2014 CONFERENCE: Schedule

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Sunday, September 21, 2014
12:00pm - 6:00pm	Registration
12:00pm - 6:00pm	Exhibitor & Poster Set-Up
3:00pm - 5:30pm	Committee on Ecology and Transportation (ADC30), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Mid-year Business Meeting
6:00pm - 7:30pm	Welcome Cocktail Hour with Exhibitors & Posters
8:00pm	Dinner on Own
Monday, September 22, 2014
7:00am - 8:00am	Registration
7:00am - 8:00am	Breakfast Buffet
7:00am - 4:30pm	Exhibits & Posters Open
8:30am - 10:00am	Welcome & Introductions
10:00am - 10:30am	Coffee Break with Exhibitors & Posters
10:30am - 11:00am	Concurrent Sessions A Changing Climate, the Pressure to Move, and the Challenges and Opportunities of Transportation Infrastructure From Planning to Implementation: Creating a Roadless Reserve in Northeast Vermont Responding to the Challenge of Road-Stream Barriers in Maine
11:00am - 12:00pm	Concurrent Sessions Connecting Habitats Across the Northern Appalachians for Wide Ranging Mammals: Identifying Regionally Critical Road Segments and Restoring/Maintaining Permeability Across Key Roads in Vermont Wildlife Passage and Crash Reduction Efforts in Maine and Massachusetts The Dynamics of Rivers and Roads for infrastructure, AOP, and Flood Resiliency
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch and Presentation of 2014 NETWC Achievement Award
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Concurrent Sessions Minimizing Flood Risks and Habitat Impacts Due to Post-Flood Recovery Efforts Designing a Climate Ready Transportation Reauthorization Bill Local Roads, Regional Impact: Tracking Mammals Across Roads in Western MA to Connect the Appalachians
2:00pm - 2:45pm	Concurrent Sessions Development of a Master Plan to Guide Future Development and/or Replacement of Stream Crossings along State Highways within the Deerfield River Watershed, Massachusetts Use of Motion-detection Cameras in Assessing Wildlife Movement Associated with Transportation Infrastructure “Highway Wilding” Film Viewing and Discussion
2:45pm - 3:15pm	Coffee Break with Exhibitors & Posters
3:15pm - 3:45pm	Concurrent Sessions Incorporating Climate Change into the Pre-disaster Hazard Mitigation Planning Process Muddy Makeover: How Daylighting of the Muddy River Will Lead to Improved Flood Control, Better Water Quality, and Enhancement of Aquatic/Riparian Life Integrating Climate Change into Transportation Planning for Federal Lands
3:45pm - 4:30pm	General Session Climate Change, Wildlife & Transportation; Making Sense of Moving Forward
5:00pm	Board Buses for Dinner Cruise
5:30pm - 8:30pm	Dinner Cruise on Lake Champlain
9:00pm	Bus Returns to Sheraton
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
7:00am - 8:00am	Registration
7:00am - 8:00am	Breakfast Buffet
7:00am - 1:00pm	Exhibits & Posters Open
8:00am - 9:00am	Concurrent Sessions ARC: Bringing New Solutions for Wildlife and Roads to the Northeast Implementing Eco-Logical: Putting an Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure into Practice Stream Crossings and Climate Resilience in the Northeast: Lessons from the Past, Efforts Underway, and Future Opportunities
9:00am - 9:30am	Concurrent Sessions I-89 Wildlife Connectivity Study Preliminary Results Connecting Habitats Across New Jersey (CHANJ) Project Update Highway 7: Mitigating Roadkill Hotspots for Turtles in Eastern Ontario
9:30am - 10:30am	Coffee Break with Exhibitors & Posters
10:00am - 11:00am	Concurrent Sessions Mitigation Measures Along the Highway 175 From Science to Policy to Action: Using Data to Create Policies that Protect Habitat and Resources Programmatic Approaches to Environmental Permitting and Consultation
11:00am - 11:30am	Concurrent Sessions The Development of a Planning-phase Environmental and Vulnerability Screening Tool and Interagency Geospatial Data Collaboration Application in Massachusetts The Low Hanging Fruit of Integrating Wildlife Connectivity and Climate Change
11:30am - 1:00pm	Lunch & Field Trip Review
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Field Trip to Little River Bridges, Shutesville Hill and VYCC Monitor Barn {click here for details}
Evening	Dinner on Own
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
7:00am - 8:00am	Registration
7:00am - 8:00am	Breakfast Buffet
7:00am - 11:30am	Exhibits & Posters Open
8:00am - 8:45am	Concurrent Sessions Integrating Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology into Post-Irene Permanent Repairs and Flood Vulnerability Mapping along the Vermont State Highway System Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) Proposed Listing and Consequences for Land Managers and Industry The Three Borders Linkage Project
8:45am - 9:30am	Concurrent Sessions Benefits of Stream Simulation Designed Road-Stream Crossings: Flood resiliency, Aquatic Organism Passage and Economics State Agency Collaboration on Culvert Replacements in New Hampshire State Transportation and Fish & Wildlife Agency Partnerships: Models in Interagency Coordination, Project Development and Implementation or How we Manage to all Get Along
9:30am - 10:00am	Coffee Break with Exhibitors & Posters
10:00am - 10:45am	Concurrent Sessions Building Momentum: the Multi-Faceted Efforts in Maine to Address Stream Connectivity Including a Status Update on Maine’s Stream-Smart Education Program The Gathering Storm: Stormwater and Coldwater Fish Conserving Large Landscapes ... One Highway at a Time
10:45am - 11:30am	Concurrent Sessions Connecting the D.O.T.S - Maintaining an Eco-regional Context Through Individual Projects Fish Friendly, Flood Resilient & Cost Effective, Connecting Roads, Streams and Partners Critical Linkages: Assessing Local and Regional Scale Landscape Connectivity for Transportation Planning in Massachusetts
11:30am	Conference Adjourns