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*** If you are joining our meeting and have dietary restrictions (e.g. vegan, gluten-free), please contact the Chapter at swsrockymtn@gmail.com ASAP so the catering order can be placed on time. ***

The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Meeting will be on April 6, 2022 at the Denver Botanic Gardens (Mitchell Hall). The meeting is expected to bring together over 100 researchers, students, government scientists, private sector consultants, and other wetland practitioners. It will cultivate scientific and regulatory exchanges between diverse groups of professionals involved in wetland stewardship around the region.

The Chapter solicits abstract submittals for poster presentations. Poster presenters also receive complimentary entry to the annual meeting. If you have research or a project to highlight, please submit an abstract here.

Although SWS membership is not required to present at the meeting, members will be given priority. If you are not a member of SWS, and would like to be, please sign up here!

AGENDA

8:00 - 9:00 - Registration, Coffee / tea & bagels, Member’s Meeting, Welcome

9:00 - 9:30 - Keynote Speaker - Patty Limerick, Center of the American West

9:35 - 9:55 - Elin Binck - Assessing wetland and riparian areas on BLM land across the western United States

10:00 - 10:20 - Sarah Hinshaw - Quantitatively Estimating Carbon Sequestration Potential in Soil and Large Wood in the Context of River Restoration

10:20 - 10:40 - BREAK

10:40 - 11:00 - Mindy Gottsegen - Colorado State Land Board Mitigation Banks

11:05 - 12:05 - Panel Discussion - Lucy Harrington, Karen Lawrence, Jeremy Sueltenfuss, and Rich McEldowney - Developing Ecologically Significant, Economically Practical, and Regulation Compliant Performance Criteria

12:05 - 1:05 - LUNCH - Catered boxed lunches

1:05 - 1:25 - Andy Herb - The FIT Principle: fundamentals for the practice of wetland restoration

1:30 - 1:50 - Jeremy Shaw - Road Impacts to an Alpine Wetland Complex, Summit Lake Park, Colorado

1:55 - 2:15 - Brad Johnson - Recent Advances in Mountain Fen Restoration

2:15 - 2:30 - BREAK

2:30 - 2:50 - Kevin Shrewsbury - Stewardship Approaches used in Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Sites

2:55 - 3:15 - Pat Hickey - Use of BDAs to Restore Degraded Preble’s Habitat

3:20 - 3:40 - Maryann McGraw - New Mexico Rapid Assessment Method for Confined Valley Riverine Wetlands

3:40 - 3:55 - BREAK

3:55 - 4:15 - Glenn Swanson / Sophie McKee - Wetland Valuation and Resource Management

4:20 - 4:40 - John Giordanengo - Riparian Ecosystems as Models for Restoring our Economies

5:00 - 7:00 - Social Event with Live Music, Beer/Cider, and Appetizers