10th Annual Driftless Area Symposium Agenda Monday – Tuesday February 5th & 6th, 2018 Radisson Hotel, 200 Harborview Plaza Monday, February 5th, 2018 Registration - Hotel Foyer – Radisson 9:00 a.m. to noon 9:30 – Welcome and Announcements, Hotel Ballroom – Jeff Hastings, Project Manager – Trout Unlimited 10:00 Driftless Area Restoration Effort 10:00 Lightning Round – 12 Driftless Organizations will have 5 minutes to tell you a little about their -11:00 organization and what they are up to. 11:00 Mary Marczak, Director, University of Minnesota Extension - will be talking about the – importance of Diversity in Watershed Management to the Watershed Mgmt track. 11:45 Dave Vetrano, Retired DNR Fisheries Biologist, WI DNR – History of stream restoration in the Driftless Area, speaking to the Riparian Management track 12:00 LUNCH – BALLROOM -1:00 Luncheon speaker – Curt Meine –The Driftless Reader ECONOMICS, SOCIAL AND Track HUMAN DRIVERS IN Track TROUT – RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT, 1 AGRICULTURE & WATERSHED 2 PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT Time SESSION Time SESSION Driftless White Paper, Climate Change, Southeast Minnesota's Field to Grazing & Partnerships 1:00 Stream Program for Agricultural to Producers Moderator: 3:00 Moderator: 1:00 to Dan Dauwalter – Update on progress of – Agriculture field Kevin Kuehner 2:50 White Paper and Climate change. runoff measurements in micro watersheds of the Root River and conservation practices Marty Melchior – to be determined recommendations. Ron Meiners – Ag Producer contacts 1:00 to Caroline Gottschalk Druschke – Social use and field walks to access conservation 2:50 of wood in projects. practices. Rod Ofte – Managing state properties by Amber Radatz – UW Extension Field Grazing. Walk Guidebook Heath Benike – Maximizing use of Paul Trcka – Crop Representative Partnership Dollars to Restore Driftless Area perspective of field runoff Streams in Western WI. measurement and field walk to assess conservation practices. ______________________________________ 2:50 to Afternoon Break in Hotel Foyer 3:20 Southwest Wisconsin working with Research, Programs & Projects oh my… Agricultural Producers Moderator: Moderator: Wes Larson - South Pine Brook Trout study. Aaron Ruesch - Using EVAAL for BMP planning in the Tainter Creek watershed. Doug Dieterman – Brown Trout Megen Kabele - Expanding conservation John Hoxmeier – Brook Trout Genetics Project permanence through private land 3:20 – conservation easements. 3:20 - Matt Mitro & Kirk Olson – Spring and Timber 5:00 5:00 Coulee studies. Shelly Brenneman – Tainter Creek Farmer-led Council Brett Kelly, - Cold water assessment for Brook Trout Ted Bay - Cover Crops - How They Solve Problems for Farmers in the Driftless Jeff Weiss, Barr Engineering – To be determined. Region. John Delaney - Bringing prairie strips to Wisconsin, to improve water quality and promote biodiversity. 5:00 to 6:30 Free Social – Freight House (107 Vine St. La Crosse) – Appetizers!! 10th Annual Driftless Area Symposium Agenda – day two Tuesday February 6th, 2018 Breakfast (included in registration) 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Registration for Day Two 8 am to 10 a.m. ECONOMICS, SOCIAL AND HUMAN DRIVERS TROUT – RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT, IN AGRICULTURE & WATERSHED PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT Methods for Successful Implementation of Driftless Stream Restoration Projects Conservation Practices in SE MN Moderator: Moderator: Bill Kiser – Invited - Large-scale Sheila Harmes, Whitewater Watershed Evaluation of Reed Canarygrass Project/Winona County – Farmer Led Councils in Suppression Treatments across Four SEMN; history; how it was started. Floodplain Sites in SE Minnesota Glenn or John, Farmer Led Council Chair – A Paul Hayes – Weister Creek – Farmers Experience of the FLC. Monitoring and Raising Dollars. 8:00 – Caleb Fischer, Fillmore SWCD – Implementing 10:00 Dan Kirby – Maquoketa River Dam 8:00 – Conservation Practices using Root River One Removal 10:00 Watershed One Plan. Bradd Sims – Brook Trout Restoration Efforts on the Steiner Branch Tim Ruzek, Mower SWCD – Engaging the Public and Building Trust to Implement Nate Anderson – Stream Stabilization Conservation Practices. vs. Restoration Theresa Shay – Waterloo Creek vs. Mother Nature 10:00 to Morning Break in Hotel Foyer 10:20 10:20 - Moderator: Moderator: 12:00 NRCS Wis – Farm Bill, What’s the new Farm Vaughn Snook – Habitat Improvement Bill looking like, what can we expect. Projects, MNDNR Lanesboro Fisheries Office, 2015 to Present. Jeff Broberg - Engaging professional pre- retirees and recent retirees into non-profit Curt Diehl – Dane County Streambank conservation work. Easement and Maintenance Program. Johnny Micheel – Goat Grazing to McKnight Foundation – Invited Control Invasives. The Nature Conservancy – Invited Iowa 4R Plus Program John Lenczewski – Lessard Sam Projects Mark Pfost – Clear Creek Vegetation Management Project. .