• Leroy Irwin, Chair, ICOET 2007 (Moderator)
• James Martin, Associate Director, CTE
• Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas
• Dan Flowers, Director, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department

Update on U.S. and International Activities:

• Hans Bekker, Liaison, Infra Eco Network of Europe (Moderator)
• Rodney van der Ree, Ecologist, Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology
• Rodger Schlickeisen, President, Defenders of Wildlife
• Nancy Lee, Branch Chief, Advanced Planning and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Carol Adkins, Water and Ecosystems Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration

Cross-Cutting Session:

• Stewart Airport Ecosystem: Taking Off with Innovative Approaches (Debra Nelson, New York State DOT, Albany, NY, USA - Moderator)
• Supporting Transportation, Water, and Ecological Systems in the Great Lakes Basin (Judy Beck, Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL. Kimberly Majerus, FHWA Resource Center, Olympia Fields, IL.)
• Arizona's Wildlife Linkages Assessment (Bruce Eilerts, Arizona DOT, Phoenix, AZ, USA)
• Overcoming the Barrier Effect of Roads: How Effective Are Mitigation Strategies? (Rodney van der Ree, Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Coordination & Regulatory Compliance:

• Moderator: Paul Garrett, FHWA Headquarters
• Streamlining ESA Section 7 Consultations: Bedell Street Bridge Project, Del Rio, Texas (Allison Arnold, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Austin, TX, USA)
• Oregon DOT’s OTIA III Bridge Program: Three Years of Environmental Stewardship (Shelley Richards, HDR Engineering, Inc., Salem, OR, USA)
• Geyerserville: 1,000 Feet in 110 Days (Charles Morton, California Department of Transportation, Oakland, CA, USA)
• Regulatory Compliance on Multistate and Multimodal Projects: Bridging the Gaps Between States and Among NEPA Co-leads (Heather Gundersen, Oregon Department of Transportation, Vancouver, WA, USA)

Transportation Operations - Part I of III:

• Moderator: Phillip Moore, Arkansas HTD
• Conservation Management of Historic Road Reserves in Australia (Peter Spooner, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia)
• Goals, Pros, and Cons of a Massive Increase in Roadside Woody Vegetation (Richard T.T. Forman, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)
• Prescribed Fire is Cool on Florida Highway (Jeff Caster, Florida DOT, Tallahassee, FL, USA)
• Establishment Success of Native Versus Non-native Herbaceous Seed Mixes on a Revegetated Roadside in Central Texas (Jeannine Tinsley, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA)

Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Data Surveys & Decision Support Guidelines):

• Moderator: Paul Wagner, Washington State DOT
• North American Decision Guidelines for Mitigating Roads for Wildlife (John Bissonette and Patricia Cramer, USGS Utah Cooperative Research Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA)
• Animal-Vehicle Collision Data Collection Throughout the United States and Canada (Marcel Huijser, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA)
• Can Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions be Decreased by Increasing the Number of Wildlife Passages in Korea? (TaeYoung Choi, Environmental Planning Institute, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
• Inventory and Typology of Fauna Passages on French Transport Structures (Sabine Bielsa, SETRA [French Technical Service of Roads and Motorways], Bagneux, Ile de france, France)

Session 4A (Concurrent): Mon., 3:30-5:00 PM

Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Herpetiles):

• Moderator: Susan Hagood, Humane Society of the United States
• Use of Existing Mitigation Measures by Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small- to Medium-Size Mammals in Hungary: Crossing Structures Can Function as Multiple Species-Oriented Measures (Miklós Puky, Hungarian Danube Research Station, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Jávorka, Hungary)
• Effectiveness of Amphibian Mitigation Measures Along a New Highway (Jed Merrow, McFarland-Johnson, Inc., Concord, NH, USA)
• Road Effects on a Population of Copperhead Snakes in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, KY (Valorie Titus, Binghamton University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA)

Session 4B (Concurrent): Mon., 3:30-5:00 PM

Transportation Operations – Part II of III:

• Moderator: Alison Berry, UC-Davis Road Ecology Center
• Developing Fauna-Friendly Transport Structures (Christof Elmiger, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Bern, Switzerland)
• Road Crossing Structures for Amphibians and Reptiles: Informing Design through Behavioral Analysis (Hara Woltz, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, New York, NY, USA)
• Ecological Performance of Mitigation Wetlands in a Predominantly Agricultural Landscape (Terry J. VanDeWalle, Natural Resources Consulting, Inc., Independence, IA, USA)
• Effective Wetland Mitigation Site Management: Plant Establishment to Closeout (Paul Wagner, Washington State DOT, Olympia, WA, USA)

