2009 TRB Joint Summer Meeting
Looking Beyond the Transportation Footprint


Shepherdstown, WV, July 13–16, 2009
National Conservation Training Center
Shepherdstown, WV
 

Agenda

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

Monday, July 13, 2009

 

   

10:00am – 5:00pm

Registration
 

1:00 – 5:00pm

ADC-10 Committee Business Meeting

Resource Agency Liaison Peer Exchange Meeting
 

7:00 – 8:30pm

Welcome Dessert Reception
Welcoming Remarks: Jay Slack, Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
   

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

   

7:30am – 5:00pm

Registration
   

7:30am – 5:00pm

Sponsor Exhibits and Poster Sessions
   

8:30 – 9:00am

Official Welcome and Opening of the Meeting
Charles ’Muggs’ Stoll, Chair, Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee (ADC 10)
   

9:00 – 9:45am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Larry Selzer, President and CEO, The Conservation Fund
   

9:45 – 10:00am

BREAK
   

10:00 – 11:30am

Session 1: Climate Change and Transportation
Moderator: April Marchese, Federal Highway Administration
Beverley Swaim-Staley, Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation

Climate Change “Happenings”: Implications for Transportation

Bill Knapp, U.S. FWS, Deputy Science Advisor to the Director
Robert Hargrove, U.S. EPA, Director of NEPA Compliance Division
   

11:30am – 1:00pm

LUNCH
Luncheon Speaker: Secretary Mattox, West Virginia Department of Transportation
   

1:00 – 2:30pm

CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Session 2a: Discussion Forum Hosted and facilitated by USFWS on Coordination and Conservation Tools
Moderator: Catherine Liller, USFWS National Transportation Liaison
Janice Engle, U.S. FWS Liaison to Customs and Border Protection, Division of Consultation

Recovery Crediting for Threatened and Endangered Species

Omar Bocanegra, U.S. FWS Endangered Species Coordinator, Texas Ecological Services Field Office

Session 2b: Discussion Forum Hosted and Facilitated by USACE on Managing Linear Projects from a Regulatory Perspective
Moderator: Jennifer Moyer, U.S. ACE Headquarters

Managing Linear Projectsin the Jacksonville District

John Fellows and Andrew Phillips, U.S. ACE Jacksonville District

Building Strong

Rudolph Villarreal, U.S. ACE Mobile District
William Wescott, U.S. ACE Wilmington District

Session 2c: Discussion Forum Hosted and Facilitated by NOAA on Transportation and the Endangered Species Act
Michael Grady, Senior Policy Analyst/Transportation Branch Chief
NOAA Fisheries-Northwest Region
   

2:30 – 3:00pm

BREAK
   

3:00 – 4:30pm

Session 3: Corridors of the Future – A Town Hall Meeting
Moderator: Charles Stoll, Chair, TRB Committee
Horst Greczmiel, Council on Environmental Quality
Michael Shapiro, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. EPA
Michael Ensch, Chief, Operations & Regulatory Community of Practice, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Paul Mattox, Secretary, West Virginia Department of Transportation
   

5:30 – 7:00pm

DINNER
   

7:30 – 9:00pm

Optional Evening Session: Tools of the Future – Demonstration of Cutting Edge Landscape Mapping Technology
Janice Engle, U.S. FWS – Presentation on IPaC System
   

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

 

   

7:30am – 5:00pm

Registration
   

7:30am – 5:00pm

Sponsor Exhibits and Poster Sessions
   

8:30 – 10:00am

CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Session 4a: Discussion Forum Hosted and Facilitated by USDA FS – Agency initiatives that Advance FHWA’s Eco-Logical Initiative
Moderator: Brian Yanchik, Federal Highway Administration

U.S. Forest Service Strategic Framework for Climate Change

Joe Burns, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, National Transportation Ecology Program Leader
Bruce Beard, U.S. Department of Defense
Nancy Parachini, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Acting Forest Legacy National Program Manager
Laura Gabanski, U.S. EPA Healthy Watersheds Coordinator

The landscape of ecosystem services

Al Todd, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Asst. Director, State and Private Forestry - Ecosystem Services and Markets

Session 4b: Discussion Forum Hosted and Facilitated by FHWA – From Concept to Application

Integrating Transportation and Environment: From Concept to Application

Moderator: Raja Veeramachaneni, Director, Office of Project Development and Environmental Review, FHWA

Linking Environmental & Transportation Planning
Mid-America Regional Council’s Eco-Logical Project

Lisa Pool, Mid America Regional Council

Integrating a Regional Ecosystem Framework and Transportation Planning

Dan Lamers, North Central Texas Council of Governments

Integrated Planning. Why?

Ann Campbell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Session 4c: Discussion Forum Hosted and Facilitated by EPA – National EPA Transportation Water Quality Strategy

EPA National Transportation Water Quality Work Plan

Laura Bachle, National Transportation Liaison, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dave Evans, Wetlands Division Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
   

10:00 – 10:30am

BREAK
   

10:30 – 11:30am

Session 5: Open Forum
   

11:30 – 5:00pm

Transportation Tour: Showcasing West Virginia Partnering Projects and the Maryland Inter-County Connector
   

6:30 – 9:30pm

CONFERENCE BANQUET
Banquet Speaker: John Howard, NPS, Superintendent of Antietam National Battlefield
Recognition Ceremony: ’Outstanding Inter-Agency Partnership / Leadership’
   

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

 

   

7:30am – 12:00

Sponsor Exhibits and Poster Sessions
   

8:00 – 9:30am

Session 6: Planning the Green and the Grey as Complementary Systems
Moderator: Kris Hoellen, The Conservation Fund

Planning the Green And The Grey As Complementary Systems

Gregory Slater, Maryland State Highway Administration

NiSource Habitat Conservation Plan

TJ Miller, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Planning the Green and the Grey as Complementary Systems: Optimizing Environmental Project Selection

Will Allen, The Conservation Fund
   

9:30 – 10:00am

BREAK
   

10:00 – 11:00am

Session 7: Research – Closing the Gap and Becoming Effective Champions

Closing the Gap and Becoming Effective Champions Through Research

Neil Pedersen, Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration
Joe Shalkowski, Assoc. Vice President PBS&J, Chair, ADC10 Research Subcommittee
   

11:00 – 11:45am

Session 8: Closing Remarks from the National Transportation Liaisons
Jennifer Moyer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Catherine Liller, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Laura Bachle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Paul Anderson, U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Carol Legard, Advisory Council for Historic Preservation
   

11:45am – 12:00

Wrap up / Conference Adjourns
Charles Stoll, Chair, Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee (ADC 10)
 
 
 

Conference Steering Committee

Kris Hoellen, The Conservation Fund
Margarita Carey, The Conservation Fund
Anne Elrays, Maryland State Highway Administration
Greg Akers, West Virginia Department of Transportation
Kate Kurgan, American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
Shari Shaftlein, U.S. Federal Highway Administration
Jennifer Moyer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Catherine Liller, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Joe Burns, U.S.D.A. Forest Service

   

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