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Full Schedule

  • Monday, April 29, 2024
  • 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
    101 Basics of Compensatory Mitigation
    Facilitator: David B. Olson – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Facilitator: Jeff Phillips – Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
    Facilitator: Hal Holland – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Facilitator: John Wigginton, PWS, CERP – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Facilitator: David Urban – Ecosystem Investment Partners
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Mitigation Bank and ILF Review Workbooks Workshop
    Facilitator: Brian Topping – US Environmental Protection Agency
    Facilitator: Michelle L. Mattson – Institute for Water Resources (IWR), USACE
    Facilitator: Valerie L. Layne – USACE Institute for Water Resources
    Facilitator: Steven Martin
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Land Asset Explore (limited spots; apply to participate when registering)
    Facilitator: Jody L. Bickel – Creekbank Associates
  • 12:45 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    FIELD VISIT: Upper Ohio Mitigation Bank & Tuscarawas Mitigation Bank
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    SESSION 1A: RIBITS for Bank Sponsors
    Facilitator: Valerie L. Layne – USACE Institute for Water Resources
    Facilitator: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates
    Facilitator: Michelle Thompson – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
    Facilitator: Beattie S. Williams – Starr Enterprises
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 2: Dam Removal - Banks and RGL 18-01
    Moderator: Dave Coffman – RES
    Panelist: David B. Olson – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Panelist: Kathy Hoverman – RES
    Panelist: Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy – American Rivers
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 3: Conservation Banking 102 - Emerging Regulatory Foundation for Species Mitigation Practice
    Facilitator: Jeff Phillips – Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
    Facilitator: Shauna Everett – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Facilitator: Dana Herman – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Field Office
    Facilitator: Kylan Frye – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 4: Funding Your Mitigation Project
    Moderator: Gray Stevens – Sandy Creek Partners
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    FIELD TRIP: Urban & Environmental Justice Area Tour
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    SESSION 1B: Understanding ILF Program ledgers in RIBITS
    Facilitator: Valerie L. Layne – USACE Institute for Water Resources
    Facilitator: Beattie S. Williams – Starr Enterprises
    Facilitator: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates
    Facilitator: Michelle Thompson – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    SESSION 5: The Federal Highway Administration's Role in Supporting Mitigation in States
    Facilitator: Richard L. Darden – Federal Highway Administration
    Facilitator: Michael S. Ruth, Professional Geologist – Federal Highway Administration - Resource Center
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    SESSION 6: Legal Considerations: Hydrologic Trespass and Nuisance Considerations in Environmental Mitigation Projects
    Presenter: Ian Jewell – Freese and Nichols, Inc.
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    SESSION 7: Mining and Environmental Markets
    Moderator: Jody L. Bickel – Creekbank Associates
    Presenter: Ryan W. Thomason – Harrison Temblador Hungerford & Guernsey
    Presenter: Sean Hungerford – Harrison Temblador Hungerford & Guernsey LLP
    Presenter: Karen Berg – Creekbank Associates
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    SESSION 8: Cultural Resources Considerations for Mitigation Bank and In-lieu Fee Program Proposals
    Moderator: Cory Wilson – USACE, Jacksonville District
    Panelist: Tim Dodson – USACE, Nashville and Mobile Districts
    Panelist: Robin Moore – USACE, Jacksonville District
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 9: MS4 Programs Across the States
    Moderator: Mark J. Young – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
    Presenter: Jon Kasitz – RES
    Presenter: Richard Heineman – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
    Presenter: Michael Barrick – Hunt Valley Environmental
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 10: Considerations for Mitigation and Restoration Projects
    Moderator: Greg Good – The Conservation Fund
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 11: 101 on Long-Term Management
    Facilitator: Greg DeYoung, AICP – Westervelt Ecological Services and ERBA
    Facilitator: Michelle L. Mattson – Institute for Water Resources (IWR), USACE
    Facilitator: Stephanie Tom Coupe – National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 12: Watershed Scale Restoration – Robinson Fork Mitigation Bank Case Study
    Moderator: David Goerman, Jr. – Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
    Panelist: Arthur C. Parola, PhD, PE – University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering
    Panelist: Ward Oberholtzer – Land Studies
    Panelist: Shawyn Yeamans – RES
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    SESSION 13: Sales & Marketing Roundtables
    Facilitator: Kae Hovater – EcoCredit Marketing
    Facilitator: Desmond Duke – RES
    Facilitator: Terry McKenzie – Mitigation Solutions USA
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
    First Time Attendee Connect