Tony is director of the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI). He was previously the executive director of the Coastal States Organization (CSO) from 1998-2005. CSO, based in Washington, DC, represents the interests of the governors of the nation’s 35 coastal states and territories on coastal and ocean policy matters. Prior to joining CSO, Tony was the special counsel and director of environmental affairs at the American Association of Port Authorities, where he represented the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) at the International Maritime Organization on negotiations on the London Convention. Tony has also practiced law with a private firm in Washington, DC, working on environmental and legislative issues, and served as the Washington, DC, environmental legislative representative for the Mayor of the City of New York.
10:45 - Improving Dissolved Oxygen in the Delaware River Estuary: Moving from a Pathway to Implementation Thomas Amidon; Namsoo Suk, Ph.D. 11:00 - Understanding Sediment Oxygen Demand in the Delaware River Estuary: Impacts, Insights and Uncertainties Matthew Amato; Li Zheng
11:15 - Use of Change Factor Methodology to Estimate Dissolved Oxygen Under Various Loading Conditions Jake Bransky; Thomas Amidon; Sarah Beganskas
11:30 - Philadelphia’s Tidal Delaware River Receiving Water Models
Eileen Althouse; Kinman Leung; Ramona McCullough; Paula Kulis; Phil Duzinski; Kimberly Artita
11:45 - The Role of Nitrification in the Tidal Fresh Delaware Estuary Paula Kulis; Kinman Leung; Katie Lavalee; Michael Owens; Jeff Cornwell; Eileen Althouse; Grace Inman
10:45 - Breakwater Enhancement, Sediment Placement, and Monitoring at Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Heidi Hanlon 11:00 - Runnel Creation and Monitoring in Low Marsh at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Heidi Hanlon; Yianni Laskaris 11:15 - Progress on a Programmatic Approach to Assessing Salt Marsh in Delaware and New Jersey for Utilizing Low-cost Low-disturbance Restoration Methods Kaity Ripple; Brian Marsh; Jim Feaga; LeeAnn Haaf 11:30 - Q&A
I have been a Wildlife Biologist for 20 years with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. I monitor various wildlife species and habitats as well as restore habitats in Cape May and Salem Counties. Species monitored range from shorebirds to salamanders and bats and habitats range from... Read More →
10:45 - Investigating The Use of Diatoms as Inundation Indicators on Living Shorelines Erin O'Brien; Mihaela Enache; Joshua Moody 11:00 - Bringing a Cemetery to Life: Living Shoreline Design for Riverside Memorial Cemetery Alan Davis;Justin Shafer, CFM; John Brennan 11:15 - Delaware's Living Shoreline Cost Share Program Kayla Clauson 11:30 - Thompson Island Living Shoreline Planning and Phase 1 Implementation Bob Collins; Doug Janiec; Larry Trout, Jr. PE 11:45 - Living Shoreline Feasibility in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Zach Nemec
1:30 - Delaware Valley Early Warning System: Real-time Decision Support During Major Spill Response Paula Kulis; Kelly Anderson; William Cesanek 1:45 - Enhancing Spill Response through Modeling and Automation Joseph Fogarty; Li Zheng; Namsoo Suk; John Yagecic 2:00 - Sensitivity of Delaware River Salinity Intrusion to Changes in Freshwater Flow Molly Hesson; Phil Duzinski; Ramona McCullough; Kimi Artita; Joe Anarumo 2:15 - A Sensitivity Analysis for a 3-Dimensional Model of Salinity Intrusion in the Delaware River Estuary Kimi Artita; Phil Duzinski; Kinman Leung; Eileen Althouse; Ramona McCullough; Molly Hesson 2:30 - Stream Restoration and Pollutant Removal in McIntire Park: Integrating Environmental and Community Goals Ryan O'Banion; Ty Smith; Dan Frisbee
