Name: Monitoring & Assessment
Start: 2021-03-02T10:30:00-0500
End: 2021-03-02T12:00:00-0500

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Monitoring & Assessment

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10:30am Barlow, Roger, U.S. Geological Survey; 3D Elevation Program Lidar Data Availability and Potential Use Cases For the Delaware Bay Estuary
10:45am ✎Repp, Jennifer, University of Delaware; Kate Fleming, Delaware Sea Grant; Dr. Art Trembanis, University of Delaware; Chasing Ghosts in the Delaware Inland Bays: Utilizing Low-Cost Consumer Sonar to Detect Derelict Crab Pots and Classify Benthic Substrate ✎
11:00am Dorset, Erin, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; Alison Rogerson, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; Kenny Smith, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; Brittany Haywood, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; Tidal and Non-tidal Wetland Health in the Red Lion Watershed, Delaware
11:15am Hanlon, Heidi, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Yianni Laskaris, US Fish and Wildlife Service Runnel Creation and Monitoring at Reeds Beach Marsh, Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
11:30am ϟ Ma, Wu, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Lu Zhai, Oklahoma State University; Joel Rowland, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Donatella Pasqualini, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Chonggang Xu, Los Alamos National Laboratory Assessing climate change impacts on spartina alterniflora biomass allocation using a dynamic vegetation model ϟ
11:35am ϟ Moody, Joshua, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; LeeAnn Haaf, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; An Introduction to the Wetland Assessment Tool for Condition and Health (WATCH) ϟ
11:40am Q & A

Associated Posters & Pre-recorded Presentations:
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Haaf, LeeAnn, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Beatrice O'Hara, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Emily Pirl, Barnegat Bay Partnership; Angela Padeletti, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Martha Maxwell-Doyle, Barnegat Bay Partnership; Metthea Yepsen, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Danielle Kreeger, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Mid Atlantic Coastal Wetland Assessment: Evolving for the Future
✎Hall, Sydney, Wesley College; An Elevation Comparison of Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) at the St. Jones Reserve, Dover, DE ✎
Maxwell-Doyle, Martha, Barnegat Bay Partnership; Emily Pirl, Barnegat Bay Partnership; Shannon Vasquez, Barnegat Bay Partnership; Virginia Rettig, USFWS E. B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge; Kimberly McKenna, Stockton University; Angela Anderson, Long Beach Township; Joseph A. Smith, USFWS E. B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge; Using the Mid Atlantic Coastal Wetlands Assessment (MACWA) in Planning and Decision Making – Case Study Barnegat Bay Islands Work Group

Moderators

Angela Padeletti

Operations Director, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Speakers

I have been a Wildlife Biologist for 20 years with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. I monitor various wildlife species and habitats as well as restore habitats in Cape May and Salem Counties. Species monitored range from shorebirds to salamanders and bats and habitats range from... Read More →

Joshua Moody

Restoration Programs Manager, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

I am the Restoration Programs Manager at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. In this role I oversee a variety of projects including the Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI) and the development of tools and methodologies to identify and prioritize appropriate... Read More →

Roger Barlow

Physical Scientist, USGS

Roger has been with USGS over 40 years and is active in state coordinating bodies in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, DC, and throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Roger chairs the New Jersey Elevation Task Force and the Maryland Elevation Work Group. Roger is also the Federal coordinator... Read More →

Jennifer Repp

Graduate Student, University of Delaware

Talk to me about derelict crab pots, spatial analysis, and classification methods.About the project:https ://www.deseagrant.org/derelict-crab-potsDo you record sonar data in the DE Inland Bays? We'll process it for you!Humminbird Solix side-scan sonar recording demo: https://youtu.be/LcjwTNCSNVYVolunteers needed! Especially with boats and sonar systemsTo volunteer for the ghost pot round-up next January, please contact:Kate FlemingCoastal EcologistDelaware Sea Grantkfleming@ud... Read More →

Erin Dorset

Wetland Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources

I have been a biologist with DNREC's Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program for about 4 years! As part of this wetlands team, I perform tidal and non-tidal wetland condition assessments throughout Delaware. I also assist with planning and monitoring of beneficial use and living... Read More →

Wu Ma

Postdoc, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tuesday March 2, 2021 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
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2021 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit