 KB)
	Jaclyn Taylor David Bushek	Preliminary investigations of constructed oyster reef habitat in lower Delaware Bay. (#23)	PDF File of Poster (X KB)
	Russell M. Babb Jason Hearon David Bushek Eric Powell	The Delaware Bay Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Restoration Program. (#68)	No File
*Session 9* *Restoration & Enhancement: Activities, Opportunities & Needs* Wednesday 24 January 2007	James M. Eisenhardt.	Ecological Restoration in an Urban Watershed. (#4)	No File
	Ralph Huddleston	Mitigating for Cooling Water Intakes – Is the Estuary Enhancement Program of DE Bay Working? (#5)	No File
	Gwyn Rowland	Opportunities and Barriers to Restoring Wetlands in Urban Areas -- A Case Study from Cobbs Creek Watershed Wetlands Restoration Project. (#30)	PDF File of Talk (1,438 KB)
	Matthew Colip Fred Suffian	Igo, Porter, Warren Memorial Field Rain Garden Project in Warrington Township, Bucks County. (#15)	PDF File of Poster (X KB)
	Ralph Stahl.	Restoration Up Front and DuPont Delaware River Initiative. (#73)	No File
	Lynn Dwyer	Delaware Estuary NFWF. (#74t)	No File
	Patrick Starr	North Philadelphia Waterfront Revitalization - restoration challenges and insights. (#76)	No File
	Bill Shadel	An Inventory of Restoration Opportunities in the Delaware Bay. (#77)	PDF File of Talk (922 KB)
	Krista Laudenbach-Nelson	Prospects for Regional Restoration Planning for the Delaware Estuary. (#78)	PDF File of Talk (136 KB)
*Session 10* Hot *Topics in Delaware Estuary Science and Management* Wednesday 24 January 2007	A. Ronald MacGillivray	Emerging Contaminants of Concern in the Delaware Estuary and Watershed. (#11)	PDF File of Talk (224 KB)
	Rick Greene Gary Buchanan Bruce Ruppel	Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Fish from the Delaware Estuary. (#24)	PDF File of Talk (470 KB)
	Anthony J. Broccoli	Global climate change: causes and consequences. (#59)	PDF File of Talk (2,938 KB)
	Nancy M. Targett	Linking Science and Society: An Overview of the Developing National Priorities. (#62)	PDF File of Talk (965 KB)
	Amanda A. DeSantis Timothy J. Iannuzzi Judi Durda Damian V. Preziosi David F. Ludwig Ralph G. Stahl J.B. Ruiter Robert A. Hoke Richard F. Schwer	Assessing historical and current multi-stressor impacts on environmental conditions of the Delaware River Estuary. (#8)	PDF File of Talk (847 KB)
	Jeremy Firestone Willett Kempton	Science, Social Science, and Policy Regarding Developing Offshore Wind Power in The Delaware Estuary Region. (#60)	No File
	Jennifer Halchak John L. Gallagher Denise Seliskar	The Transition from Agricultural Lands to Wetlands during Sea Level Rise: Managing the Ecology and Economics. (#31)	PDF File of Poster (172 KB)


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