Thursday January 16

 8:30 - 9:00 AM                    Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15    Welcome and Introductions (Mr. David Blazer, Executive Director, Maryland Coastal Bays Program)

9:15 - 9:30    Workshop Goals (Dr. Tom Jones, Chair, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Maryland Coastal Bays Program)

9:30-9:45      Federal Role in Habitat Protection and Restoration (Greg Colianni US EPA Headquarters representative to the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council.)

9:45-10:15    The Need for Estuarine Habitat Restoration (Steve Emmett-Mattox, Restore America’s Estuaries)

10:15-10:45 Break  - Refreshments Provided

10:45-11:15 The Value Of Partnerships In Habitat Plan Development (Eric Buehl, Habitat Coordinator, Delaware Center for the Inland Bays)

11:15-11:45 What Resources Should We Protect - MD Sensitive Areas Initiative (Ms. Mary Conley, Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources).

11:45-12:15 Which Areas Should We Restore – More Bang for the Buck in Tributary Restoration Selection Strategy (Dr. Frederick W. (Rick) Kutz, Consultant in Environmental Science).

12:15-1:30 Lunch  - Provided

 Luncheon Presentation – Build-out Around The Bay (Speaker Kent Mountford, Estuarine Ecologist And Environmental Historian)

1:30-2:00  Habitat Goals Could be a Moving Target – Sea-Level Change and Habitat Loss  (Christopher Spaur Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore

2:00-2:30  Habitat Planning - Opportunities for the Future (Bruce Nichols, NRCS)

2:30-3:00  Not all the Habitat May be Under Our Control – Reestablishing Wetland Functions in the Estuarine Landscape: Balancing the Challenge of Invasive Species with Wetland Estuarine Connectivity (Mike Weinstein, New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/NJ Sea Grant).

3:00-5:00 Breakout Sessions How to write a restoration plan – Introduction (Roman Jesien, Science Coordinator, Maryland Coastal Bays Program).

·        Who should be involved /Who identifies areas for restoration? (Eric Buehl, Habitat Coordinator, Delaware Inland Bays)

·        How do we identify habitat for restoration or protection? (Kent Mountford, Estuarine Ecologist And Environmental Historian)

·      How do we set restoration goals? (Chris Spaur, US Army Engineers, Baltimore District)

5:00-6:30 Break-Gathering along interest lines - time for meetings

 6:30 - 7:00                          Social - No Host Mixer.

 7:00 until ?                          Banquet - Provided                                         

Friday January 17

8:00 - 9:00   Continental Breakfast          

9:00 – 9:15 The Models might not be accurate predictors - Identification and Assessment of Fish Nursery Habitats: Examples of Hypoxia Impacts from Delaware’s Inland Bays (Kevin L. Stierhoff & Damian C. Brady, University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies)

9:15 - 9:30  Tools That Might Help - US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Restoration Program Authorities (John Brady and William Mueller, US Army Engineers, Philadelphia District)

9:30-9:45  Another Tool - Delaware’s Invasive Species Council (Bruce Richards, Director Delaware Inland Bays).

9:45 - 10:00  How Can You Tell You’re Done - Case Study: Sawmill Creek, Nutrient Runoff, Development, and Stream Restoration in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Larry Lubbers, Maryland Department of The Environment)

10:00 – 10:30   Report From Each Breakout Session and Discussion

10:30 - 12:00  Break and Breakout Sessions

·        How do we evaluate restoration activities? (Kent Mountford)

·        How do we measure successful attainment of restoration goals? (Eric Buehl)

·         When should our measurements be made?(Roman Jesien)

12:00 - 1:30                         Lunch - Provided

Working Lunch – Summary of Breakout Sessions and Consensus Building

1:30                                    Adjournment