1:30 - The Final Piece of the Delaware Wetland Health Assessment Puzzle: Condition of Wetlands in the Pocomoke Watershed Alison Stouffer 1:45 - Water Monitoring and Research in the Delaware River Basin: The Next Generation of USGS Water Science Matthew Pajerowski 2:00 - Delaware Bay Habitat Restoration Project Monitoring Toni Rose Tablante 2:15 - Q&A
1:30 - More Mud, More Marshes: Quantifying the Restoration Potential of Using Dredged Material from State-managed Navigation Channels to Benefit Salt Marshes Within New Jersey Back Bays Adrianna Zito-Livingston; Kimberly McKenna; Alex Ferencz 1:45 - Maurice River Channel Dredging and Beneficial Use Placement within the State of New Jersey’s Heislerville Wildlife Management Area Brian Harris; Monica Chasten; Tyler Kinney; Aleksandra Ostojic; Justin Shawler; Keith VanDerSys; Daniel Gallegos 2:00 - A Comparative Analysis of the Delaware River Bottom Sediments Pre- and Post-Army Corps Main Channel Deepening Project (2013-2020) Catherine Hughes; John Madsen; Dewayne Fox 2:15 - Scotch Bonnet Island Marsh Elevation Enhancement Project: Beneficially Using Dredged Sediments to Stabilize Drowning Marshes in New Jersey Lenore Tedesco; Monica Chasten; Jason Hearon; Julie Blum; Keith VanDerSys; Lisa Ferguson; Brian Harris 2:30 - Advancing Beneficial Use of Fine-Grained Dredged Sediment: Marsh Edge Berms Constructed in Seven Mile Island Innovation Laboratory (SMIIL), New Jersey David Perkey; Lenore Tedesco; Kelsey Fall; Thomas Huff; Monica Chasten
3:15 - PFAS 101 and the impacts to the Delaware Estuary Elizabeth Colletti; Radhika de Silva, PhD, PE 3:30 - Monitoring PFAS in the Delaware River and Tributaries to Reduce Loading and Protect Water Quality for End Users Jeremy Conkle; Ron MacGillivray; Matt T. Amato; Elaine Panuccio; Jake Bransky 3:45 - PFAS in Delaware Surface Waters John Cargill, IV 4:00 - Microplastics Upstream of the Delaware River: Assessing the Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Hitchhikers of Microplastic Pollution in Blue Marsh Lake Jill Felker; Tami Mysliwiec; Vinh Lu; Hailey Zavecz 4:15 - Q&A
3:15 - Celebrating 75 years of Sport Fish Restoration in the Delaware estuary Josh Newhard; Gabe Gries 3:30 - Life History, Population Status, and Restoration of American Shad and River Herring in the Delaware River Basin Ellie Rothermel; Sheila Eyler; Lance Butler; Greg Lech; Ron Huen; Kelly Faller 4:45- An Adaptive Resource Management Framework for the Harvest of Horseshoe Crabs in the Delaware Bay Region Margaret Conroy, Dave Smith, Kristen Anstead, Jim Lyons, Linda Barry, Conor McGowan, Bryan Nuse 4:00 - Developing Management and Restoration Strategies for American Oystercatcher Breeding along the Delaware Bay (New Jersey) Emmy Casper; Meghan Kolk; Samantha Collins; Danielle McCulloch; Lisa Ferguson; Todd Pover 4:15 - Q&A
Developing Habitat Requirements for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Preservation and Restoration in the Delaware River Watershed - Kelly Somers; Michael Mansolino; Todd Lutte; Joel Hoffman; Cayla Sullivan
Vegetation Management of an Elevated Nesting Habitat Using a Concentrated Salt Solution Spray - Lisa Ferguson; Samantha Collins; Julie Blum; Brittany Morey
Assessing School Campus Pollinator Habitat - An Inventory of Pollinators to Establish Baseline Data for Ongoing Community Science Studies, Campus Habitat Improvements and Conservation Education Initiatives - Ron Smith
Exploring Alternative Fish Hosts for Freshwater Mussels in the Tidal Delaware River: Enhancing Propagation Efficiencies at Fairmount Waterworks Interpretive Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Lance Butler; Shannon Boyle; Kathryn McFarland; Roger Thomas; Leah Morgan
