ROUNDTABLE ON RIVER RESTORATION THROUGH DAM REMOVAL, REENGINEERING, AND REPURPOSING
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Canyon dam removal on the Elwha River in Washington, State. (Image Credit:
National Park Service)
ROUNDTABLE
ON RIVER RESTORATION THROUGH
DAM REMOVAL,
REENGINEERING, AND REPURPOSING
Beckman Center, UC Irvine, CA
October 5, 2011
On October 5, 2011, the National Research Council’s Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) and the Geographical Sciences Committee (GSC) sponsored a roundtable devoted to dam removal and alternatives for river restoration. The primary audience of the roundtable discussion was members of the Board and the Committee. The activities of the roundtable included presentations by panel members, extensive discussion led by moderator Will Graf, breakout groups, and a concluding summary discussions.
ORGANIZERS
Will Graf, Moderator and Chair of the Geographical
Sciences Committee, University of South Carolina
Mark Lange, Director, Geographical Sciences Committee,
National Research Council
The Science of Dam Removals (pdf)
Chauncey Anderson, River Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
Small Dam Removal in the Pacific Northwest (pdf)
Janine Castro, Geomorphologist and Policy Specialist, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Project Monitoring to Inform the Practice of Dam Removal
(pdf)
Matt Collins, River Scientist and Policy Analyst, NOAA
Fisheries Northeast
Dam Removal Engineering Issues & Options (pdf)
Jim MacBroom, Civil and Environmental Engineer, Milone &
MacBroom, Inc.
Dam Removal Case Studies (pdf)
Scott Wright, Civil Engineer, River Design Group, Inc.
BREAKOUT GROUP LEADERS
Bill Dietrich
(Science group), River Scientist,
University of California, Berkeley
Jeff Dozier
(Engineering group), Geographer,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Pat McDowell
(Policy group), Geographer, University of
Oregon
PARTICIPANTS
Corale Brierley, NAE, Principal, Brierley Consultancy, LLC
Tony de Souza, Director, BESR, National Research Council
William E. Easterling III,
Dean, College of Earth and Mineral
Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
Elizabeth Eide, Senior Program Officer, BESR, National
Research Council
David Feary, Senior Program Officer, BESR, National
Research Council
Carol P. Harden, Head, Department of Geography, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
Murray W. Hitzman, Professor of Economic Geology, Colorado
School of Mines
Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., Professor of Civil Engineering, Arizona
State University
John A. Kelmelis, Professor of International Affairs, The
Pennsylvania State University
Glen M. MacDonald, Professor and UC Presidential Chair,
University of California, Los Angeles
Patricia McDowell, Professor of Geography, University of Oregon
Robert B. McMaster., Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education,
University of Minnesota
M. Meghan Miller, President, UNAVCO, Inc.
Susanne C. Moser, Director and Principal Researcher, Susanne
Moser Research & Consulting
Brij M. Moudgil, NAE, Distinguished Professor and Director,
University of Florida
Clayton R. Nichols, Department of Energy, Idaho (retired)
Thomas M. Parris, Vice President, ISciences, LLC
David R. Rain, Associate Professor of Geography and
International Affairs, The George Washington University
Nicholas D. Rogers, Research Associate, BESR, National Research
Council
Joaquin Ruiz, Dean, College of Science, University of
Arizona
Karen C. Seto, Associate Professor of the Urban
Environment, Yale University
Terry C. Wallace, Jr., Principal Associate Director for Science,
Technology & Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory