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Maryland Water Monitoring Council
Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources
Tawes Building, C-2
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis MD 21401
www.marylandwatermonitoring.org
Sandy Hertz, Maryland Dept. of Transportation
Chair
Mat Pajerowski
Vice-chair
Katherine Hanna, Maryland DNR
Executive Secretary
Directors
Andy Becker, KCI Technologies
Megan Brosh, Baltimore County DEPS
Jai Cole, M-NCPPC
(P) Lindsay DeMarzo, Howard Co. OCS
(P) Jason Dubow, MD Dept. Planning
Clark Howells, Baltimore City
(P) Ken Mack, Mont. Co. DEP
Byron Madigan, Carroll Co. BRM
Richard Mitchell, US EPA
Joel Moore, Towson University
Diana Muller, Maritimas
Jeff Reagan, Biohabitats, Inc.
Nancy Roth, Tetra Tech, Inc.
Bill Stack, Center for Watershed Protection
Ken Staver, Univ. of MD WREC
Matt Stover, Maryland Dept. of the Environment
Mark Trice, Maryland DNR
Chris Victoria, Anne Arundel DPW
Michael Williams, Univ. of MD College Park
(P) = Pending
MARYLAND WATER MONITORING COUNCIL
26th Annual Conference – December 3 - 4, 2020
Virtual Conference
Clean Waters, Healthy Humans: The Environment Rx
Morning Plenary Session Day 1 (9:00-10:00)
9:00 MWMC Board Chair’s Call to Order – Sandy Hertz; Maryland Department of Transportation; Chair, MWMC
Board of Directors
9:15 Plenary Session Speaker – Dr. Rita Colwell; Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland and
Johns Hopkins University; Former Director at the National Science Foundation
9:45 Plenary Session Speaker – Congressman John Sarbanes; US Representative for Maryland District 3; Co- chair of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus and Author of the No Child Left Inside Act
9:50 Carl S. Weber Awards – Clark Howells; City of Baltimore
10:00 Break to Allow Moderators to Set Up Virtual Meeting Rooms
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Concurrent Virtual Breakout Sessions 10:10 – 12:00
12:00 End of Day 1
VB Room 1 VB Room 2 VB Room 3 VB Room 4
10:10
– 12:00
Recent Advances in
Stream Restoration
Monitoring, Part 1
STREAM RESTORATION
101 - Doug Stephens,
Montgomery Parks
DETERMINING
REALISTiC ECOLOGICAL
EXPECTATIONS IN
URBAN STREAM
RESTORATIONS - Robert
Hilderbrand, UMCES
Appalachian Laboratory
DEM DIFFERENCING AS
AN APPROACH FOR
IDENTIFICATION OF
STREAM RESTORATION
PROJECTS AND
QUANTIFICATION OF
STREAMBANK
SEDIMENT AND
NUTRIENT LOADS - Mike
Hickman, Center for
Watershed Protection
Clean Waters, Healthy
Humans
LINKING WATERSHED AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH – A
WALKABLE WATERSHED
APPROACH - Alisa Hefner,
Skeo Solutions
A ONE WATER APPROACH
TO UNDERSTANDING
CONTAMINANTS OF
EMERGING CONCERN -
Jennifer Flippin, Tetra Tech
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF
MICROPLASTICS TO
ECOLOGICAL AND HUMAN
HEALTH IN THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND
ITS WATERSHED - Matt
Robinson, DOEE
NITRATE CONTAMINATION
IN MARYLAND’S
GROUNDWATER AND
HEALTH IMPACTS TO
LOWER EASTERN SHORE
COMMUNITIES - Katlyn
Schmitt and Darya Minovi,
Center for Progressive
Reform
Nutrient Management in
Saline Environments
COASTAL BLUE CARBON
101 - Hilary Stevens,
Restore America's
Estuaries
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
IN RESTORED WETLANDS
AT DREDGE MATERIAL
CONTAINMENT FACILITIES
- Shawn Kiernan, MDOT
Maryland Port
