2023 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations and Posters
2018 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
2016 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
2014 Columbia River Estuary Workshop Presentations
2012 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
2012 Columbia River Estuary Conference Poster Abstracts
2010 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
2010 Columbia River Estuary Conference Poster Abstracts
2008 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
2012 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
Session 1: ESA Listed Species Recovery
- Prefatory Remarks Cowlitz Indian Tribe - Aalvik
- Background to CREC - Corbett
- Salmon Life Histories and Habitat Associations in the Columbia River Estuary- Bottom
- Life History Strategies of Selected Chinook Salmon Spawning Populations in the Columbia River, as Inferred From Otolith Microchemistry - Campbell
- Genetic Stock Identification of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River Estuary Results from Estuary wide Surveys 2010 - 2011- Teel
- Residence Times of Acoustic-Tagged Juvenile Salmonids in Off-Channel, Tidal-Freshwater Areas in the Columbia River - GJohnson
- The Energetic Consequences of Residence in Shallow Tidal Freshwater Habitats for Juvenile Chinook Salmon - VanDyke
- Chum salmon recovery strategy in Oregon tributaries to the lower Columbia River - Homel
- Beaver in tidal marshes: Dam effects on low-tide channel pools and fish use of estuarine habitat - Hood
Session 2: Lessons from ecological restoration projects
- Using a Comprehensive Landscape Approach for More Effective Conservation and Restoration in the Columbia Basin - Naiman
- Estuary Restoration and Research: Perspectives of the Expert Regional Technical Group - Krueger
- Overview of the Habitat Restoration Prioritization Strategy for the lower Columbia River - Corbett
- Landscape Planning Framework for Restoration and Protection of Juvenile Salmon Habitat using the Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Classification - Trask
- Wetland Reference Sites in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary: Status, Trends, and Applications - Borde
- Application of the Diminishing Returns Concept in Ecosystem Restoration on the Lower Columbia River Floodplain - Diefenderfer
- Scenario Modeling to Evaluate Restoration Actions in the lower Columbia River and Estuary - Kolp
- Ecology of Newly Restoring Floodplain and Tidal Wetlands in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary (LCRE) - Thom
- The Germany Creek Restoration: Protecting Habitat and Infrastructure through New Technologies - Scholz
- Application of Effectiveness Monitoring to Habitat Restoration Projects in the Columbia River Estuary - Van Ess
- Tracking change in agricultural land conditions and water quality through focused outreach, technical assistance, and land condition monitoring - S Marcoe
- Predicting and Monitoring the Effects of a Habitat Restoration Project on Metapopulation Viability of Two Species of Listed Freshwater Snails in a Tributary of the Columbia River - Richards
Session 3: New understanding of the lower Columbia River ecosystem
- Synthesis of Multi-Year Coordinated Habitat, Fish and Fish Prey in Tidal Wetlands in the lower Columbia River - Sagar
- Habitat Quality, Toxics, and Salmon in the Lower Columbia Estuary: Multi-Year Coordinated Fish and Fish Prey Collection under the Ecosystem Monitoring Program - L Johnson
- Monitoring spatial and temporal changes in fluvial phytoplankton in the lower Columbia River to better understand variability in river and estuarine food webs - Peterson
- Toxics Reduction in the Columbia River Basin - What can we learn from WWTP effluent and stormwater runoff? - Morace
- Results of the Lower Columbia River Pile Dike Study (September 2011) sponsored by the Portland District Corps of Engineers - Kassebaum
- Design Guidelines for the Enhancement and Creation of Estuarine Habitats in the Middle Reaches of the Lower Columbia River - Whiting
Session 4: Innovative, new methods for understanding and predicting changes to the lower Columbia River ecosystem
- Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Classification: Concept and Application - O'Connor
