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December 2000 Biocriteria Workshop on Stream Habitat Assessment
- Date Held: 19 - 20 December 2000
- Location: Simons Lab Auditorium, West Campus, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Attendance:The conference was attended by 39 people from 8 states.
Objectives
The objective of this meeting was to bring together water quality experts from various agencies in EPA Region 7 and surrounding areas for three purposes:
- To exchange knowledge on alternative methods for stream habitat assessment
- To share insights and discoveries from region-specific agency assessments
- To discuss needs and priorities for future development of reference site definitions, habitat assessment protocols, analysis and data-sharing techniques, etc
Presentations
Ten presentations were given, nine of which are available as Powerpoint2000 slide shows for you to download.
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| Name | Affiliation | File | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Bazata | NDEQ | 267k | Habitat Assessment in Nebraska |
| Steve Fischer | MDNC Columbia , MO |
733 k | Missouri Department of Conservation's Stream Habitat Assessment Methodologies |
| Randy Sarver | MDNR Jefferson City, MO |
220 k | Habitat Assessment Methodology and Intended Use of Habitat Data in Missouri |
| Scott Shasteen | IL EPA Marion, IL |
572 k | Habitat Assessment Methodology and Intended Use of Habitat Data in Illinois |
| Don Huggins | CPCB Lawrence, KS |
2.25 M | Near Stream, Far Stream, and Instream Variables: What the Scale Do They Explain? |
| Scott Niemala | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency St. Paul, MN |
1.23 M | Habitat Assessment Methodology and Intended Use of Habitat Data in Minnesota |
| Tom Wilton | IDNR Des Moines, IA |
2.73 M | Habitat Assessment Methodology and Intended Use of Habitat Data in Iowa |
| Sam Stribling | Tetra Tech Owens MIlls, SD |
1.29 M | Rapid Bioassessment Protocols: Habitat Assessment Methodology and Use of Data |
| Faith Fitzpatrick | USGS | 637 k | Revised Methods for Characterizing Stream Habitat in the NAWQA Program |
| Lyle Cowles | US EPA Region 7 Kansas City, KS |
Physical Habitat in Region 7 Streams: Why is it Important? |
Other Workshop Resources
1. Discussion
On day two of the conference, attendees participated in a discussion session on Habitat Assessment Methods and Reference Site Selection Criteria. The session's neutral moderator was Kathleen Fenton, an EPA employee with a background in meeting facilitation but no vested interest in habitat assessment issues.
The discussion session had four primary objectives.
- Objective 1: Agree on intended uses of reference sites.
- Objective 2: Hone the reference site selection criteria.
- Objective 3: Agree on habitat measurement categories.
- Objective 4: Fill in selected categories with specific habitat measurement variables.
The first and second objectives relate to Reference Site Selection; the third and fourth objectives relate to Habitat Assessment in general:
2. Outcomes
Results of the discussions from day two were submitted to the Biocriteria Workgroup for additional analysis and refinement. Workshop attendees were given a list of questions to think about for follow up discussion at future workshops or meetings..
Click here to read a summary
of the Discussion Results for all topics.
Click here to access the list
of questions provided to each participant for follow up discussion.
