Introduction to Fluvial Geomorphology

Monday, Nov. 26 (8:00am - 5:00pm) & Tuesday, Nov. 27 (8:00am - 5:00pm) • Tess Wynn, Assistant Professor • W. Cully Hession, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

Location: The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center

This two day workshop will introduce attendants to issues such as watershed hydrology, erosion and sediment fate and transport, stream classification, hydraulic geometry and regional curves, and linkages between fluvial morphology and aquatic ecosystems. Two field trips are included in the workshop’s program.

(NOTE: Please dress to be outside for several hours. Wear boots or waders if you have them.)

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An Overview of the TMDL Process

Tuesday, Nov. 27 (1:00pm - 5:00pm) • Panel of experts moderated by Dave Gruber, President, Biological Monitoring, Inc.

Location: The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center

This comprehensive workshop will offer participants a guide to the TMDL process. Highlights of the discussion include regulatory and legal aspects of the TMDL program, stressor identifications for benthic impairments, and TMDL implementation plans. Specific issues relating to sediment impairments and permitting within TMDL watersheds will be presented. Alternatives such as a designated use attainability analysis will be discussed.

The panelists are representatives from Va. DEQ; W. Va.DEP; Southern Law Center; Brooks Smith, Hutton & Williams, LLP; Southern Environmental Law Center; Arch Coal Company; Virginia Tech, and Biological Monitoring, Inc.

The workshops will end with a panel session open to all speakers.

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Tools for Watershed Modeling and Assessment

Friday, Nov. 30 (8:30am - 1:00pm) • Michael Strager, Assistant Professor, West Virginia University • Jacquelyn Strager, Research Coordinator, Natural Resource Analysis Center, West Virginia University • Samuel Lamont, Post Doctoral Scholar, Natural Resource Analysis Center, West Virginia University • Vishesh Maskey, Software Engineer, Natural Resource Analysis Center, West Virginia University

Location: Cheatham Hall, room 217

This workshop will demonstrate the capabilities and potential of the Watershed Modeling and Characterization System (WCMS), developed by the Natural Resource Analysis Center at West Virginia University. The WCMS runs within ESRI’s ArcGIS 9.x GIS software platform and includes several hydrological and water quality modeling tools designed to aid in water resources management and assessment.

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