- The SATURN collaboratory for the Columbia River coastal margin: capabilities and applications - Baptista
- SATURN Data Explorer: a powerful and expandable tool for exploration of Columbia River data - Seaton
- Understanding Oxygen Depletion in the Columbia River Estuary through Data-Supported Numerical Modeling - Welle
- Dynamically Coupled Food-web and Hydrodynamic Modeling with ADH-CASM for Sessile Benthic Invertebrates: A Case Study from the Chesapeake Bay - Swannack
- An Examination of Long-Term Upwelling Transition Dates on the Oregon/Washington Coast - Leffler
- Resiliency of Estuaries in Washington and Oregon to Sea Level Rise: Case Studies from the Lower-Columbia River, Willapa Bay, and Skagit Delta - Mykut
- 2012 CREC Synthesis - Graham Hudson
#2012 Columbia River Estuary Conference Poster Abstracts
- Estuarine Indicator System for the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - Corbett
- Tier 3: Habitat Suitability for Juvenile Salmon - Judd
- Science Behind Forage Fish Management
- Land Cover Change in the Lower Columbia River Estuary, 1880 - 2011 - Marcoe
- Lower Columbia River and Estuary Fish Passage Barrier Inventory - Mattison
- Interagency Management of Pesticides and Water Quality in Oregon - Riley
- Effect of Columbia River Flow Changes on Tsunami Wave Propagation - Rostamkhani
2010 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
Introduction and Welcome:
- 2010 Columbia River Estuary Conference: Adaptive Management of Ecological Restoration - Introduction
- Welcome (to the) 2010 Columbia River Estuary Conference
- Cowlitz Indian Tribe CREC Presentation - Aalvik
Session 1 Adaptive Management in Lower Columbia River Estuary
- US Army Corps of Engineers and Adaptive Management of Lower Columbia River and Estuary Ecosystem Restoration - Casey
- Adaptive Management Perspectives for the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership - Hathaway
- Adaptive Management for the Columbia River Estuary - Marriott
- Restoration Program and Adaptive Management - Russell
- Adaptive Management - Ecological Restoration Conference - Vigg
Session 2: Strategy and Prioritization
- Development of an Ecosystem Restoration Strategy for the lower Columbia River Using a Multiple Lines of Evidence Approach - Corbett
- Adaptive Management: Its Use in the Columbia Basin for Ecosystem Management - Paquet
- Strategic Restoration / Preservation Planning of Juvenile Salmon Habitat Based on the Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Classification - Simenstad
- Toward an Integrated Adaptive Management Program for Restoration of the Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem - Thom
Session 3: Uncertainties Research
- Predictive Models for Adaptive Management of Emergent Sandbar Habitat to Support Recovery of Least Terns and Piping Plovers on the Missouri River - Buenau
- Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Ecosystem Restoration Program Strategy for Adaptive Management - Lefort
- Columbia River Estuary Double-crested Cormorants: Adaptive Research for Adaptive Management? - Lyons
- Implementation and Adaptation of the Caspian Tern Management Plan for the Columbia River Estuary: Will it Reduce Mortality of Juvenile Salmonids in the Estuary? - Roby
- Up-Scaling to the Tidal Basin: Restoration of Riparian Areas, Salt Marshes, Eelgrass, and Native Oysters within the South Slough Estuary, Coos Bay, Oregon - Rumrill
Session 4: Lessons from Ecological Restoration Projects
- Wetland Inundation Patterns and Vegetation Communities in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - Borde
- Resource Partitioning and Life History Patterns Among Salmonids in the Estuarine Habitat Mosaic - Craig
- Results of Multi-Year Coordinated Fish, Fish Prey, Habitat, and Water Quality Data Collection Under the Ecosystem Monitoring Project - Johnson
- ISAB Food Web Review: Fish Production and Restoration - Niaman
- Juvenile Salmon Ecology and Restoration of Tidal Freshwater Habitats - Sather
Session 5: Adaptive Management Outside the Lower Columbia River Estuary
- Implementing Salmon Recovery: Lessons Learned - Ammer
- Progress in Habitat Restoration and Protection in the Columbia River Estuary - Collins
