2007 Science & Environmental Summit
| 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) | Download Talk (4,267 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 |
M. Allio | Seeing is Believing: A Showcase of Best Management Practices in Montgomery County. (#81) | Download Talk (24,039 KB) |
| Liz Feinberg | Urban Stormwater Retrofit Projects. (#82) | Download Talk (35,306 KB) | |
| Mary Ellen Noonan | Rain Gardens for Clean Streams. (#83) | Download Talk (4,653 KB) | |
| Lyn O’Hare | Schuylkill Action Network /Agricultural Best Management Practices. (#84) | Download Talk (26,080 KB) | |
| Jeanne Waldowski | Philadelphia Water Department’s Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Partnership: From Partnership to Independent Nonprofit. (#85) |
Download Talk (14,755 KB) | |
| James M. Eisenhardt | CAFO Designs/Environmental Stewardship at Delaware Park. (#86) | Download Talk (10,219 KB) | |
| Session D
Building Stewardship Tuesday |
Jennifer Jones | Corporate Environmental Stewardship Program, a Partnership for Conservation and Economic Growth. (#87) |
Download Talk (27,458 KB) |
| Dottie Baumgarten | Habitat Restoration at Oak Lane Day School: Elementary Environmental Education. (#88) | Download Talk (30,037 KB) | |
| Janet Starwood | Earth Force GREEN: Young People Protecting our Watersheds. (#89) | Download Talk (10,361 KB) | |
| Tim Fenchel | Exelon-Schuylkill River Restoration Fund. (#90) | Download Talk (11,914 KB) | |
| Vivan Williams | Using Your Website as a Teaching Tool.” (#91) | Download Talk (15,835 KB) | |
| Lisa Ragone Calvo | Engaging Student Communities in Delaware Bay Oyster Restoration Efforts—Promoting Oyster Restoration Through Schools: Project PORTS. (#92) | Download Talk (13,580 KB) | |
| Session E
Water Quality and Restoration Tuesday |
Kirk Mantay | Wetland Restoration Site Preparation and Site Management: Balancing Project Costs and Habitat Benefits to Waterfowl. (#93) | Download Talk (6,239 KB) |
| John Harrod | Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program. (#94) | Download Talk (86,047 KB) | |
| Helen Edwards | Working for Cleaner Water with the Watershed Ambassador Program. (#95) | Download Talk (8,427 KB) | |
| Krista Laudenbach-Nelson | The Guide to the Natural Communities of the Delaware Estuary. (#96) | Download Talk (5,782 KB) | |
| Ginger North | Citizen’s Science in Delaware: A Success Story. (#97) | Download Talk (7,819 KB) | |
| Robert Lonsdorf | Restoring Shad to the Brandywine River.”(#98) | Download Talk (115,951 KB) | |
| Session F
Innovative Collaboration Tuesday |
Jennifer Adkins | Schuylkill Action Network / Schuylkill Watershed Initiative Grant. (#99) | Download Talk (4,629 KB) |
| Ray Bivens | Cape Henlopen Osprey Project. (#100) | Download Talk (8,715 KB) | |
| Ed Grusheski Craig Johnson |
The Wireless Revolution in Ecotourism Communication. (#101) | Download Talk (12,281 KB) |
Science Conference Presentations
| Session | Presenters | Title (Presentation No.) | File Type |
| Keynote Speaker | Scott Nixon | The National Importance of the Delaware Estuary. (#64) | Download Talk (24,029 KB) |
| Plenary Speakers | Michael Koterba | Integrated Ocean Observing Systems: An Example from the Chesapeake Bay. (#1) | No File |
| Jonathan H. Sharp | The Delaware Estuary Watershed to Ocean Observing System (DEWOOS): Current and Future Design for a Comprehensive Monitoring Infrastructure. (#35) | Download Talk (4,792 KB) | |
| Session 1
Hydrology, Hydrodynamics and Sedimentation Monday |
Shandor J. Szalay | Protecting stream channels in the Delaware Estuary. (#7) | Download Talk (10,374 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) | Download Talk (67,114 KB) | |
| Nicholas Dudley Ward Jeffrey A. Gebert J. Richard Weggel |
A hydraulic study of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. (#34) | Download Talk (1,490 KB) | |
| Christopher K. Sommerfield | Understanding turbidity in the Delaware Estuary. (#38) | Download Talk (5,511 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) | Download Talk (3,181 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) | Download Talk (22,655 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 |
