21th Annual WAFSCM Conference

November 1 – 2, 2023

Hyatt Regency/KI Convention Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin

2023 CONFERENCE AGENDA

2023 PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS

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20th Annual WAFSCM Conference Highlights

October 19-20, 2022

Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI

2022 CONFERENCE AGENDA

2022 CONFERENCE PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS

2022 PRESENTATIONS (with linked handouts as available):

Field Tour: Fox River Levee & Locks – Uriah Monday, WI DNR
Opening Plenary – Dave Fowler, Senior Project Manager
Daylighting Dubuque’s Bee Branch Creek – A Flood Mitigation Success Story – Mark Shubak, Strand Associates, Inc.
Large Scale Green Infrastructure for Upstream Flood Mitigation in Urban Environments – Kara Koch & Adrienne Cizek, Stormwater Solutions Engineering, LLC
Great Lakes Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate – Adam Bechle & David Hart, Wisconsin Sea Grant
Impact of Lake Michigan Water Levels on District Assets – Susan K Coyle, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Building Flood Resilience in the East River Watershed in Northeast WI – Kayla Wandsnider, The Nature Conservancy
Flood Management Property Acquisition: Realizing More Community Benefits than Just Reduced Flood Risk – Mark Mittag, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Benefitting Communities Through Solely Grant Sourced Green Infrastructure on Milwaukee Public School (MPS) Schoolyards – Kara Koch, Stormwater Solutions Engineering, LLC
A green infrastructure plan for the Black Earth Creek watershed to reduce flooding and create multiple benefits – Steve Gaffield, Emmons and Olivier Resources, Inc. & Mike Rupiper, Capital Area Regional Planning Commission
Keep CALM and Collaborate: Collaborative Network Enhancing Coastal Hazard Resilience Efforts on Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Shoreline – Lydia Salus, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
Using Delft3D to model complex coastal environments in the Great Lakes – Jacob Sturzl & Brent Teske, Anchor QEA
Advancing Green Infrastructure at Great Lakes Marinas – Julia Noordyk, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
War Memorial Center North Parking Lot Site Design – Cassandra Hoppe, Stormwater Solutions Engineering, LLC
Thinking Outside the Box Culvert II, Update on Sustainable Flood Management – David Fowler, Association of State Floodplain Managers
P, N, & H2O – Understanding Natural Cycles and Development Impacts – Phillip Taylor, Hydro International

2022 SPONSORS!:

19th Annual WAFSCM Conference Highlights
(Joint with MNAFPM)

November 3-5, 2021

La Crosse Center, La Crosse, WI

2021 CONFERENCE BROCHURE (printable)

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18th Annual WAFSCM Conference Highlights

October 22, 2020

go-to-webinar

VIEW 2020 CONFERENCE RECORDING (REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY)

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17th Annual Conference Highlights

October 23 – 25, 2019

Central Wisconsin Convention & Expo Center

Wausau, Wisconsin

2019 CONFERENCE BROCHURE (printable)

2019 CONFERENCE PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS (printable)

2019 CONFERENCE PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES (printable)

16th Annual Conference Highlights

November 7 – 9, 2018

The Ingleside Hotel

Pewaukee, Wisconsin

2018 CONFERENCE BROCHURE (printable)

2018 PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS (printable)

2018 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES (printable)

Presentations:

The Stormwater Benefits of Creating High-Performance Urban Trees
Jeremy Bailey, Senior Consultant, GreenBlue Urban

Calculating Stormwater Volume and Total Suspended Solids Reduction under Urban Tree Canopy in Wisconsin Using Available Research
Steve Gaffield and Dane Wudel, Montgomery Associates: Resource Solutions

Historic Mitchell Street Green Parking Lot
Cassandra Bence, Stormwater Solutions Engineering

Watershed Scale Underground Storage and Advanced Treatment Applications
Matt Kamenick, StormTrap

County Hazard Mitigation Planning in Wisconsin
Angela Kowalzek-Adrians, Natural Resources Planner, Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission

Coastal Floodplain Management
Michelle Staff, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Navigating the floodplain study approval process with WI DNR
Chris Olds, State Floodplain Engineer WDNR

Wisconsin Elevation Mapping: Statewide Completion of Lidar, Development of Hydro-enforced Products and Planning for Future Needs
Jim Giglierano, Wisconsin Dept of Administration

Building Coastal Resilience in Southeastern Wisconsin through Research, Education, and Collaboration
Adam Bechle, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program/Wisconsin Sea Grant

Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling Effectively: Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of CFD Modeling
Brent Teske, FreshWater Engineering

The Community Rating System (CRS) Credits and Documentation
Lou Ann Patellaro, ISO / CRS Specialist, Insurance Services Office

Using Air-Cooled Blast Furnace (ACBF) slag to Remove Ortho Phosphorus from Stormwater
Todd Weik, CBC Engineers and Associates

How the “Hanging Levee” Technique in FEMA’s 2018 Levee Guidance is being applied in the Milwaukee Area
Rich Klein/Stantec, Aaron Volkening/Stantec, Mark Mittag/MMSD

Green Infrastructure Planning on a Watershed Scale
Carrie Bristoll-Groll, Stormwater Solutions Engineering

Neighborhood Outreach and Green Infrastructure Installation: Shorewood and Greenfield Neighborhoods
Adrienne Cizek, Stormwater Solutions Engineering

Midwest Urban Stream Restoration: Two Case Studies that Rehabilitate Ecological Function in a Developed Landscape
Brent Brown, Jacobs

Floodplain Management Plans – Arcadia, WI Case Study
Daniel Cook and Joe Waln, Davy Engineering Company