Developers, Landscape Architects, City Council and Municipal Staff, and the interested public - Join us for a 2 day conference on managing stormwater sustainably in our region. The NWA LID Conference is intended to provide a national perspective on real-life implementation, planning, and economic measures that are required or encouraged to sustainably manage stormwater and subsequently improve water quality. This national perspective will also be placed in the context of rapidly urbanizing Northwest Arkansas to address proactive water resource management and protection. The conference is free to attend and meals will be provided. A reception will take place at Louise on November 3rd. The conference can be viewed in-person or virtually and CEUs for professional development will apply for some organizations. If you have questions regarding a certain certifying organization, please email morgan@irwp.org.
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Press Release - Conference Announcement
NWA LID CONFERENCE AGENDA
November 3rd
7:30 Breakfast
8:00 Opening and Status of the Illinois River Watershed, Leif Kindberg (IRWP Executive Director)
8:30 The Evolution of the Stormwater Sector: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going, Seth Brown (National Municipal Stormwater Alliance)
9:30 Break
10:00 How Humans Impact the Land and How the Land Impacts the Water, Brenda Macke and Andy Sauer (Burns & McDonnell)
11:00 Large and Small Scale Conservation and Risk + Policy, Scott Simon (The Nature Conservancy)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Conservation and Restoration in the Illinois River Watershed, Travis Chaney (Illinois River Watershed Partnership)
1:30 Land Use Solutions: Urban Wood, Recreation, Forest Health, Henderson Brown (Quantified Ventures)
2:30 Praising our Floodplains, Wetlands, and Prairies, Martin Smith (Ecological Design Group)
3:30 Osage Park Field Tour
4:30 Summary and Dismissal, Morgan Keeling (IRWP Community Relations)
5:00 Reception: Dinner and Happy Hour at LOUISE
November 4th
7:30 Breakfast
8:00 Forever and Always: The Requisite Longevity of Post-Construction Stormwater Controls, Paul Davis (Water Resource Consultant)
9:00 Big Nature: New Walmart Home Office, Ted Vuong, Jana Wehby and Gus Leutermann (SWA and Walter P. Moore)
10:00 Bay Perspective on Bio-Retention, Carol Wong (Center for Watershed Protection)
11:00 Break - Activity and Reflection, Break
11:30 Infrastructure and the Next Generation, Brenda Macke and Andy Sauer (Burns & McDonnell)
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Regional Stormwater Planning, Chris Olson (Wright Water Engineers)
2:30 River Corridor Management and Buffers by Matt Ehrhart (Stroud Water Resource Center)
3:30 Green for Green: Funding, Financing, Incentives and Project Delivery in the Stormwater Sector, Seth Brown (National Municipal Stormwater Alliance)
4:30 Surveys and CEU information (LACES, PE)
5:00 Dismissed - Dinner is on your own!