*Click on a speaker's name below to learn more!
8:00-8:30am Announcements
Main Room
Track A
8:30-10:00am
Panel 4A Restoration & Thermal Patterns
Scott O'Daniel CTUIR
Meacham Creek Water Quality
​
Sierra Higheagle Nez Perce Tribe
Zenner Meadows Restoration Using Induced Meandering
​
John Palmer EPA Region 10
Columbia River Thermal Refuges
8:30-10:00am
4B Clean Water Act Program Changes
Donna Downing EPA HQ
Water Quality Certification Rule Changes and Impacts on Tribes
​
Laura Shumway EPA HQ
ATTAINS Phased National Rollout: Including Tribal Assessments
Track B
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-12:00pm
5A Thermal Patterns featuring an interactive sonde discussion
​
Andy Gendaszek USGS
Thermal Patterns in Mill Creek
​
Mark Buettner Klamath Tribes
Long-Term Water Quality Monitoring Program: Key Program For Assessing Effects of Land and Water Management and Climate Change in the Upper Klamath Basin
​
Candace Penn Squaxin Island Tribe
Vote for your favorite sonde brand - Join this session to give us your input!
10:30-12:00pm
5B Clean Water Act Program Changes & Opportunities
Donna Downing EPA HQ
Navigable Waters Protection Rule (formally WOTUS)
Damaris Christensen EPA HQ
Navigable Waters Protection Rule (formally WOTUS) continued
​
Krista Mendelman EPA Region 10
Who Knew That Hazard Mitigation Could Be So Beautiful - Natural Hazard Mitigation Plans and Nature-Based Solutions
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm
6A Water Quality Monitoring
Julian Sammons Skokomish Tribe
Off-reservation Pollution Sources that Affect the Skokomish Reservation - 106 Case Study
​
Eric Berntsen Kalispel Tribe
Characterizing Spatiotemporal Variability in Water Temperature and Habitat to Inform Restoration for Cold-Water Fishes
1:00-2:00pm
6B Wetland Program Development Grants
Linda Storm EPA Region 10
Introduction and Program Basics
​
Janice Martin Quinault Indian Nation
Tribal WPDG case study
​
Matt Baerwalde Snoqualmie Tribe
Tribal Wetlands Working Group
2:00-2:15pm Break
2:15-3:00pm Strategizing and Closing
Vicki Kruger Squaxin Island Tribe