Integrating Transportation & Conservation Planning (New Developments):

• Moderator: Trisha White, Defenders of Wildlife
• Watershed Approaches to Compensatory Mitigation: Using Comprehensive Mitigation Planning to Achieve More Effective Mitigation for Transportation Projects (Jan Cassin, Parametrix, Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA)
• Integrating Wildlife Crossings into Transportation Plans in Projects in North America (Patricia Cramer, USGS Cooperative Unit, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA)
• Conserving the Connections: A Nationwide Inventory of State-Based Habitat Connectivity Analysis (Jesse Feinberg, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC, USA)

Integrating Transportation & Conservation Planning (Eco-Logical Approaches):

• Moderator: Mary Gray, FHWA Headquarters
• Application of Ecological Assessments to Regional and Statewide Transportation Planning (Joe Burns, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, VA, USA)
• Applying the Eco-Logical Framework in Montana: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Ted Burch, FHWA-Montana Division; Scott Jackson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Deborah Wombach, Montana Department of Transportation; Bozeman, MT, USA)
• Justifying Environmental Stewardship: Oregon Department of Transportation’s Wildlife Collision Prevention Plan Case Study (Melinda Trask, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR, USA)
• Habitat Linkage within a Transportation Network (Sherri Swanson, HDR Engineering, Inc., Sarasota, FL; Wendy Hershfeld, Scheda Ecological Associates, Sarasota, FL)

Session 5B (Concurrent): Tues., 8:30-10:00 AM

Transportation Operations – Part III of III:

• Moderator: Tom Linkous, TRB ADC30 Committee Chair
• Washington State DOT Bridge Maintenance and Inspection Guidance for Protected Terrestrial Species (Marion Carey, Washington State DOT, Olympia, WA, USA)
• Dark Beaches: Florida DOT’s Continued Efforts to Implement Environmentally Sensitive Lighting Systems (Ann Broadwell, Florida DOT District 4, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA)
• Oregon Strategies for Transportation Compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (Chris Maguire, Oregon DOT, Salem, OR, USA)
• Canasawacta Creek Watershed Initiative (Mary O’Reilly, New York State DOT Region 9, Binghamton, NY, USA)

Session 6A (Concurrent): Tues., 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Partnerships for Success):

• Measuring the Success of Wildlife Movement Across Highways and Linkage Efforts (Christopher Servheen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Missoula, MT, USA - Moderator)
• Case Study: Harbor Boulevard Wildlife Underpass, Los Angeles County, CA (Andrea Gullo, Habitat Authority, Whittier, CA, USA)
• Under the Boardwalk: Case History -- St. John's Sideroad at the McKenzie Wetland, Aurora, Ontario, Canada (Ian Buchanan, Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada)
• Coordination of Agency and Citizen Involvement in Project Development and Monitoring for the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project (Jen Watkins, I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, Seattle, WA; and Patty Garvey-Darda, USDA Forest Service, Cle Elum, WA; USA)

Session 6B (Concurrent): Tues., 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Fisheries & Aquatic Ecosystems–Part I of II:

• Moderator: Ann Campbell, EPA Headquarters
• Strategic Approach for Identification and Correction of Fish Passage on National Forest Lands for Pacific Northwest (David Heller, USDA Forest Service, PNW Region, Portland, OR, USA)
• Review of the Influences of Road Crossings on Warmwater Fishes Movement and Fish Communities in Ouachita Mountain Streams, Ouachita National Forest (Richard Standage, Ouachita National Forest, USDA Forest Service, Hot Springs, AR, USA)
• Juvenile Salmon Passage in Sloped-Baffled Culverts (David Thurman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)
• Protecting and Enhancing River and Stream Continuity (Scott Jackson, Univ. of Mass. Extension, Amherst, MA)

Session 7B (Concurrent): Tues., 1:30-3:00 PM

Fisheries & Aquatic Ecosystems–Part II of II:

