Workshop: Headwater Drainage Feature Guideline Implementation: Practitioners Experiences — Eastern Ontario
Monday, November 7, 2016
8:30am - 4:00pm
8:30am - 4:00pm
This workshop will update participants on some of the work that has been implemented since the 2011 Eastern Ontario Headwaters workshop. Updates will include advances in policy, monitoring, research and restoration which were all core themes at the 2011 workshop. Participants will hear a range of case studies from Eastern Ontario that collectively address how to incorporate headwater management in routine management decisions, policy development, and science understanding. Participants will hear from experts from Conservation Authorities, the City of Ottawa and the private sector on local success stories.
| Time | Presentation Title | Presenter |
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00-9:10 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Sommer Casgrain-Robertson, General Manager, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority |
| 9:10-9:45 | Headwater Drainage Features Overview Advances in Policy: Headwaters Get Protection |
Glen McDonald, Director of Planner, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority |
| 9:45-10:15 | Increasing Resiliency: Identifying and maintaining HDFs from a municipal perspective | Jennifer Boyer, Planner, Land Use and Natural Systems Unit, City of Ottawa |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Science Advances Our Understanding of Headwater Systems - Trim the Tribs Research | Les Stanfield, Ecohealth Solutions |
| 11:00-11:30 | Headwater monitoring and reporting practical uses from a watershed management context | Jennifer Lamoureux, Aquatic and Fish Habitat Biologist, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority |
| 11:30-12:00 | Application of Headwater Module to Management | Shelley Gorenc, Senior Geomorphologist, BEACON Environmental |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-1:30 | Practical Implementation of the HDF Guidelines within Eastern Ontario | Whitney Moore, Biologist, Dillon Consulting Limited |
| 1:30-2:00 | Sub watershed Planning: Incorporating Headwaters: Lessons Learned from North Markham | Shelley Gorenc, Senior Geomorphologist, BEACON Environmental |
| 2:00-2:30 | Cardinal Creek Village and Area 6 Stittsville Headwaters Drainage Features Assessment Case Study Examples | Michelle Lavictoire, Bowfin Environmental Consulting |
| 2:30-2:45 | Closing Remarks | |
Location Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Airport 2400 Alert Road, Ottawa ON
Contact Michelle Paton
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
Box 599, 3889 Rideau Valley Drive
Manotick, Ontari
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
Box 599, 3889 Rideau Valley Drive
Manotick, Ontari
