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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Construction Oversight 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Doug Osborne and Jessica Clark Louisos.

This presentation will review the key elements of construction oversight during dam removal projects. Topics including bid documents, defining roles, communication planning, and permit compliance will be discussed. Examples and lessons learned will be reviewed.

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Telling the Story of Place and Impact: Community, Cultural Resources & Monitoring 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Lauren Weston, Meghan Arpino, and Evan Carlson.

This presentation aims to cover many topics, everything but the actual dam removal process, based on the experiences of the Franklin County NRCD through two dam removal projects. Topics to be discussed will include public engagement, community meetings, outreach events, storytelling monitoring and data collection pre and post removal, working with Historic Preservation, and more. Preliminary monitoring data related to channel adjustment, sediment transport, plant communities, and aerial imagery from 2-3 years of post-removal monitoring at the Johnsons Mill Dam site in Bakersfield, VT will be shared.

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Construction Process & Methods for Dam Removals and Culvert Replacements 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Ben Canonica and Greg Russ.

This presentation will cover the construction process and methods for dam removals and culvert replacements. Walking through a typical dam removal; including access, process/steps, organization & cleanliness, and restoration. Discuss stream rebuilding techniques in the dry, in the wet, and inside of culverts. 

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: State & Federal Site Permitting Review 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Angela Repell and Josh Carvajal.

The presenters will discuss federal permit requirements under S. 404 of the CWA/S. 10 of the RHA, the application review process for dam removals and stream crossing structures under the Vermont General Permits, State and Local permitting requirements for dam removal and stream crossing structures including municipal Flood Hazard Area bylaws, VTDEC Stream Alteration, Wetlands, Dam Safey, Stormwater Construction and Municipal Roads permits, and NRB Act 250 reviews. The presentation will also touch on other federal laws (ESA, historic properties, etc.) often triggered through permitting.  

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: A Project Managers Guide to Undamming Rivers 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Karina Dailey, Hilary Solomon, and Ron Rhodes.

The Project Manager is responsible for everything, this includes coordinating with interested parties, managing the budget, and completing the goals of the project within the timeframe allotted. The project manager is the point person for communication and is responsible for ensuring everyone is working together effectively.

This team will focus on how to bring a project through to completion and the tips and tricks of project management success. Hilary will open the panel with a focus on landowner outreach and messaging based on the goals of the project, Ron will share strategies for managing the budget and the contractual team, and Karina will address project coordination, communication, and regulation.  

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Managing Sediment on Construction Sites 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Josh Carvajal, Zapata Courage, and Tom Markowski.

This presentation will focus on managing sediments on culvert and dam removal projects; discussing regulatory requirements, means and methods, lessons learned (failures and successes), and repercussions of inadequate sediment management. The presentation will focus on ‘collaboration - communication – compliance’ between designers, regulators, and contractors. 

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Dam Removal & Culvert Design Demystified 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speaker includes Roy Schiff.

This talk will review design stages (feasibility, 30%, 60%, 90%, final) for dam removal and culvert design, and discuss if and when all of these design levels are needed. Design components will be summarized along with important communications with dam owners, municipalities, regulators, funders, and project managers. 

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Project Funding 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Michele Braun and Ron Rhodes.

Friends of the Winooski River has only completed two barrier removal projects, but that has meant working with 16 different funding sources. We have eight more projects in various stages of design and will share how we work with our funders and partners to evaluate each project to ensure we select potential funding sources so that the project outcomes are aligned with the funders' goals. We'll use real examples to illustrate timing of fundraising, how to use matching funds, and more. 

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Getting the Job: Tips for Contractor Bidding 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Jessica Clark Louisos and Kolbey Haupt.

Barrier removal projects often ask for non-standard bid items. We will review experiences/challenges and lessons learned on the bid process, what is typically asked for in bid docs, generating cost estimates, qualifications that are helpful to include, and items that are typically hard or unique to estimate for barrier removal type projects. 

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Reconnecting Waterways: A Workshop on Removing Dams & Right-Sizing Culverts: Geomorphology Review, Site Assessment & Field Data Collection 12/05/2024

From the Organizer:

Speakers include Staci Pomeroy and Jesus Morales.

The presentation will include an introduction to data resources for use with design, for review of the site and upstream/downstream of the site regarding river network context and will provide an overview of Stream Simulation Design methodology, the recommended scope of the survey, site assessment components, reference reach selection and importance, and available guidelines and resources. 

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