• Moderator: John Harris, Arkansas HTD
• Combining Aquatic and Terrestrial Passage Design into a Continuous Discipline (Sandra Jacobson, USDA Forest Service, Arcata, CA)
• Inventory and Sediment Modeling of Unpaved Roads for Stream Conservation Planning (Ethan Inlander, The Nature Conservancy, Fayetteville, AR)
• Assessment of Freshwater Mussel Relocation as a Conservation Strategy (Andrew Peck, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR)
• Habitat Restoration and Mitigation on the Impact of a Transportation Network on Hyporheic Organisms Dwelling in the Upper Ganges, India (Ramesh C. Sharma, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttaranchal, India)

Integrating Transportation & Conservation Planning (Urban Areas):

• Moderator: Randal Looney, FHWA-Arkansas Division
• Green Infrastructure, Environmental Mitigation and Transportation Planning in Kansas City (Tom Jacobs, Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, MO, USA)
• Impacts of Different Growth Scenarios in the San Joaquin Valley, CA (Karen Beardsley, Information Center for the Environment, Davis, CA, USA)
• Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan and Regional Transportation Planning: A Case Study in Challenges for Protecting and Restoring Wildlife Connectivity in Urbanized Areas (Carolyn Campbell, Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, Tucson, AZ, USA)
• Limitations to Wildlife Habitat Connectivity in Urban Areas (Melinda Trask, Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR, USA)

Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Large Mammals & Ungulates – Part I of II):

• Moderator: Hans Bekker, IENE/ Ministry of Transport and Water Management, The Netherlands
• Construction of a Highway Section Within a White-Tailed Deer Winter Yard Near Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: Mitigation Measures, Monitoring, and Preliminary Results (Yves Leblanc, Tecsult Inc., Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
• Using Site-Level Factors to Model Areas at High Risk of Deer-Vehicle Collisions on Arkansas Highways (Philip Tappe, University of Arkansas at Monticello, Monticello, AR, USA)
• Behavioral Responses of White-Tailed Deer to Vehicle-Mounted, Sound-Producing Devices (Sharon Valitzski, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA)
• Evolution of Wildlife Exclusion Systems on Highways in British Columbia (Leonard Sielecki, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Victoria, BC, Canada)

Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Multispecies Approaches):

• Moderator: Melinda Trask, Oregon DOT
• Habitat, Highway Features, and Animal-Vehicle Collision Locations as Indicators of Wildlife Crossing Hotspots (Sarah Barnum, New Hampshire Audubon, Concord, NH, USA)
• Utilizing a Multi-Technique, Multi-Taxa Approach to Monitoring Wildlife Passageways on the Bennington Bypass in Southern Vermont (Mark Bellis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Wilmington, VT, USA)
• Ecological Effects of Road Infrastructure on Herpetofauna: Understanding Biology and Increasing Communication are Critical for Wildlife Conservation (Kimberly Andrews, University of Georgia, SREL, Aiken, SC, USA)
• Surveying and Modeling Roadkill (Shyh-Chyang Lin, National Kinmen Institute of Technology, Kinmen, Taiwan)

Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Large Mammals & Ungulates – Part II of II:

• Moderator: Sandra Jacobson, USDA Forest Service
• Wildlife Mitigation and Human Safety for Sterling Highway Milepost 58-79, Kenai Peninsula, AK (Richard Ernst, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Soldotna, AK, USA)
• Role of Fencing in Promoting Wildlife Underpass Use and Highway Permeability (Norris Dodd, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Pinetop, AZ, USA)
• Effects of Traffic Volume on Elk Distribution and Crossing Patterns Along an Arizona Highway (Jeff Gagnon, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ, USA)
• Transportation Corridors in Arizona and Mexico and Pronghorn: Case Studies (Richard Ockenfels, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ, USA)

Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Small Mammals & Carnivores):

• Management Considerations for Designing Carnivore Highway Crossings (Bill Ruediger, Wildlife Consulting Resources, Missoula, MT, USA - Moderator)
• Patterns of Carnivore Road Casualties in Southern Portugal (Clara Grilo, Faculdade de Cięncias da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal)
• Major Roads: A Filter to the Movement of the Squirrel Glider, Petaurus norfolcensis (Silvana Cesarini, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• Roads and Desert Small Mammal Communities: Positive Interaction? (Silvia Rosa, Utah State University, Almada, Portugal)

Session 11B (Concurrent): Thur., 1:30-3:00 PM

Integrating Transportation & Conservation Planning (State Wildlife Action Plans):