Administration
BLUE CARBON
POTENTIAL IN BENEFICIAL
USE PROJECTS: AN
EXAMPLE FROM POPLAR
ISLAND - Lorie W. Staver,
UMCES
NUTRIENT LIMITATION OF
PHYTOPLANKTON IN
CHESAPEAKE BAY:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN
EMPIRICAL APPROACH
FOR WATER-QUALITY
MANAGEMENT - Qian
Zhang, UMCES/CBP
Water Quality
THIS IS YOUR STREAM
ON DRUGS:
CONCENTRATIONS AND
LOADS OF
PHARMACEUTICALS
OVER ONE YEAR IN
BALTIMORE STREAMS -
Megan Fork, Cary
Institute of Ecosystem
Studies
SURFACE WATER
QUALITY TRENDS FROM
EPA’S LONG TERM
MONITORING NETWORK
- Scott Riley, US EPA
CROWDSOURCING
CHLORIDE DATA WITH
WINTER SALT WATCH -
Emily Bialowas, Izaak
Walton League of
America
IDENTIFICATION OF
MONITORING GAPS IN
STREAM MONITORING
NETWORKS - Joel
Blomquist, USGS
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Morning Plenary Session Day 2 (10:00-10:05)
10:00 MWMC Board Chair’s Call to Order – Sandy Hertz; Maryland Department of Transportation; Chair, MWMC
Board of Directors
10:05 Break to Allow Moderators to Set Up Virtual Meeting Rooms
Concurrent Virtual Breakout Sessions 10:10 – 12:00
12:00 Adjourn
VB Room 1 VB Room 2 VB Room 3 VB Room 4
10:10
– 12:00
Recent Advances in
Stream Restoration
Monitoring, Part 2
RIPARIAN PLANT
COMMUNITY AND
WATER QUALITY
RESPONSES AT SITES
RESTORED BY LEGACY
SEDIMENT REMOVAL &
FLOODPLAIN
RECONNECTION - Joel
Moore and Vanessa
Beauchamp, Towson
University
BENEFITS OF USING
WOOD STRUCTURES
TO RESTORE STREAMS
AND RECONNECT
FLOODPLAINS- Joe
Berg, Biohabitats
FUNCTION-BASED
STREAM RESTORATION
MONITORING - Rich
Starr, Ecosystem
Planning and
Restoration
VIEWING VARIATION IN
RESTORED CHANNEL
HABITAT THROUGH
THE LENS OF REMOTE
DATA - Hayley Oakland,
UMBC and Montana
State University
Meeting the Goals of the
Chesapeake Bay WIPs
through Innovation and
Hard Work!
FINANCING SOLUTIONS
TO MEET THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY TMDL
AND WIPs - Michael
Roberts, MDE
CONOWINGO WATERSHED
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN -
Bryan Seipp, Center for
Watershed Protection
HOW SALISBURY IS
ACHIEVING WIP GOALS
AND THE PATH TO
MAKING MAIN STREET
THE CITY’S FIRST GREEN
STREET - Amanda Pollack,
City of Salisbury,
Infrastructure and
Development Department
HOW AG IS
IMPLEMENTING THE WIPs -
Elizabeth Hoffman, MDA
PFAS (Per- and poly- Fluorinated Alkyl
Substances): News on an
Emerging Contaminant
MANAGING PFAS RISKS IN
MARYLAND - Rebecca-Ann
Warns, MDE
USGS INTEGRATED
SCIENCE ON PFAS:
STUDIES IN THE NORTH
ATLANTIC-APPALACHIAN
REGION - Michelle M.
Lorah, U.S. Geological
Survey
CONTAMINANTS OF
EMERGING CONCERN:
ASSESSING THEIR IMPACT
ON TREE SWALLOWS, A
MODEL AVIAN SPECIES –
Christine M. Custer, USGS
US AIR FORCE RESPONSE
TO PFOS/PFOA IN
WATERS OF THE STATE -
William K. Burris, Air Force
Civil Engineer Center
Data in the Time of
COVID: There’s an App
for That!
QC OF CONTINUOUS
DATA USING R AND
SHINY - Erik W. Leppo,
Tetra Tech, Inc.
DEPLOYING R SHINY
APPLICATIONS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENTISTS – WHAT
DOESN’T KILL YOU
MAKES YOU STRONGER
- Emma Jones, Virginia
Department of
Environmental Quality
COMMUNITY SCIENCE
CAN HELP FILL
KNOWLEDGE GAPS
ABOUT THE ECOLOGY
OF URBAN ESTUARIES -
Charmaine Dahlenburg,
National Aquarium
WIKIWATERSHED.ORG:
TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY
WATERSHED
ENGAGEMENT &
LEARNING - Dave
Arscott, Stroud Water
Research Center