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2025 Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting

April 16, 2025

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Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting - April 16, 2025

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The Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists Rocky Mountain Chapter will be held in person on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The all-day meeting is attended by research­ers, students, government staff, private-sector consultants, and other wetland practitioners. The event cultivates scientific exchanges between diverse groups of professionals involved in wetland stewardship in the region.

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SOCIETY OF WETLAND SCIENTISTS
Name: Becky Pierce
Phone: (303) 512-4051
Email: rebecca.pierce@state.co.us

The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting will be on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The meeting is expected to bring together over 100 researchers, students, government scientists, private sector consultants, and other wetland practitioners. The day will cultivate lively discussion between diverse groups of professionals involved in wetland stewardship around the region.

Agenda

8:00 - 9:00 ARRIVAL / CHECK-IN (bagels, coffee, and tea)

Poster Presentations:

  • Tamara Keefe, Felsburg, Holt, and Ullevig: Construction Oops - Turning a Mistake into an Enhancement
  • Anna Schroeder, Univ. of CO: Investigating Redox-Active Organic Matter Reduction in Alpine Wetlands
  • Antonio Gonzalez, Regis University: Species Distribution Model of Moose

8:30 - 8:50 MEMBERS’ MEETING

8:50 – 9:00 WELCOME ADDRESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

9:00 – 9:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Billy Schweiger, National Park Service: The paradox of protection; Wetlands in Rocky Mountain National Parks face a mixed future

9:50 – 10:10 Marin Oschmann, Colorado State University: Beyond vegetation - How stream morphology drives current beaver activity in Rocky Mountain National Park

10:15 – 10:35 Clifford Adamchak, University of Colorado, Boulder/CIRES: Geomorphic and Biogeochemical Controls on Methylmercury Production in Western United States Beaver Meadows

10:35 – 10:50 BREAK 

10:50 – 11:10 Payten Maness, Felsburg, Holt, and Ullevig: Balancing the human side of Low-Tech Process Based Restoration

11:15– 11:35 Tamara Keefe & Neal Goffinet, Felsburg, Holt, and Ullevig: St Vrain State Park CDOT Mitigation Sites

11:40 - 12:00 Sandra Johnston, Utah State University's Wetland Ecology and Restoration Lab - Building capacity for aquatic plant restoration in northern Utah

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 – 2:00 PANEL DISCUSSION Federal and State Wetland Regulations in Colorado - Understanding the Emerging Framework for Aquatic Resource Jurisdiction and Project Permitting

  • Aaron Eilers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Denver Regulatory Office
  • Annette Quill, Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment, Water Quality Control Division
  • Kelly Morgan, Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment, Water Quality Control Division
  • Noah Greenberg, PWS, Wright Water Engineers, Inc. 

2:05 – 2:25 Greg Kernohan, Ducks Unlimited & Becky Pierce, Colorado Dept of Transportation: Wetland No-Net-Loss Mitigation - Delivering Net Gains on Small Wetland Impacts

2:30 – 2:50 Brian Murphy, River Works: Moving the compensatory stream mitigation needle

2:50 - 3:05 BREAK

3:05 - 3:25 Brad Johnson, Johnson Environmental Consulting: The Cucumber Gulch Preserve - A Tale of Place

3:30 -3:50 Andy Herb, AlpineEco: The FIT Principle: guidance on the practice of wetland restoration

3:55 - 4:15 Marinus Boon, Lynker: Automated Wetland Mapping - Learnings from Colorado

4:20 - 4:40 Trent Jones, Mountain Pine Manufacturing: Wetlands Safe Products Made out of Wood. Why do I Care?

4:45 - 5:05 Gwen Kittel, University of Colorado: Willows (Salix) of Colorado: Their Ecology & Identification. A Field Guide

 5:05 - 7:00 SOCIAL EVENT - Appetizers, beer, and wine (Sponsored by Odells Brewing Company)

Sponsors

Payment can be made online by choosing the sponsorship type below. If you'd prefer to pay by check, send to: Society of Wetland Scientists c/o Rocky Mountain Chapter, 1660 International Drive, Suite 600, McLean, VA 22102. Please note "2025 Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting" in the memo line. For ACH or wire payments, contact info@sws.org for more information.

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