Bartholomew D. Wilson David B. Carter |
Delaware Benthic Mapping Project: addressing the forgotten resource in coastal management. (#21) | Download Talk (62,433 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) | Download Talk (6,250 KB) | |
| Harold W. Avery James R. Spotila Walter F. Bien |
Effects of wetland fragmentation on freshwater turtle populations in the Delaware Estuary. (#57) | Download Talk (45,631 KB) | |
| James R. Spotila Pamela Plotkin John Keinath |
Delaware Bay is an important foraging habitat for loggerhead turtles. (#58) | Download Talk (7,130 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) | Download Talk (7,855 KB) | |
| Kenneth A. Strait | Fish production from a large scale marsh restoration program. (#67) | Download Talk (21,215 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 |
William F. Moyer | The increasing necessity to monitor wetlands losses due to changing regulatory programs and recent Supreme Court decisions. (#3) | Download Talk (518 KB) |
| Ralph Spagnolo | Overview of the regionalization of the 1987 Corps Delineation Wetlands Delineation Manual. (#22) | Download Talk (5,065 KB) | |
| Regina Poeske | Wetland monitoring and assessment in the Mid-Atlantic states. (#37) | Download Talk (607 KB) | |
| Amy Jacobs Evan Rehm Debora Fillis |
Delaware’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program: a science-based approach to prioritize restoration and protection. (#18) | Download Talk (20,040 KB) | |
| Christopher W. Bason Amy Jacobs |
Sudden wetland dieback in Delaware’s Inland Bays. (#16) | Download Talk (14,385 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) | Download Talk (18,314 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) | Download Talk (13,345 KB) | |
| Kenneth A. Strait Brenda Q. Evans |
Evaluation of status and success for a large scale marsh restoration program in the Delaware Estuary. (#71) | No File | |
| Session 4
Linkages among Science, Management & Policy Tuesday |
Carol Collier | The Role of DRBC in Linking Science, Management and Policy. (#66) | No File |
| Cristina Frank | NJA’s Important Bird and Birding Areas Program: a science-based effort linking management and policy to conserve important bird habitat. (#27) | Download Talk (830 KB) | |
| Ralph G. Stahl, Jr. | A company perspective on linking science, management and policy for addressing issues in the Delaware Estuary. (#102) | Download Talk (753 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 |
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) | Download Talk (7,083 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) | Download Talk (2,031 KB) | |
| Edward D. Santoro | Towards the goal of setting nutrient criteria for the Delaware Estuary. (#72) | Download Talk (2,067 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) | Download Talk (34,714 KB) | |
| Hernan A. M. Quinodoz | Optimizing reservoir operations for water supply and ecological objectives using flow modeling. (#65) | Download Talk (1,361 KB) | |
| John Yagecic | Using real time monitoring for real time management. (#29) | Download Talk (14,720 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) | No File | |
| 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: Tuesday |
Brandon W. Muffley and Lynette Lurig | Survey of New Jersey’s recreational blue crab fishery in Delaware Bay. (#13) | Download Talk (10,211 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) | Download Talk (97,049 KB) | |
| Stewart F. Michels Michael J. Greco |
Bottom trawl sampling of fish and invertebrates in the Delaware Estuary – getting the word out. (#39) | Download Talk (44,816 KB) | |
| Kevin S. Kalasz | Monitoring shorebird populations in Delaware Bay during spring migration using mark-recapture methods. (#40) | Download Talk (38,368 KB) | |
| Richard G. Lathrop Michael Allen Aaron Love |
Assessing horseshoe crab spawning habitat suitability of Delaware Bay USA beaches. (#44) | Download Talk (11,997 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) | Download Talk (7,229 KB) | |
