Conference Presentations Announced…

The 2010 OWEB Biennial Conference call for presentations closed on July 16, 2010 with over sixty presentation submitted for review.  There will be five blocks of sessions during the three-day conference featuring over 25 different presentations along with poster sessions.

The sessions will focus on:

1. Clean Water
2. Unique Approach
3. Healthy Habitat
4. Working Together

A sampling of presentation topics include:

Clean Water
1. Groundwater – team, tools, methods, applications
2. Pesticides and water quality
3. Effectiveness monitoring for water quality
4. Partnering with agriculture for clean water
5. Trees, soil, stormwater, and parking lots

Healthy Habitat
1. Sandy River basin case study
2. Beavers and watershed restoration in Oregon
3. Monitoring long-term restoration effects
4. The whats and hows for knotweed control
5. Habitat restoration project planning

Unique Approach
1. Working landscapes – a study in partnerships
2. Ecosystem services in Oregon
3. Lessons learned from restoring the Deschutes
4. Willamette River — history and future
5. The Klamath partnership

Working Together
1. Teachers as watershed researchers
2. Salmon + People
3. Outdoor classrooms for all of Oregon’s kids
4. The fed’s perspective on restoration partnerships
5. Watershed council, consultant, OWEB

The Grant Program
1. OGMS training
2. Council support principles (2, 90 minute sessions)
3. Council support application workshop
4. OWEB’s Grant Program, open questions

Local Track
1. Local Partner Round Table – the people, challenges, successes of the region
2. Restoring and Monitoring Meacham Creek
3. Habitat Assessments and Working Session on Birch Creek
4. Restoring Walla Walla and the Umatilla Rivers’ Flow and Habitat
5. Education and Outreach Strategies East of the Cascades