ReVA-MAIA Conference: USING SCIENCE TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITIES ReV A-MAIA May 13-15, 2003 Hilton Valley Forge United States I— \*~i\ Environmental Protection Mam I Agency ------- ReVA MAIA Conference Using Science to Assess Environmental Vulnerabilities Hilton Valley Forge - King of Prussia, PA May 13 -15,2003 ~ Agenda ~ Monday May 12, 2003 4:00 - 6:00pm Conference Organizing Committee Meeting 5:00 - 9:00pm Registration Table 7:00 - 9:00pm Networking Dinner Closed meeting Grand Ballroom Foyer Washington Suite A List of Acronyms on page 15 May 13 -15, 2003 1 ------- ReVA MA1A Conference Tuesday May 13, 2003 7:00 - 2:00 Registration Grand Ballroom Foyer 7:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom Foyer 8:30 - 8:45 Welcome, Overview and Goals of Conference Donald S. Welsh, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA, Region 3, Philadelphia, PA 8:45 - 9:15 Invited Keynote Address Grand Ballroom Planning and Environmental Science: Closing the Gap William R. Klein, A1CP, Director of Research, APA, Chicago, IL Session One Grand Ballroom Assessing Current Impacts and Vulnerabilities M. Patricia Bradley and Peter R. Claggett, Moderators 9:15 - 9:30 Introduction by M. Patricia Bradley U.S. EPA, ORD, MAIA, Ft. Meade, MD 9:30 - 9:50 Regional-Scale Ground-Water Vulnerability Assessments in the Mid-Atlantic Region Based on Statistical Probability Models Earl A. Greene, USGS, Baltimore, MD 9:50 -10:10 Assessing Wetland Condition on a Watershed Basis in the Mid-Atlantic Region Using Synoptic Land Cover Maps Robert P. Brooks, Pennsylvania State University, Cooperative Wetlands Center, University Park, PA 10:10 -10:30 Evaluating Shoreline Condition at Different Spatial Scales - Implications as an Ecological Indicator Marcia R. Berman, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 11:20 Using Regional Models to Assess the Relative Effects of Stressors on Stream Ecological Integrity Lester L. Yuan, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC May 13 - 15, 2003 ------- ReVA MAIA Conference 11:20 - 11:40 Invasive Species: An Important Stressor in the Mid-Atlantic Area Daniel A. Kluza, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC 11:40 - 12:00 Environmental Indicators for Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Management: Interviews of Government Officials in the Atlantic Slope M. Jennison Kipp, Pennsylvania State University, Atlantic Slope Consortium, University Park, PA 12:00 -2:00 Lunch - Ticket Required Jefferson Room Invited Speaker: Rochelle Araujo U.S. EPA, Acting Associate Director for Ecology, ORD, NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC 2:00 - 2:20 Identification of Lands Important for Protecting Water Quality and Watershed Integrity in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Albert Todd, USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Annapolis, MD 2:20 - 2:40 Landscape Ecological Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Ted Weber, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD 2:40 - 3:00 The Effect of Broad-Scale Habitat Condition on the Location and Quality of Migratory Bird Pathways Roger Tankersley, Jr., Tennessee Valley Authority, Norris, TN 3:00 - 3:20 SmartConservation™ - An Opportunity to Integrate ReVA/MAIA with a 'Bottom Up' Conservation Assessment Web-Tool Clare Billett, Natural Lands Trust, Media, PA 3:20 - 3:50 Break 3:50 - 4:10 Exploring Connections Between Ecological Conditions and Human Health: County-Level Aggregation for Maryland John F. Paul, U.S. EPA, ORD, Research Triangle Park, NC 4:10 - 4:30 Connecting Socio-Economic Well-Being to Regional Scale Ecological Assessments Lisa A. Wainger, King & Associates, Solomons, MD 4:30 - 5:10 ReVA's Web-Based Application: A Tool to Facilitate Environmental Decision-Making Michael O'Cornell, Waratah Corporation, Durham, NC May 13 -15, 2003 3 ------- ReVA MA1A Conference 5:10 - 5:45 Moderated Discussion, Question and Answer Period Facilitated by Kent Thornton, FTN Associates, Ltd., Little Rock, AR 6:00 - 8:00 Poster Session reception with cash bar and light hors d=oeuvres Grand Ballroom Foyer List of Posters on page ten • • • Dinner on your own • • • May 13 -15, 2003 4 ------- ReVA MAIA Conference Wednesday May 14, 2003 7:00 - 2:00 Registration Grand Ballroom Foyer Session Two Grand Ballroom Forecasting Environmental Condition and Vulnerabilities Elizabeth Smith and John F. Paul, Moderators 9:00 - 9:10 Introduction by Elizabeth Smith U.S. EPA, ORD, ReVA Program, Research Triangle Park, NC 9:10 - 9:30 Modeling Heat and Air Quality Impacts of Changing Urban Land Uses and Climate Joyce E. Rosenthal, Columbia University, New York City, NY 9:30 - 9:50 Life-History Traits and Landscape Patterns: Predicting Population Persistence in the Mid-Atlantic Region Joshua L. Lawler, U.S. EPA, NRC, Corvallis, OR 