- Riparian Wetland Response to Livestock Exclusion in the Lower Columbia River Basin (LCRB) - Homen-Shewell
- Lessons Learned on Lower Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Restoration from the Perspective of the Expert Regional Technical Group - Hood
- Habitat Characterization and Fish Usage of Remnant Picea sitchensis Tidal Freshwater Wetlands on the Columbia River Estuary - Diefenderfer
- Potential Winter Growth of Chinook Salmon in a Tidally Influenced Area of the Columbia River - Farr
- Assessment of Habitat Use and Habitat-Specific Survival and Travel Time of Acoustic-Tagged Salmonid Smolts in the Lower Columbia River Estuary - Harnish
- Implications of Pre-Restoration Monitoring for the Proposed Rechannelization of the Sandy River Delta in Tidal Freshwater of the Columbia River - Johnson
- Variation in the Floral and Faunal Structure of Freshwater Tidal Forest Ecosystems along the Columbia River Estuary Gradient: Applications to Ecological Restoration - Johnson
- Enhancement of the Habitat Restoration Prioritization Framework for the Lower Columbia River - Marcoe
- Constructing Oregon's Diked Lands Vulnerability Inventory to Support Strategic Planning for the Impacts of Sea Level Rise - Mattson
- Mitigation and Conservation Banking as a Tool in River Restoration - Miller
- Green Sturgeon Use of the Columbia River Estuary - Parsley
- Ground-Based Monitoring of the Biological and Physical Effects of Restoration Activities - Tagestad
- Germany and Abernathy Creek Restoration Implementation Plan - Wiseman
2008 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations
- Where Salmon Gather: The Work of Estuarine Restoration - Lamb
- Estuarine (and other Ecosystems) Restoration Nationally - Brice
- An Overview of Habitat Restoration in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - Marriott
Session 1: Restoration Planning and Implementation
- Ecosystem Restoration Approaches - Whiting
- Columbia River Estuary Restoration Project Funding and Implementation Considerations - Breckel
- Project Development in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - Haas
- Project and Program Decision-Making: Tools and Adapative Management Frameworks - Thom and Ebberts
Session 2: Uncertainties Research
- The Columbia River and its Estuary: Physical Structure and Function - Jay
- Elevation of Tidal Wetland Plant Communities in the Columbia River Estuary - Borde
- Ecological Change and Resilience in Oregon's Salmon River and Columbia River Estuaries - Bottom
- Ecology of Juvenile Salmonids in Tidal Fresh and Estuarine Waters - Roegner
- Resolving Uncertainty Necessary to Conduct Strategic Restoration in the Columbia River Estuary to Support Recovery of Wild Salmon - Simenstad
- Restoring Wetland Functionality - Adamus
- Teaching Environmental Science in the Field Brings Habitat Restoration to Life for Both Students and Teachers - Stockhouse
Session 3: Wetlands and Flood Management
- Hydrodynamic Modeling of Tidal Reconnection Restoration Projects: Uses and Limitations - Ott
- Levees and Dikes: Operations and Benefits - Ambrose
- Effects of Estuarine Wetland Restoration on Flood Management: The Lower Grays River Experience - Sinks
Session 4: Action Effectiveness Monitoring
- Columbia River Estuary Restoration Monitoring: Synthesis & Gaps - Hathaway
- Monitoring Toxics and Invasive Species: Implications for Habitat Restoration and Effectiveness Monitoring - Fuhrer and Jones
- Fish Monitoring at Restoration Sites - Russell
- Evaluating Cumulative Ecosystem Response to Tidal Wetland Restoration Projects n the Columbia River Estuary - Diefenderfer
- ISAB Climate Change and Population Growth Reports: Impacts on Columbia River Basin Ecosystems - Bilby
Session 5: Management Implications
- Valuing the Columbia River Estuary: The Balancing Act - Tortorici
- Estuary, Ocean Mitigation and Adaptive Management Strategies for the FCRPS BiOp and Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program - Geiselman
- Policy Implications: USACE, Portland District - Putman
- Habitat Restoration in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary Under the Council's Fish and Wildlife Program - Ruff
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