8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome and Introductions
Todd Barnes, BBRF Board President
8:40 “Update on Canada Geese
and Other Waterfowl in Back Bay”
Gary Costanzo, Migratory Game Bird Manager, VA Dept of Game and Inland
Fisheries
9:10 “Back Bay Phragmites
Action Committee: Battling an Invasive Species”
John Gallegos, Senior Biologist, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
9:40 “Native Plants in the
Back Bay Landscape”
Vickie Shufer, Naturalist and Publisher of Nature Guides
10:00 BREAK
Look at maps, displays, & network.
(Thanks to Farm Fresh)
10:15 “Improving Water Quality with Plants
- (Phytoremediation)”
Laurie Fox, Hampton Roads Agricultural Extension Research Center
10:45 “Riparian Buffers for
Better Water Quality”
Bob Kerr, Kerr Environmental Services, Inc.
11:15 “Living Shorelines:
A Natural Approach to Shoreline Stabilization”
Karen Duhring, VIMS Wetlands Program
11:45 Lunch — “Status
of the Fish Population in Back Bay in the Last Two Years”
Chad Boyce, District Fish Biologist,
VA Dept of Game & Inland Fisheries
12:30 “SAV Status in Back
Bay and Hands-on Identification Workshop”
Liz Noble, Elizabeth City State University
1:15 “Green Ribbon Committee
Announcement”
Peter Schmidt & Barry Frankenfield,
Co-Chairmen of the Green Ribbon Committee
1:30 “Green Roofs for Healthy
Watersheds”
Mike Perry, Building Logics
2:00 “Green Infrastructure
in Hampton Roads”
Eric Walberg, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC)
2:25 BREAK
Look at maps, displays, network
(Thanks to Building Logics)
2:40 “Nawney Creek is Impaired
by Bacteria. What Can Be Done?”
TMDL Panel: Steve McLaughlin & Clay Bernick– Virginia Beach
City Staff,
Jim Kern– MapTech, Roger Everton– DEQ, Noah Hill-
DCR, Jennifer Tribo, HRPDC
3:20 Recap & Feedback
Q & A with all Speakers & Participants
3:45 End and Collect Surveys |