9:50 -10:10 Vulnerability of Mid-Atlantic Forested Watersheds to Timber Harvest Disturbance Rex H. Schaberg, North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry, Raleigh, NC 10:10 - 10:30 SmartConservation™: Automating a Conservation Value Assessment Model for Southeast Pennsylvania Robert M. Cheetham, Avencia, Inc., Philadelphia, PA 10:30- 11:00 Break 11:00 - 11:20 Scenario Analysis for the San Pedro River, Analyzing Hydrological Consequences for a Future Environment William Kepner, U.S. EPA, ORD, Las Vegas, NV 11:20 - 11:40 Environmental Influences on Genetic Diversity of Creek Chubs in the Mid- Atlantic Region of the USA Mark J. Bagley, U.S. EPA, Ecological Exposure Research Division, Cincinnati, OH May 13 -15, 2003 5 ------- ReVA MA1A Conference 11:40 - 12:00 Assessing the Vulnerability of Resource Lands in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Peter R. Claggett, USGS, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, MD Claire A. Jantz, University of Maryland, Department of Geography, College Park, MD 12:00 - 12:20 The Effect of Land-Cover Change on Nutrient Export Variance James D. Wickham, U.S. EPA, ORD, Research Triangle Park, NC 12:20-2:00 Lunch: Ticket Required Jefferson Room Invited Speaker: Ann Bartuska Executive Director, Invasive Species Initiative, The Nature Conservancy and President, Ecological Society of America, Arlington, VA 2:00 - 2:30 Making a Difference: Climate Impacts Assessment and Advances in Regional Resource Management Joel D. Scheraga, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC 2:30 - 2:50 Urban Areas and Contributions to Regional Environmental Quality Steward T. A. Pickett, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 2:50 - 3:10 Web Data Presentation and Analysis - Made Easy? Intertwining Technology, Environmental Evaluation, and Culture Cynthia Curtis, U.S. EPA, Region 5, Chicago, IL 3:10 - 3:30 A Site Prioritization Procedure for Monitoring Plots: Combining Ecological and Social Criteria Lome P. Bennett, University of Guelph, Department of Geography, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:30 - 4:00 Break 4:00 - 4:20 Modeling and Multiobjective Risk Decision Tools for Assessment and Management of Ecosystems Benjamin F. Hobbs, John Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, MD 4:20 - 4:40 Building a Regional Monitoring Framework: Integrating Local Programs and the Ontario Niagara Escarpment Monitoring Program Robert Milne, Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada May 13 -15, 2003 6 ------- ReVA MAIA Conference 4:40 - 5:00 Environmental Impacts of Dispersed Development from Federal Infrastructure Projects Mark T. Southerland, Versar, Inc., Columbia, MD 5:00-5:30 Moderated Discussion, Question and Answer Period Facilitated by Kent Thornton, FTN Associates, Ltd., Little Rock, AR • • • Dinner on your own • • • May 13 -15, 2003 7 ------- ReVA MAI A Conference Thursday May 15, 2003 Session Three Grand Ballroom Developing Management Strategies to Optimize the Future Jeffrey Frithsen, Moderator 9:00 - 9:20 Introduction by Jeffrey Frithsen U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC 9:20 - 9:40 Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life (SEQL): Charlotte Region=s Integrated Environmental Initiative Eric Ginsburg, U.S. EPA, Emissions Monitoring and Analysis Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 9:40 - 10:00 Sustainability Indicators as a Communicative Tool - Building Bridges in Pennsylvania Kathi K. Beratan, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 10:00 - 10:20 Strategic Partnership to Assess State-Level Vulnerabilities: Highlights of the Maryland DNR - ReVA Cooperative Agreement Bill Jenkins, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD 10:20 - 10:40 Criteria for Prioritization of Ecosystem Restoration Barbara H. Wilson, Dynamac Corporation, Ada, OK Eric E. Jorgensen, U.S. EPA, ORD, Ada, OK 10:40-11:10 Break 11:10 -11:30 Geospatial Data for Environmental Assessments and Vulnerability Studies John M. Morgan, III, Towson University, Center for Geographic Information Sciences, Towson, MD 11:30 - 11:50 Using the Mike 11 Hydrologic Model to Delineate Flood Prone Areas in Smithfield, WV Edward A. Watson, Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, WV 11:50- 12:10 The Mid-Atlantic Highlands Action Program: Transforming the Legacy Jennifer Newland, Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, WV 12:10 - 12:30 Assessing the Effectiveness of Restoration Technologies Elise A. Striz, U.S. EPA, ORD, Ada, OK 12:30-2:00 • • • Lunch on your own • • • May 13 -15, 2003 8 ------- ReVA MA1A Conference Thursday May 15, 2003 Session Four: Grand Ballroom Assessing and Responding to Environmental Vulnerability: A Panel Discussion 2:00 - 4:00 Facilitated Panel Discussion The panel speakers represent a variety of potential