Headwaters to Ocean (H2O) Conference 2009
October 27 – 29
Hilton Long Beach, CA

PROGRAM DAY 1

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

8:30                     Registration (Promenade)

10:00 - 10:30        WELCOME/OPENING REMARKS (International III)

Steve Acetic, Executive Director California Coastal Coalition Conference Co-Chair

Honorable Pam Slater-Price, Supervisor, Third District, County of San Diego

10:30 - 11:45       PLENARY SESSION (International III)

Reinhard Flick,  Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/California Department of Boating and Waterways

Teri Fenner, Project Director, EDAW

David Cannon, President/Principal Engineer, Everest International Consultants, Inc.

Considering Sea Level: From Science to Guidelines to Project Definition

11:45 - 1:15         LUNCHEON KEYNOTE (Catalina Room)

Keynote Speaker: Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer, Coastal Conservancy

Combating Climate Change: the California Adaptation Strategy

Please bring your ticket for this event.

1:30 - 3:00           SESSION 1

Session 1A: Historical Ecology (International I)
Moderator: Peter Brand, Coastal Conservancy

Formation, Closure and Classification of Southern California Estuaries

David Jacobs, UCLA

Historical Wetlands of the South Coast:: Landscape Patterns at the Regional and Local Scale

Robin Grossinger, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Historical Conditions of Lagoon Closures

Eric Stein, SCCWRP

Session 1B: Water Quality Planning & Management (International II)
Moderator: Monica Mazur, CBI Task Force

Biophysical Conditions of Streams in Los Angeles Basin: An Indicative of the Need for Tiered Water Quality Standards

Geremew Amenu, Los Angeles County Flood Control District

Development of TMDL Implementation Plans for Ballona Creek Watershed: Working With and Building on the Expertise of Stakeholders

HHJ Cox, City of Los Angeles Watershed Protection Division

Lake Rehabilitation Options for the Machado Lake Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project

Brian Murphy, CDM

Design of Regional Urban Watershed Dry Weather Flow Treatment System - Talbert Lake Diversion Project

Bruce Phillips, PACE

Session 1C: Beach Nourishment & Shoreline Change (International IV)
Moderator: Steven Aceti, California Coastal Coalition

Nourishment at Seal Beach 2009 – Efficiencies in Addressing Sediment Loss

Tonia McMahon, Moffatt & Nichol

Sediment Transport from the Los Angeles River to San Pedro Bay

Ying Poon, Everest International Consultants, Inc

San Diego Regional Beach Sand Project II – Refined and Optimized

Christopher Webb, Moffatt & Nichol

Pacific Station Opportunistic Use Beach Nourishment Project

Katherine Weldon, City of Encinitas

3:00 – 3:30         BREAK (Exhibit Area - Promenade)

3:30   - 5:00         Session 2

Session 2A: Steelhead Recovery (International I)
Moderator: Wendy Katagi, CDM

Recovering Southern California Steelhead Under the ESA

Mark Capelli, National Marine Fisheries Service

Steelhead Recovery in San Juan and Trabuco Creeks

Wendy Katagi, CDM, Inc.

Trabuco Fishway Designs at Metrolink and I-5

Ted Johnson, CDM, Inc.

Trout Unlimited's Role in Restoring Coldwater Fisheries

George Sutherland, California Council of Trout Unlimited

Biological Survey Results for Trabuco Fishway at Metrolink RR Crossing

Camm Swift, Entrix

Session 2B: Integrated Water Quality Management (International II)
Moderator: David Turbow, TUI University

Managing and Monitoring Agricultural Runoff: Documented and Anecdotal Success Stories from the California Delta

John Brodie, San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District

Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach Water Resources Action Plan (WRAP)

Kathryn Curtis, Port of Los Angeles

Sustainable Strategies of City of LA’s Water Quality Compliance Master Plan for Urban Runoff

Reza Iranpour, City of Los Angeles Watershed Protection Division

Malibu’s Integrated Runoff Management Project: Leaving a Water Quality Improvement Legacy

Tom West, RMC Water and Environment

Water Residence Time at Agua Hedionda Lagoon, Carlsbad, CA

Hany Elwany, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Session 2C: Sediment Transport Analysis (International IV)
Moderator: Eric Stein, SCCWRP

Ecohydrologic Metrics and their Relevance to Hydromodification Plans in Southern California

Derek Booth, Stillwater Sciences

A Comparison of Long-Term Sediment Transport Numerical Model Results Using Historical and Statistical Hydrograph Data in the Arid Southwestern United States

David Jaffe, PACE

Sediment Trend Analysis (STA) in Support of Shoreline Management: and Example from the West Coast of Barbados

Patrick McLaren, GeoSea Consulting (Canada)Ltd

Toward Alternative and Sustainable Water Treatment on the U.S. – Mexico Border, Tijuana River Watershed

Christopher Peregrin, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve

5:30 - 7:30           RECEPTION (International III)