Freshwater Mussel Species Occurrence Surveys in the Delaware River Watershed, Pennsylvania - Gregory Lech; Jordan Allison; Dakota Raab; Kyle Clark
Analysis of Mussel Biodiversity Utilizing Metabarcoding and qPCR Techniques - Amelie Loguidice; Ashley Holland; Aimee Hunter; Brielle Spencer; Jacqueline Swann; Jennifer Rienzi
Monitoring Nekton Biodiversity at the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve - Michael Mensinger; Drew Faulhaber
Adaptive Management on the Fly - Nicole Zuck; Jeff Richter
Vouchering Specimens at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science - Ashley Kempken; B. Alex Kittle; Matthew R . Halley; Elizabeth K. Shea
Determination of 6PPD-Quinone in Aqueous Matrices Using Solid Phase Extraction With Various Polymeric Sorbents and Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)- Arielle Cocozza
The Potential of Non-Plastic Oyster Shell Bag Materials in Delaware Bay Living Shorelines - Jecy Klinkam; Leah Morgan; Jenny P. Shinn; Toni Rose Tablante
Rachel Hogan Carr is the executive director of the Nurture Nature Center and also serves on its board of directors. She led the seminal Flood Safety Education and Awareness Campaign in the Delaware River Basin (“Focus on Floods”), a cooperative project with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service, which secured five local and national awards. Carr was named 2011 Informal Science Educator of the Year by the American Meteorological Society for her role in developing the Focus on Floods education campaign with National Weather Service. Carr has spoken widely about how to engage the community in understanding and addressing the risks they face, including engagements for: American Meteorological Society; the Pennsylvania Floodplain Managers Association; the New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association; NOAA Science Days; FEMA Region III; FEMA TMAC; and others
10:45 - Development of a Multidimensional Coastal Wetland Migration and Maintenance Data Layer for NJ ResTOrS Kimberly McKenna; Dr. Thomas Herrington; Dr. Richard Lathrop; Dr. Joshua Moody 11:00 - Integrated Modeling to Assess Delaware River Basin Water Resource Vulnerability to Drought Aubrey Dugger; Hedeff Essaid 11:15 - Risk & Resilience : Sea Level Rise Scenario Visualization for Adaptation and Mitigation Practices Chris Feinman; Matthew Konfirst 11:30 - City of Wilmington GHG Reduction Program: Working to Achieve 50% Reduction By 2030 Alison Quimby 11:45 - Q&A
10:45 - Coastal Marsh Restoration: An Ecosystem Approach for the Mid-Atlantic - Joint Agency Guidance Bartholomew Wilson; Jonathan Watson 11:00 - CHARRM: Finding Efficiencies Among Mid-Atlantic Resource Managers, Restoration Practitioners and Research Scientists in the Mid-Atlantic Region Danielle McCulloch; Jessie Murray 11:15 - Organizing a Collaborative Statewide Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Network and Initiatives in Delaware Kayla Clauson; Brittany Haywood 11:30 - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Monitoring and Restoration Efforts in Delaware's Inland Bays Taylor Hoffman; Jazz Petersen; Andrew McGowan 11:45 - Creating Resilient Marsh and Beach Habitat in Delaware Bay: The Evolution of a Regional Restoration Strategy in the Face of Climate Change Alek Modjeski