ReVA clientele and perspectives. Panel questions will be generated from conference presentations and discussions, planning committee requests and the audience. Please attend the panel discussion to hear a synthesis of what was presented at the conference. Discussions may encompass technology tools and strategies to improve environmental decision-making. Panel speakers include: Bill Jenkins Director, Watershed Management and Analysis Division, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD Vicki Binetti Associate Director, Office of Municipal Assistance, Region 3, U.S. EPA, Philadelphia, PA Clare Billett Landscape Conservation Program Manager, Natural Lands Trust, Media, PA We look forward to your attendance and participation. Panel Discussion Facilitated by Kent Thornton, FTN Associates, Ltd. • • • May 13 -15, 2003 9 ------- ReVA MAI A Conference Tuesday May 13, 2003 List of Posters 6:00 - 8:00 Grand Ballroom Foyer Linking Land Use to Larval Walleye Survival Richard M. Anderson, NRC Research Associate, Baltimore, MD Montgomery County, Maryland Uses Biological Monitoring to Better Understand and Manage Watersheds Brenda Ortigoza Bateman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Rockville, MD Innovative Environmental Education Contributes to Improved Management Practices in the Mid-Atlantic M. Patricia Bradley, U.S. EPA, ORD, MAI A, Ft. Meade, MD Eric S. Walbeck, TPMC, Ft. Meade, MD Key Messages from an Emergy Analysis of West Virginia Daniel E. Campbell, U.S. EPA, ORD, Narragansett, RI A Regional Perspective on Ambient Monitoring Reassessment and Analysis Alice H. Chow, U.S. EPA, Region 3, Philadelphia, PA Watersheds and Wetlands: Large-Scale Disturbances and Small Scale Responses Charles Andrew Cole, Pennsylvania State University, Cooperative Wetlands Center, State College, PA Calvert County Maryland's Success at Controlling Sprawl Robert Costanza, University of Vermont, School of Natural Resources, Burlington, VT A Small Watershed Characterization, Classification, and Assessment for West Virginia Utilizing EMAP Design and Tools Naomi E. Detenbeck, U.S. EPA, ORD, Duluth, MN June Bugs Invade Links: Pesticide Use Reduction with Geographic Information Systems Jill A. Engle-Cox, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD A Bayes Likelihood Information Theoretic Approach for the Exogenous Aggregation of Regional Ground Water Quality Data Barton R. Faulkner, U.S. EPA, ORD, Ada, OK A Regional Approach to Projecting Land-Use Change and Resulting Ecological Vulnerability Laura E. Jackson, U.S. EPA, ORD, Research Triangle Park, NC May 13 -15, 2003 10 ------- ReVA MA1A Conference Mapping and Modeling Land Use Change in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Utilizing Impervious Surface Maps to Assess Environmental Vulnerabilities Claire A. Jantz, University of Maryland, Department of Geography, College Park, MD Selecting Vital Sign Indicators for the National Capitol Network Marcus Koenen, National Park Service, Washington, DC An Overview of Data Integration Methods for Regional Assessment Nicholas W. Locantore, Waratah Corporation, Durham, NC Can Landscape Characteristics of Watersheds Help Find Impaired Bottom Communities in Estuaries? Matthew C. Nicholson, U.S. EPA, ORD, Narragansett, RI Strategic Planning and Indicators for Targeting Environmental Outcomes Richard Paiste, U.S. EPA, Region 3, Philadelphia, PA Impacts of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition on Forest Carbon Sequestration and N Dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic Region Yude Pan, USDA, Forest Service, Newton Square, PA Empirical, Geographically-Based Water Quality Criteria Development Using Conditional Probabilities: A Proposed Approach with Application to Sediments in Mid-Atlantic Streams John F. Paul, U.S. EPA, ORD, Research Triangle Park, NC Contaminant Exposure and Effects Terrestrial Vertebrates Database: Analysis for the Northeast Barnett A. Rattner, USGS, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD Waquoit Bay Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment: Using Science to Support Management Victor B. Serveiss, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC Watershed Planning and Restoration in an Urbanized County Steven L. Stewart, Baltimore County, Maryland, Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management, Towson, MD A Fuzzy Decision Analysis Method for Regional Environmental Assessment of the Mid-Atlantic Region Liem T. Tran, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Environmental Science, University Park, PA May 13 -15, 2003 11 ------- ReVA MAI A Conference An Integrated Framework for Uncertainty Analysis in Regional Environmental Assessment Liem T. Tran, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Environmental Science, University Park, PA CrEAM: Getting the Best Ecosystems to