| 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) | Download Talk (4,559 KB) | |
| Session 7
Posters Tuesday |
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)
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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) | No File | |
| 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) | No File | |
| Jaclyn Taylor David Bushek |
Preliminary investigations of constructed oyster reef habitat in lower Delaware Bay.” (#23, affiliated with Session 8) | No File | |
| 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 |
Jason Hearon Russell M. Babb David Bushek Eric Powell |
The Delaware Bay Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Restoration Program. (#49) | Download Talk (33,628 KB) |
| Eric N. Powell John N. Kraeuter K. A. Ashton-Alcox |
How long does oyster shell last on an oyster reef? (#2) | Download Talk (1,420 KB) | |
| Roger Mann | Native oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay: Lessons for the DE Estuary. (#32) | Download Talk (17,687 KB) | |
| Ryan B. Carnegie Eugene M. Burreson |
Increasing tolerance for Perkinsus marinus among natural Crassostrea virginica populations from Virginia waters. (#55) | Download Talk (11,635 KB) | |
| John W. Ewart E. J. Chalabala Jim Alderman. |
Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Oyster Gardening Program. (#46) | Download Talk (154,525 KB) | |
| David Bushek Danielle A. Kreeger |
Some potential alternative strategies and applications for shellfish enhancement and restoration in Delaware Bay. (#48) | Download Talk (16,715 KB) | |
| Catherine M. Gatenby Matthew A. Patterson Danielle A. Kreeger |
A freshwater mussel propagation program for restoring aquatic ecosystems and endangered species. (#50) | Download Talk (58,769 KB) | |
| 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) | Download Talk (18,555 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) | Download Talk (5,716 KB) | |
| Jaclyn Taylor David Bushek |
Preliminary investigations of constructed oyster reef habitat in lower Delaware Bay. (#23) | No File | |
| 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 |
James M. Eisenhardt. | Ecological Restoration in an Urban Watershed. (#4) | Download Talk (17,006 KB) |
| Ralph Huddleston | Mitigating for Cooling Water Intakes – Is the Estuary Enhancement Program of DE Bay Working? (#5) | Download Talk (1,835 KB) | |
| Gwyn Rowland | Opportunities and Barriers to Restoring Wetlands in Urban Areas — A Case Study from Cobbs Creek Watershed Wetlands Restoration Project. (#30) | Download Talk (8,754 KB) | |
| Matthew Colip Fred Suffian |
Igo, Porter, Warren Memorial Field Rain Garden Project in Warrington Township, Bucks County. (#15) | No File | |
| 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) | Download Talk (1,179 KB) | |
| Bill Shadel | An Inventory of Restoration Opportunities in the Delaware Bay. (#77) | Download Talk (2,435 KB) | |
| Krista Laudenbach-Nelson | Prospects for Regional Restoration Planning for the Delaware Estuary. (#78) | Download Talk (1,184 KB) | |
| Session 10
Hot Topics in Delaware Estuary Science and Management Wednesday |
A. Ronald MacGillivray | Emerging Contaminants of Concern in the Delaware Estuary and Watershed. (#11) | Download Talk (234 KB) |
| Rick Greene Gary Buchanan Bruce Ruppel |
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Fish from the Delaware Estuary. (#24) | Download Talk (2,080 KB) | |
| Anthony J. Broccoli | Global climate change: causes and consequences. (#59) | Download Talk (4,423 KB) | |
| Nancy M. Targett | Linking Science and Society: An Overview of the Developing National Priorities. (#62) | Download Talk (822 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) | Download Talk (1,873 KB) | |
| Jeremy Firestone Willett Kempton |
Science, Social Science, and Policy Regarding Developing Offshore Wind Power in The Delaware Estuary Region. (#60) | Download Talk (9,014 KB) | |
| Jennifer Halchak John L. Gallagher Denise Seliskar |
The Transition from Agricultural Lands to Wetlands during Sea Level Rise: Managing the Ecology and Economics. (#31) | No File |