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Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:35 PM<br>Subject: REMINDER - Free CA Hydromod Webinar: Compensatory Mitigation for Streams Under the Clean Water Act?<br>To: <<br>
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<div lang="EN-US"><h1><img alt="State Water Resources Control Board" src="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/images/ca_department/waterboard_logo.jpg"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:larger;"> This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board.</span></span></span></h1>
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<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">The California Water Board Academy’s College of Storm Water is proud to sponsor a special Hydromodification Seminar (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/hydromodification.shtml">http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/hydromodification.shtml</a>).<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;">Compensatory Mitigation for Streams Under the Clean Water Act: Reassessing Science and Redirecting Policy</span></b><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="">Martin W. Doyle and F. Douglas Shields</span></i></b><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><b><span style="">February 27, 2014</span></b><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="">1:00pm – 2:30pm</span><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="">Byron Sher Auditorium</span><span style="color:#1f497d;"> (capacity 250)</span><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#333333;">Cal EPA Building</span><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#333333;">1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814</span><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="color:#333333;">Webcast:
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/">http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/</a></span><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal"><b><span style="">ABSTRACT</span></b><span style="">: Current stream restoration science is not adequate to assume high rates of success in recovering
ecosystem functional integrity. The physical scale of most stream restoration projects is insufficient because watershed land use controls ambient water quality and hydrology, and land use surrounding many restoration projects at the time of their construction,
or in the future, do not provide sufficient conditions for functional integrity recovery.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> Reach scale channel restoration or modification has limited benefits within the broader landscape context. Physical habitat variables are often the basis for indicating
success, but are now increasingly seen as poor surrogates for actual biological function; the assumption ‘‘if you build it they will come’’ lacks support of empirical studies. </span>If stream restoration is to play a continued role in compensatory mitigation under
the United States Clean Water Act, then significant policy changes are needed to adapt to the limitations of restoration science and the social environment under which most projects are constructed. When used for compensatory mitigation, stream restoration
should be held to effectiveness standards for actual and measurable physical, chemical, or biological functional improvement. To achieve improved mitigation results, greater flexibility may be required for the location and funding of restoration projects,
the size of projects, and the restoration process itself.</span><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal"><b><span style="">Martin Doyle</span></b><span style=""> is Professor of River Science and Policy, with training in hydrology, geomorphology, and
engineering. His research is at the interface of science, economics and policy of environmental management and restoration. His background is in hydraulics and sediment transport in rivers, but he also works on river infrastructure, including decommissioning
dams and levees, as well as research on emerging ecosystem service markets. He holds a PhD in Earth Science from Purdue University, and a Masters in Environmental Engineering from Ole Miss. His research has resulted in several awards including a Guggenheim
Fellowship (2009), a National Science Foundation Early Career Award (2005), and the Chorafas Prize from the Chorafas Foundation in Switzerland (2002). For his work in bridging environmental science and policy, in 2009 he was named the inaugural Frederick J
Clarke Scholar by the US Army Corps of Engineers.</span><span style=""><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal"><b><span style="">Doug Shields, Jr</span></b><span style="">. is a consulting hydraulic engineer who is employed by cbec eco engineering part time.
He currently serves as the chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers Technical Committee on River Restoration and previously conducted research for the Corps of Engineers (1980-1990) and the National Sedimentation Laboratory (USDA-ARS, 1990-2012). His
research focused on response of fluvial systems to human influences and development of environmental design criteria for all types of channel stabilization and modification projects, including stream bank erosion controls, levees, and management of riverine
backwaters. Shields holds a Ph.D. from Colorado State and an M.S. from Vanderbilt. He has authored or co-authored more than 280 technical publications and is a registered Professional Engineer, a Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers
and a fellow of the ASCE.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1469139540MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">
</span><span style="">– The auditorium is very large (capacity 250) if you show up in person and there is no limit to the number of web connections. To participate in the webinar just click on the webcast link (</span><span style="color:#333333;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/">http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/</a>)
on the morning of the event for a streaming, webcast experience. For more information please visit our Hydromod Series webpage, here:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/hydromodification.shtml">http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/hydromodification.shtml</a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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