NAEP Session Tracks
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Biology| Day 1 | Monday, May 17 | |
| Wildlife Protection Plan Helps Large Water Pipeline Project Move Forward Jill Chomycia, PMP |
Ecological Restoration and Permitting of Small Dam Removals in Washington State Becky Holloway, CEP & April McEwen |
| Hazard Mitigation and Nature-Based Solutions Taylor Nordstrom, PE |
WEDG, A New Tool in Resilient Waterfront Design Danielle Irwin, LEED AP, PWS |
| Collaborative Assessment of Wild and Scenic Rivers Joshua Theurer |
Assessing Environmental Impacts in the Context of Dynamic Baselines Rajiv Prasad |
| Day 2 | Tuesday, May 18 | |
| Embracing Uncertainty: Adaptation Pathways from Concept to Practice Claire Bonham-Carter, Dana Brechwald, Lisa Fisher, & Allan Kapoor |
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| Day 3 | Wednesday, May 19 | |
| Watershed Resilience: The Rebuild by Design - Living with the Bay Program Jonathan Carey, AICP, ENV SP, LEED AP, Matt Accardi, & Derrick Rosenbach, AICP |
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Cultural
| Day 3 | Wednesday, May 19 | |
| Tribal Resources Impact Analysis: Intersection of the Natural and Cultural World Jenny Bring & Regine Kennedy |
Uncovering History in the South Central Light Rail Project Robert Forrest & Audrey Unger |
| Mapping a Methodology: Using GIS to Streamline Identification of Historically Significant Resources Sebastian Renfield & Brian Matuk |
Partnership Rubik's Cube: Building the Right Environmental Planning Team for Effective Engagement Amanda Roberts, PMP, Nic Frederick, David Boyes, & Desiree Martinez |
Environmental Justice
| Day 2 | Tuesday, May 18 | |
| Ethics In Our Profession and Our Lives Richard Burke, CEP |
Community Conversations: Effective Community Outreach for Equitable Outcomes Ron Deverman & Fatima Ghani |
| Big Project, Big Impacts: Addressing Community Issues While Widening a Freeway in Houston Carlos Swonke |
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| Day 3 | Wednesday, May 19 | |
| Applying Environmental Justice Best Practices and Mitigations for NEPA Documents Emily Gulick & Ben Goldsworthy |
Environmental Justice (EJ) and Virtual Public Involvement Carolyn Nelson |
| Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Emerging Issues, Practices and Strategies Brian Kennedy, AICP, Jennifer Kellar, Ashley Bush, & Kory Wilmot |
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NEPA
| Day 1 | Monday, May 17 | |
| ESRI Planning Workshop Speaker TBD |
Using Programmatic NEPA to Help Enable Future NASA Missions Michelle Rau & Tina Norwood |
| NEPA by the Numbers John Ruple & Heather Tanana |
Proximate Cause in EAs and EISs Since the Deletion of the Word "Cumulative" Owen Schmidt |
| Day 2 | Tuesday, May 18 | |
| Your NEPA Assignment, Should You Choose to Accept It… Manisha Patel, WSP |
Leading NEPA in a Growing Network of Privately-Led Projects: A Case Study on High Speed Rail Erin Lee, Kevin Wright, EIT, Travis Kelly, & Laynee Jones, PE |
| Day 3 | Wednesday, May 19 | |
| Ramifications of New NEPA Regulations on Agencies and Consultants Patrick Solomon, CEP & Erica Boulanger |
NEPA Studies for the I-495 and I-270 P3 Program: Lessons Learned During One Federal Decision and the COVID-19 Pandemic Eric Almquist, AICP, PWS & Karen Kahl, PE, PTOE |
| Day 4 | Thursday, May 20 | |
| NEPA Case Law P. Hudson, Michael Smith, & Fred Wagner, Esq. |
CEQ's Review of the 2020 Final Rule: Issues and Opportunities Michael Drummond, Edward Boling, & Marie Campbell |
| Agency Actions to Revise Their NEPA Procedures: A Progress Report Charles Nicholson |
Reader-Friendly 2.0: Effective Environmental Documentation in an Era of Streamlining Jenifer Young, Alan Summerville, Anne Broache, AICP, & David Mattern |
| Integrating Climate Change in NEPA Analysis Michael Conrardy, Elizabeth Bella, Emily Newell, & Louise Kling |
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Planning & Permitting
| Day 2 | Tuesday, May 18 | |
| Connecticut New Haven-Hartford-Springfield High Speed Rail Program: Mitigating for Rare Flora and Fauna Laurel Stegina, AICP, Amanda Saul, Marla Engel, & Robert Graham |
Application Of A Watershed Approach To Mitigate A Large-scale Highway Project Kate Forester, PLA, Marke Ewbank, PE, Christina Merten, PE, PWS |
| Engaging the End User: Planning and Community Outreach in NYC's Largest Resiliency Project Annie Winter & Nicolette Leung, PE |
Florida Assumes Control: Florida's Experience Assuming CWA Section 404 Permitting Tim Perry |
| Using Map Visualization to Streamline NEPA and Environmental Compliance Reviews Jennifer Salerno |
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| Day 3 | Wednesday, May 19 | |
| PEL In Practice Jane Boand, Diane Nulton, Jason Longsdorf, & Troy Halouska |
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Public Involvement
| Day 3 | Wednesday, May 19 |
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| Empowering Communities through Climate Change Engagement and Capacity Building Jessica Sisco, AICP, Julio Garcia, Félix Aponte-Gonzalez, & Claire Bonham-Carter |
Use of VIP with Public Hearings Carolyn Nelson |
| Geospatial Tools for Public Involvement: Improving Outreach and Fostering Citizen Scientists through Location Mike Bialousz & Sunny Fleming |
Planning with Communities in Dynamic Environments—Using a Flexible and Adaptive Long-Term Floodplain Planning Approach for Pierce County’s Clear Creek Strategy Plan Lynn Turner, Angela Angove, & Heather Page |
Remediation
| Day 2 | Tuesday, May 18 | |
| Oatland Island Pesticide Remediation Project Leanne DeFoor & Brek Steele |
Treating 1,4-Dioxane with Activated Potassium Persulfate Patrick Hicks & Brant Smith |
| Isotopic Tracers as a Proxy to Assess Nitrogen Transformations in a Constructed Bioretention Cell: A Possible Metric to Assess Lids Sean Ahearn |
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Transportation
| Day 2 | Tuesday, May 18 | |
| Resilience is the Future of Transportation Networks T. Luke Young, Tatum Lau, & Kristin Davis |
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| Day 4 | Thursday, May 20 | |
| Caltrans Regional Advance Mitigation Needs Assessment (RAMNA); A New Approach to Planning for Transportation Project Mitigation Michael Carbiener |
Section 4(f) Compliance for Non-Historic Resources and the I-270 Corridor Project Veronica McCall |
| Corridor K of the Appalachian Development Highway System: Fresh Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship and Project Delivery Amy Sackaroff |
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