This is an advanced draft copy of the program to assist people in making travel and other arrangements. Speakers have been confirmed and there should be very few changes made before the final program is printed. However, we do reserve the right to make needed adjustments to the final program.
MONDAY - MAY 18, 2009
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
6:45 - 7:45 AM Room: Pre Assembly area
Visit the exhibits in the Pre Assembly Area
while you enjoy the complementary breakfast.
REGISTRATION
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Room: Topeka
SPEAKER'S READY ROOM
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Room: Arkansas
OPENING GENERAL SESSION
8:00 - 9:30 am Room: Salons E thru H
Presentation of Colors
WELCOME TO KANSAS
Tracy Streeter, Kansas Water Office
Eric Banks, Kansas Natural Resources Conservation Service
SAKW Representative
KEYNOTING LEADERSHIP
United States Senator Pat Roberts (invited)
Dave White, USDA-NRCS Chief
Don Underwood, NWC Chairman
BREAK-PRE ASSEMBLY
AREA
9:30 - 10:00 am
GENERAL SESSION-SALONS
E THRU H
10:00 - 11:30 am
WATERSHEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE-
LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES
Keira Franz, National Assoc. of Conservation Districts
Brian Pallasch, American Society of Civil Engineers
Clay Pope, Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts
LUNCH-
SALONS A THRU D
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Concurrent Session
1
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Atrium Room
Molecular Source Tracking
Kim Austin, Terracon Consultants, Wichita, KS
Coulee Baton Microwatershed plan
Dexter Sapp, LA. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Grouse-Sliver Creek: Gaining Community Support
For Non-Structural Watershed Protection
Jennifer Carr, Cowley County Conservation District
Concurrent Session 2
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wichita Ballroom Salon 1
Mixing County Resources to Meet
Watershed Sponsors Responsibilities
Kevin Burns, Wise County Texas County Commissioner / Tom Goode, Wise County
Texas Public Works Director/ David Walker, Wise County Texas Sheriff
Maximizing Your Equipment Rental Dollar
On Your FP Sites
James Moir, Hackberry Farms Watershed Services
Kansas Watershed Districts
Hakim Saadi. Kansas Conservation Commission
Concurrent Session 3
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Atrium Room
GIS Systems for Watershed Districts
Douglas Danaher, Wilson & Company Inc. Engineers & Architects
Oklahoma's Automated Emergency Spillway
Flow Predication Model
Jim Henley, NRCS (Retired), Stillwater, OK. / Gary Utley, NRCS, Stillwater,
OK.
Reservoir Sustainability
Debra Baker, Kansas Water Office
Concurrent Session
4
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Wichita Ballroom Salon 1
Lessons Learned from the NRCS's FY 2006 Rapid
Watershed Assessments Pilot
Jan Surface, NRCS, Washington D. C.
A Holistic Approach to Watershed Restoration
and
Protection Strategy (WRAPS)
J. A. George
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Tom Renckly, Maricopa County Arizona Flood Control District
Tuesday - May 19, 2009
GENERAL SESSION
8:00 - 9:30 am Salons E thru H
"IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE…"-
OR CAN IT?
Albert Ashwood, Director, Oklahoma Emergency Management
Wayne Graham, Bureau of Reclamation
John Roberts, Private Consultant
Break
9:30 am - 10:00 am Pre assembly area
GENERAL SESSION
10am - 11:30 am Salons E thru H
THE ARRA AND THE USDA WATERSHED PROGRAM-CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Review of Water Resources Activities
Tom Christensen, NRCS Deputy Chief for Programs
Floodplain Easements
Ross Lahren, Branch Chief for NRCS Easement Programs
Watershed Program Review / Projects in the American
Recovery & Reinvestment Act
Marvin Brown, NRCS National Program Manager, Watershed Operations
Watershed Rehabilitation Program
Stuart Simpson, NRCS National Program Manager, Watershed Rehabilitation Program
LUNCH
11:45 am - 1:15 pm Salons A thru D
Concurrent Session 1
1:30 - 3:00 pm Atrium Room
Developing Emergency Action Plans
Larry Caldwell, NRCS, Stillwater, OK
A Dam Incident at Sugar Creek Dam L-44
Arvil Bass, Kansas NRCS
How I Lived Through Two 500-year Floods in Ten
Months
Phil Hahn, Vernon Co. Land & Water Conservation Department
Concurrent Session
2
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Wichita Ballroom Salon 1
Slinging Mud at Eldorado
Charles Easterling , Easterling Consultants, Albuquerque, New Mexico / Lissa
Shepard, City of McKinney, Texas
Ecological Restoration Within an Urban Setting
Kim Austin, Terracon Consultants, Inc. Wichita, KS.
Satisfying the Thirst of Urbanization
Randall Bass, Schnabel Engineering, Alpharetta, Georgia
BREAK
3:00 - 3:30 pm Pre Assembly area
Concurrent Session
3
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Atrium Room
HERU Research in Support of the USDA Small Watershed
Program
Greg Hanson, Agricultural Research Service, Stillwater, OK
Performance Review of RCC Spillways and Overtopping
Protection
Fares Y. Abdo, Portland Cement Association, Birmingham, AL
Modified Canopy Inlet Structure for Primary
Spillway
Conduits
J. A. George, Agricultural Engineering Associations, Uniontown, Kansas
Concurrent Session
4
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Wichita Ballroom Salon 1
Search for the Elusive 35 percent: A Sponsor
Dilemma
James W. Featherston, NRCS, Temple, TX.
From Start to Finish-Rehabilitation of the Double
Creek Watershed Dams
Searles Grant, Caney Valley Conservation District, Oklahoma / Tammy Sawatzky,
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
Spook Hill FRS Rehabilitation Project
Tom Renckly, Maricopa Co. Arizona Flood Control District
Wednesday - May 20, 2009
Concurrent Session
1
8:30 am -9:30 am Atrium Room
Emergency Watershed Protection Program
Jeff Gross, NRCS Assistant State Conservation for Water Resources, Salina, Kansas
History and Progress of Watershed Dam Rehabilitation - A State Dam Regulator's
Perspective
Ed Fiegle, Safe Dam Program Manager, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Concurrent Session 2
8:30 am - 9:30 am Wichita Ballroom Salon 1
Repackaging Watershed Information and Education
Efforts
F. Dwain Phillips, National Watershed Coalition
Floodplain Easements-A Tool for Successful Watershed
Management
Presenter pending
FINAL GENERAL SESSION