Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts

2021 Annual Conference Pre-recorded Sessions

Wednesday, Dec 1 - Preconference Workshops

• Watershed Management Workshop

  • Your Role in Watershed Management - Presenters: Louis Smith, Smith Partners; Kevin Bigalke and Annie Felix-Gerth, BWSR

  • Your Role in Watershed Planning - Presenter: Michelle Overholser, Yellow Medicine River Watershed District

  • Your Role in Project and Program Implementation - Michelle Overholser, Yellow Medicine River Watershed District

  • Your Role as a Government Official - Louis Smith, Smith Partners

• Minnesota Drainage Seminar

  • Utilities… Real World Practical Approach - Urban and Rural Perspective - Presenters: Ashlee Ricci, Rice Creek Watershed District and Tim Stahl, Jackson County

  • Utilities Panel: Windmills and Pipelines - Presenters: Chris Otterness, Houston Engineering; Tom Gile, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources; and Chuck Brandel, ISG

  • Easements and Rights-of-Way: Acquisition, Recording, and Best Practices - Presenters: Kale VanBruggen and John Kolb, Rinke Noonan

  • Gopher State One Call - Presenter: Barbara Cedarberg, Chief Operations Office at Gopher State One Call

  • Drainage Work Group Update - Presenter: Tom Gile, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources

  • Multi Purpose Drainage Management - Presenters: Chad Engels, Moore Engineering; Henry VanOffelen, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources

Thursday, Dec 2 Sessions

• Pond Treatment with Spent Lime to Control Phosphorus Release from Sediments - Greg Wilson, BARR Engineering

• Water Treatment By-Product Used to Enhance Phosphorus Reductions - Josh Maxwell, RPBCWD

• What does Climate Change mean for future flooding in the Red River basin? Tyler Olsen - BARR Engineering

• Translating Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion into Systems Change in Policy & Planning - Rosie Russell, EOR, Belinda Gardner, Capitol Region WD, Rebecca Walker, University of MN

• The Mississippi River Green Team: Impacts of an Environmental Workforce Program - Michaela Neu, MWMO and Gretchen Engstrom, MSP Park and Rec

• Developing Automated Technologies for Common Carp Management - Vinnie Hirt, Przemek Bajer, Carp Solutions Matt Kocian, Rice Creek WD

• Black River Impoundment Project - Myron Jesme, Red Lake WD and Tony Nordby, Houston Engineering

• "If I Were King for a Day": the How's and Why's of Rule Revision - Patrick Hughes, Rice Creek Watershed District and Chris Otterness, Houston Engineering, Inc.

• The Hallock Dam Retrofit - Patrick Hughes, Rice Creek WD, Chris Otterness, Houston Engineering

• A Tale of Two Filters: Amending Filtration Media with Biochar to Remove Bacteria from Urban Stormwater - Justine Dauphinais, Jon Janke, Chase Vanderbilt, Coon Creek WD

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Forum - Belinda Gardner, Mark Doneux, Capitol Region WD

• Red River Basin LiDAR Data Acquisition - Robert Sip, Red River WMB Charles Fritz, International Water Institute

• Redpath Impoundment and Mustinka River Rehabilitation Project - Chad Engels, Moore Engineering and Greg Fransen, Barr Engineering

• Tools for Implementing Your One Watershed One Plan Program - Tara Ostendorf, Moore Engineering

• Watershed Planning: Targeting Flexibility - Paul Marston, ISG, Courtney Phillips, Shell Rock River WD

• Recreation as a Catalyst for Conservation and Community - Staci Williams and Chuck Brandel, ISG

• Roseau Lake Rehabilitation - A Decade and Counting - Nate Dalager, HDR

Friday, Dec 3 Sessions

• Improving Water Quality with the Scenario Application Manager (SAM) - Cindie McCutcheon, RESPEC

• Lambert Lake Upgrade: Building a Meander to Improve Water Quality and Reconnect the Floodplain while Conducting Needed Maintenance - Dawn Tanner and Phil Belfiori, VLAWMO and Emily Jennings, S.E.H., Inc.

• Multi-Partner Implementation of Urban Stormwater Project - Columbia Golf Course BMPs - Alicia Beattie, MWMO Erin Hunker and Lisa Breu, SRF Consulting Group

• Low Salt Diet Needed: The Sources and Impacts of Chloride Pollution and Tools to Help You Address It - Laura Jester, BCWMC and Brooke Asleson, MPCA

• A Fundamentally New Approach to Lake Management - Mark Enochs, MNX Inc. and Christian Ference, Moleaer Inc

• Wetland Restoration Challenges in an Agricultural Landscape Daniel Tix, Janna Kieffer, Barr Engineering Courtney Phillips, Shell Rock River WD