10:45 - Community Engagement and Nature Based Solutions in the Face of Historic Flooding in Eastwick Erin Lacour; Lamar Gore 11:00 - Community-Driven Modeling for Flood Risk Resilience in the Darby-Cobbs Watershed Jazmin Ricks; Ahmad Haseeb Payab 11:15 - Hurricane Ida: An Interstate Flood Resilience Plan for the Brandywine in Delaware and Pennsylvania Grant DeCosta; Gerald J. Kauffman, Jr.; Seung Ah Byun 11:30 - Monitoring and Modeling of Urban Creeks in Philadelphia Anish Mahat; Eileen Althouse; Kinman Leung; Zachary Eichenwald 11:45 - Community Science Data Informs Restoration in an Urban System Matt Sarver, Katie Bird
1:30 - Foundational Support for Evaluating Flood Risk Management and NYC Water Supply Reliability in the Catskill and Delaware Watersheds Jennifer Garigliano 1:45 - Climate Change Projections for NYC Watershed and Upper Delaware Headwaters Region Jerry Mead 2:00 - Future climate to intensify extreme floods and shift flood generating mechanisms in the Delaware River Basin Ning Sun; David Judi; Hongxiang Yan; Mithun Deb; Zhaoqing Yang 2:15 - Using a Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling Framework to Investigate the Impacts of Climate, Land Use, and Sea Level Change on Hydrology and Salinity during Drought in the Delaware River Basin Aubrey Dugger; Salme Cook; Liv Herdman; Jared Smith; Hedeff Essaid; Andreis Prein 2:30 - Enhancement of Methodology for Calculating Net Carbon Emissions for Natural and Working Lands Brett Wiley; Kirk Raper; Metthea Yepsen; Chris Barry; Daniel Clark; Olga Lyandres; Alissa Benchimol
1:30 - Oh, the places you'll go...Delaware Marsh Migration Model Kenny Smith 1:45 - Making a Splash in Southern New Castle County: Restoring a Historical Seasonal Pond Complex Brigham Whitman; Matt Sarver 2:00 - Salt Marsh Vegetation Composition and Habitat Change at Black-Crowned Night Heron Nesting Sites on Historic Dredge Mounds Julie Blum; Samantha Collins; Lisa Ferguson 2:15 - The Importance of Patch Shape at Threshold Occupancy: Functional Patch Size Within Total Habitat Amount Jeff Keller; Patrick Sullivan 2:30 - Q&A
1:30 - Creation of an Outdoor Exploration Space Alison Quimby; PDE Staff 1:45 - ASAP: The Apprenticeship In Shellfish Aquaculture Program Jenny Shinn; Diana Burich; Michael Acquafredda; Lisa Calvo 2:00 - Overview of The New Jersey Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Reference Document: A Tool to Help Municipalities, Non-Profits, and Decision Makers in the Development, Implementation, and Monitoring of Effective NBS to Address Climate Hazards Janine Barr; Ashlyn Spector; Elizabeth Semple; Katie-Rose Imbriano; Paolo Mora Villacres 2:15 - Ecological uplift potential of green bulkheads Taylor Beck 2:30 - Q&A
3:15 - Seaports on the East Coast are Victims of Their Success James Dennis 3:25 - A New Conceptual Sediment Budget for Delaware’s Sandy Estuarine Beaches Justin Shawler; Aleksandra Ostojic; Sean McGill; Alexander Renaud; Ashley Elkins 3:50 - Q&A
3:15 - Improving Ecosystem Rehabilitation through a Mosaic Approach – Advancing a Regional Philosophy in New Jersey Terry Doss; Josh Moody; Meredith Comi; Martha Maxwell-Doyle 4:15 - Q&A
3:15 - Upstream Opportunities - A listening approach to early public engagement in DRBC climate resilience planning Kristen Bowman Kavanagh; Sarah Beganskas, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Koniers Brown; Avery Lentini; Chris McCann; Kevin Pregent 3:30 - Northeast Rising: Implementing Climate Resilience through Community Building on the Brandywine River in Downtown Wilmington, Delaware Karen Igou; Gerald Joseph McAdams Kauffman 3:45 - City of Wilmington Urban Pollinator Corridor and Food Resilience Project: A Community Approach to Conservation and Sustainability at the Neighborhood Level Kerry Wilson; Michele Wales; Tannicka Johnson 4:00 - Breaking Down Barriers: Making the Outdoors More Accessible in the Delaware River Watershed Michelle Barakat 4:15 - Q&A