• Moderator: Michael Culp , FHWA Headquarters
• Linking Transportation and Conservation: How the State Wildlife Action Plans can help protect wildlife from road development. (Patricia White, Julia Michalak, Jeff Lerner, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC, USA)
• State Wildlife Action Plans: State Wildlife Agencies and Transportation Agencies Working Together to Prevent Wildlife from Becoming Endangered (David Chadwick, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Washington, DC, USA)
• Using Tools that Support Decision-Making Toward Multiple Benefits in Transportation and Conservation (Shara Howie, NatureServe, Boulder, CO, USA)
• Multi-scale and Context-Sensitive Statewide Environmental Mitigation Planning Tool for Transportation Projects in California (James Thorne, Information Center for the Environment, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA)

SCB North American Section Symposium - Reconciling Conservation Planning and Transportation Planning on a Regional Scale:

• Welcome (Reed Noss, Univ. of Central Florida - Moderator)
• Approach to Integrating Transportation and Conservation Planning: Examples from Florida (Daniel Smith, WTI, Montana State University, USA, and Reed Noss, University of Central Florida, USA)
• Effects of Roads and Traffic on Populations of Small Animals: Implications for Transportation Planning (Lenore Fahrig, Carlton University, Canada)
• Applications of Local-Scale Research for Planning and Evaluating Measures Designed to Restore Regional Landscape Connectivity (Anthony Clevenger, WTI, Montana State University, USA)
• Effects of roads on carnivore behavior and ecology in southern California: movements, mortality, and gene flow (Seth Riley, R. M. Sauvajot, J. P. Pollinger, E. C. York, S. Ng, and R. K. Wayne, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CA)

Session 12B (Concurrent): Thur., 3:30-5:00 PM

Ecological Impacts of Other Transportation Modes:

• Moderator: Vicki Sharpe, Florida DOT
• Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Pad Avian Abatement Efforts and Related KSC Roadkill Reduction Effort (Roland Schlierf, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA)
• Quantifying Risk Associated with Potential Bird-Aircraft Collisions (Laurence Schafer, USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services, Olympia, WA, USA)
• Trains, Grains, and Grizzly Bears: Reducing Wildlife Mortality on Railway Tracks in Banff National Park (Jim Pissot, Defenders of Wildlife Canada, Canmore, Alberta, Canada)
• Impacts of Ferry Terminals on Juvenile Salmon Movement along Puget Sound Shorelines (Ronald Thom, PNNL, Sequim, WA, USA)

Session 12C (Concurrent): Thur., 3:30-5:00 PM

SCB North American Section Symposium - Reconciling Conservation Planning and Transportation Planning on a Regional Scale:

• Moderator: Reed Noss, University of Central Florida
• Bighorn Sheep and Interstate Highways: Using Genetics to Optimize Connectivity Models for Managing the Landscape of the Future (Clinton W. Epps, J.D. Wehausen, V. C. Bleich, S. G. Torres, and J. S. Brashares, University of California at Berkeley, USA)
• Eight Reasons Not to Uuse GIS Analysis for Corridor Design (Paul Beier-presenter; Dan Majka and Wayne Spencer, Northern Arizona University, USA)
• Road Ecology in the Southern Rockies – Science, Policy and Outreach (Julia Kintsch, Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project, USA)

Session 13A (Concurrent): Fri., 8:30-10:00 AM

Integrating Transportation & Conservation Planning (State Case Studies):

• California’s Integrated Approach to Collaborative Conservation in Transportation Planning (Gregg Erickson, Caltrans, Sacramento, CA, USA - Moderator)
• Linking Statewide Connectivity to Highway Mitigation: Taking the Next Step in Linking Colorado’s Landscapes (Julia Kintsch, Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project Denver, CO, USA)
• Wildlife Connectivity Across Utah’s Highways (Paul West, Utah DOT, Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
• Patch Occupancy Models and Black Bear Management in the Southeastern Coastal Plain: A Potential Tool? (Jay Clark, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA)

Integrating Transportation & Conservation Planning (Habitat Analysis Tools):

