international water institute

Western Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Training Workshop 2008

U.S. EPA Region 8

April 29, 30 & May 1 , 2008
Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Rapid City, South Dakota

The goal of this workshop was to assist states and tribes in developing new programs or enhancing existing programs for monitoring and assessing wetlands in the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions. Besides assessment approaches currently used in the region also wetland protection and restoration measures were highlighted.

Agenda

Wetland Workshop Presentations

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Presented By		Title
		EPA NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSEPECTIVES & UPDATES
Jill Minter		Region 8 Update - Elements of a Monitoring and Assessment Program for Wetlands
Rich Sumner/ Jill Minter		National Wetlands Condition Assessment
Chris Hunter		Joint Army-EPA: Compensatory Mitigation Rule
		WETLAND ASSESSMENTS
Josh Collins		Watershed Monitoring & Assessment: Building Capacity in California
Vince Evelsizer		Overview of Iowa's Wetland Monitoring Program
Theron Miller		Farmington Bay Wetlands Nutrient Criteria and Beneficial Use Studies
Rebecca Phillips/ Ofer Beeri		Level 1 Wetland Assessment in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR)
Mike Davis/ Dan Ackerman		North Dakota Department of Transportation Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Techniques
Brad Johnson		Functional Assessment of Colorado’s Wetlands: The Benefits and Application of Stressor-based Techniques in Wetland Evaluation
Shawn DeKeyser/ Christina Hargiss/ Don Kirby/ Mike Ell		Three Tiered Wetland Assessment using a Probabilistic Sampling Design
Christina Hargiss/ Shawn DeKeyser/ Don Kirby/ Mike Ell		Assessment of Wetland Condition in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota
Joe Rocchio		Assessing Wetland Condition in the Rio Grande Headwaters Basin to Inform Wetland Protection & Restoration Strategies

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