10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 

Brown Palace, 2nd Floor Mezzanine above Lobby

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
 

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7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 

8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
 

Keynote Address: Russ George, Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director
Jeff Kullman, Colorado Department of Transportation Region 1 Transportation Director

Carol Zimmerman, Chair, Transportation Needs for Parks and Public Lands (ADA40)
Mark Kross, Chair, Environmental Analysis in Transportation (ADC10)
Tom Linkous, Chair, Ecology and Transportation (ADC30)

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
 

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Session 1.1 Changes in Environmental Assessments and Related Studies
Speaker:  Jeff Houk, FHWA

Session 1.2 Considerations for Changes to the Transportation Infrastructure
Speaker:  Margi Lifsey, Oregon Department of Transportation

Session 1.3 Research, Resources and Guidance on Climate Change
Speaker:  Leni Oman, Washington State Department of Transportation

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Speaker:  Caley Johnson, National Renewable Energy Lab
               Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Session 2.1 National Park Service Transportation: A Historical Perspective
Speaker: Kevin Percival, National Park Service

Session 2.2 Climate Friendly Parks Initiative
Speaker: Shawn Norton, National Park Service

Session 2.3 Grand Canyon Transportation Plan Environmental Assessment
Speaker: Patrick Shea, National Park Service

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Session 3.1 Managing Transportation for Parks, Outdoor Recreation, and Tourism
Speaker: Bob Manning, University of Vermont

Session 3.2 Yosemite's integrated Visitor Carrying Capacity Application
Speaker: Bill Byrne, David Evans and Associates

Session 3.3 Green Spaces and Getting Places: A Human Health Story
Speaker: Sarah Heaton, CDC National Center for Environmental Health

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Session #4 Road Ecology

Moderator: Tom Linkous, Chair, Ecology and Transportation (ADC30)

Session 4.1 Highway Eco-Systems, How Wildlife Adapts to Use Highways
Speaker: Marcel Huijser, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University

Session 4.2 Issues in Wildlife Connectivity and Collisions
Speaker: Patricia Cramer, Utah State University

Session 4.3 Effects of Air Quality Degradation in Mountain Areas
Speaker: Chris Shaver, National Park Service

5:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Dinner  (on your own)

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Special Evening Workshop - Research Needs and Prioritization by the Three Committees

Moderator: Joe Shalkowski, PBS&J, Inc.

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7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 

Transportation Tour Option 1 (All Day) - Rocky Mountain National Park

Tour Guide: Joe Arnold, Rocky Mountain National Park
Tour Guide: John Hannon, Rocky Mountain National Park
Tour Guide: Peter Newman, Colorado State University
Tour Guide: Larry Gamble, Rocky Mountain National Park
Tour Guide: Laura Wheatley, Rocky Mountain National Park

Space on this tour is limited. Tour includes a box lunch. Rocky Mountain National Park is a living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the wet, grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the weather-ravaged top of Longs Peak. The park provides visitors with opportunities for countless breathtaking experiences and adventures. On this tour you will explore the park shuttle system, see the results of a major road reconstruction project, and learn about the many transportation challenges the park faces to meet the NPS dual mission of protecting resources while allowing for visitor enjoyment.

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
 

Moderator: Doug Smith, DMJM Harris

Session 5.1 Corps Proposed Rule and Watershed Approach  Session 5.1 Handouts
Speaker: Steve Martin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Institute for Water Resources
Session 5.1 Handouts

Session 5.2 Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Environmental Performance Measures
Speaker: Jennifer Finch, Colorado Department of Transportation

Session 5.3 Facilitated Discussion on Research for Expanded Environmental Analysis
Facilitator: Mark S. Kross, Chair, Environmental Analysis in Transportation
Speaker: Audience Participation

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
 

Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
 

Session #6 Colorado - Environmental Sensitivity in Action, Ballroom A

Moderator: Bryan Roeder, Colorado Department of Transportation

Session 6.1 Innovative Conservation of Species at Risk on Colorado's Prairie: Balancing Human Needs and Conservation Priorities
Speaker: Bill Ulfelder, The Nature Conservancy

Session 6.2 Castlewood Canyon
Speaker: Paul Jesaitis, Colorado Department of Transportation

Session 6.3 East Plum Creek Habitat Conservation Bank
Speaker: Mark Bakeman, Ensight Technical Services, Inc.

NOON – 5:00 p.m.
 

Transportation Tour Option 2 (Half Day) - Castlewood Canyon Ecological Restoration Tour

Tour Guide: Rich McEldowney, PBJ&S, Inc.
Tour Guide: Paul Jesaitis, Colorado Department of Transportation
Tour Guide: Mark Bakeman, Ensight Technical Services, Inc.

Tour includes a box lunch. The Castlewood Canyon project replaced an historical bridge over Cherry Creek in Castlewood Canyon State Park. Cherry Creek is occupied by the Preble's meadow jumping mouse and also provides habitat for a wide range of other species. Project designers and engineers devised and implemented innovative methods to prevent birds from attempting to nest on the bridge until project completion, and to prevent waste material from falling into the canyon below.

East Plum Creek through Castle Rock was downcutting due to excess flow from upstream development. This left its riparian vegetation above the water table and dying. In addition, a sewer line that had once been buried by several feet of sediment became perched well above the water line. CDOT stopped the downcutting. These efforts restored the ground water and subsequently the riparian vegetation and Preble's mouse habitat.

6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
 

Conference Banquet and Festivities - The Denver Museum of Nature & Science

A "strolling" reception with full meal, on two levels of the museum overlooking City Park and the Rocky Mountains. We will have private, after-hours access to many of the museum exhibit areas. Cash bar and access to outside veranda with views.

Thursday, July 31

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Moderator: Joe Shalkowski, PBS&J, Inc.

Session 7.1 A Case Study of North Shore Road (Great Smokey Mountains National Park)
Speaker: Kristina Miller, ARCADIS

Session 7.2 New Thoughts on Linkages between Transportation and the Environmental Research
Speaker: Wayne Kober, AASHTO, Kim Fisher, TRB

Session 7.3 How to Develop and Fund research Efforts
Speaker: Leni Oman, Washington State Department of Transportation

Session 7.4 Overview of Tuesday Evening Research Session - Next Steps
Speaker: Audience Participation
 

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Session 8.1 Concluding Remarks

Carol Zimmerman, Chair, Transportation Needs for Parks and Public Lands (ADA40)
Mark Kross, Chair, Environmental Analysis in Transportation (ADC10)
Tom Linkous, Chair, Ecology and Transportation (ADC30)
 

10:30 a.m.

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