Float to the Top Mary L. White, U.S. EPA, Region 5, Chicago, IL May 13 -15, 2003 12 ------- ReVA MAIA Conference Biosketches for Invited Speakers: Donald Welsh U.S. EPA Regional Administrator, Region 3 Mr. Welsh returns to the Agency's Region 3 office where he worked as Chief of Government Affairs from 1991 to 1995 and Executive Assistant to the Regional Administrator from 1985 to 1991. He will manage Agency programs in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Mr. Welsh has been Deputy Secretary for State/Federal Relations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection since August 1997 and served as special assistant to the Secretary for two years prior to that. In both jobs he was involved in direct relationships with the federal EPA. Mr. Welsh is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania. William R. Klein, AICP American Planning Association Director of Research Mr. Klein joined the American Planning Association as research director in 1991. He directs a team of 18 research professionals in APA's Chicago office. Mr. Klein came to the field of community and regional planning via an educational concentration in sociology, environmental psychology, and urban affairs. For the first five years of his career, he was Director of Community Development for Local Government Research Corporation (1969-74). LGR was a private research organization providing a wide variety of research services to municipalities, councils of government, counties, regions, and state government. For 17 years (1974 to 1991), Mr. Klein served as Director of the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission, a regional planning agency of Massachusetts. His tenure there gave him a unique opportunity to do comprehensive planning in a place that was often a leader in growth management, economic development, land conservation, historic preservation, and affordable housing. From 1990 to 1991 Mr. Klein was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He holds a B.A. in liberal arts (sociology and anthropology) from Colgate University (1969) and a master's degree in regional planning from Pennsylvania State University (1971). Ann Bartuska Executive Director, Invasive Species Initiative The Nature Conservancy President, Ecological Society of America Ms. Bartuska is Executive Director, Invasive Species Initiative for The Nature Conservancy (TNC). She is an ecosystem ecologist with degrees from B.S. in Biology from Wilkes College in 1975, a M.S. in Botany from Ohio University in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Biology from West Virginia University in 1981. She was a research program manager at North Carolina State University for the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) and has spent the last 14 years with the US Forest Service in positions managing research, protecting our forest lands from insects and diseases, and overseeing the vegetation management efforts of the FS. Prior to joining TNC, she was Director of Forest and Rangelands for the Forest Service, responsible for the vegetation management activities of 192 million acres of public land. She is active in the Ecological Society of America, serving as Vice-President for Public Affairs from 1996 - 1999, and became President-Elect in August, 2001. May 13 -15, 2003 13 ------- ReVA MAI A Conference Conference Organizers Elizabeth Smith Patricia Bradley Jeffrey Frithsen Joseph Williams Jennifer Newland John F. Paul Elise Striz Ronald Landy Peter Claggett Sarah Voorhees U.S. EPA, NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC U.S. EPA, MAIA, Ft. Meade, MD U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC U.S. EPA, Ground Water and Ecosystem Restoration Division, ORD, NRMRL, OK Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, WV U.S. EPA, ORD, Research Triangle Park, NC U.S. EPA, Ground Water and Ecosystem Restoration Division, ORD, NRMRL, OK U.S. EPA, ORD, Ft. Meade, MD USGS, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, MD TPMC, Scituate, MA May 13 -15, 2003 14 ------- ReVA MAI A Conference List of Acronyms AICP American Institute of Certified Planners APA America Planning Association EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program MALA Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NERL National Exposure Research Lab NERS Northeastern Research Station NPS National Park Service NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory NRC National Research Council OAR Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ORD Office of Research and Development ReVA Regional Vulnerability Assessment TNC The Nature Conservancy TPMC Technology Planning and Management Corporation U.S. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency USD A United States Department of Agriculture USGS United States Geological Survey May 13 -15, 2003 15 ------- |