• Moderator: Lynn Malbrough, Arkansas HTD
• Use of Habitat Suitability Indices (HSIs) for Evaluating Impacts to, and Assessing Mitigation for, Terrestrial Wildlife Habitats for Transportation Projects (Rick Black, HDR Engineering, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
• Is Strategic Environmental Assessment an Effective Tool to Conserve Biodiversity Against Transport Infrastructure Development? (Csaba Varga, Land Stewardship Advisory Service of BirdLife Hungary, Budapest, Hungary)
• Effects of Configuration of Road Networks on Landscape Connectivity (Jochen A.G. Jaeger, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
• Integrating Habitat Fragmentation Analysis Into Transportation Planning Using the Effective Mesh Size Landscape Metric (Evan Girvetz, Road Ecology Center and Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA)

Environmental Considerations in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs):

• Moderator: David Williams, Vice President/ Senior Program Manager, Carter-Burgess
• Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
  Highly respected by the FWS as the leading planner for one of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, Mr. Blankenhorn described his philosophy and experiences, including how to manage traffic congestion, from over two decades of partnering with Federal, state and local agencies. He described the potential roles that PPPs can play, now and in the future. CMAP is a new regional agency created by merging metropolitan Chicago's previously separate organizations for land-use and transportation planning.
• Bruce A. Stein, Vice President and Chief Scientist, NatureServe
  Dr. Stein shared his organization's experience in incorporating ecological considerations into transportation, infrastructure planning, and resource management efforts. NatureServe coordinates a nationwide public-private partnership that provides scientific information and technology tools at local, regional, and national scales. These information products and services are designed to help agencies and private-sector industries not only meet legal requirements, but to go beyond compliance and promote positive conservation outcomes. In particular, decision support tools, such as NatureServe Vista software, can provide agencies and private investors with a defensible and transparent means to understand ecological values and reduce environmental and project risks.
• David Greenblatt, Analyst, Living Cities Program, Environmental Defense
  Mr. Greenblatt discussed why a public-private partnership on a toll road is not necessarily a good or bad proposition. Well-designed PPP deals have the potential to save motorists time, raise revenue, boost transit choices, and curb fuel use and emissions. The flip side is that PPPs can also spur pollution, fragment the transportation network and facilitate sprawl for years to come. The final outcomes of a PPP depend, in large part, on what a public agency is contracting for. Is the goal simply to increase short-term cash flow? Or is it to create better, more sustainable communities for all? Or some combination thereof?

Session 15 (Plenary): Fri., 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Conference Wrap-Up:
Leroy Irwin, 2007 Conference Chair
Paul Wagner, Washington State DOT, 2009 Conference Chair

• Session Highlights
• Local Host Recognition
• ICOET 2009 Announcement

1. Culvert Retrofit Testing (Christopher May, Battelle PNNL, Sequim, WA, USA)
2. Long-Term Consequences of Winter Road Management Practices to Water Quality at High-Altitude Lakes Within the Adirondack State Park (New York State) (Tom Langen, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA)
3. Freshwater Mussel (Mollusca:unionidae) Habitat Variability and Movement Patterns Following Relocation: A Case Study of Potamilus capax (David Baldridge, Arkansas State University, State University, AR, USA)
4. New International Efforts for Freshwater Research, Education, and Conservation: A Report from the Society for Conservation Biology’s Freshwater Working Group (Nathaniel Hitt, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA)
5. Lessons and Experiences from Stream Restoration Project in the Piedmont of North Carolina (Thomas Barrett, Mulkey Engineers and Consultants, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA)
6. Road Decommissioning: Minimizing the Adverse Ecological Effects of Roads in European Agricultural Landscapes (Lisa Dolan, University College Cork, Cork City, Cork, Ireland)
7. Salmon Resource and Sensitive Area Mapping Project: A Model for Integrating a Natural Resource GIS with Transportation Planning and Operations (Robert Carson, Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc., Portland, OR, USA)
8. Roadkill and Landscape Scales on the Californian Central Coast (Jordi Puig, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain)
9. Making Environmental Sustainability for Transportation Infrastructure a Reality: The Environmental Enhancement Fund in British Columbia (Leonard Sielecki, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Victoria, BC, Canada)
10. GIS-based Identification of Habitat Cores and Corridors for Virginia DOT Project Planning and Environmental Scoping (Bridget Donaldson, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, VA, USA)
11. Simulation-Optimization Framework to Support Sustainable Watershed Development by Mimicking the Pre-Development Flow Regime (Emily Zechman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA)
12. Forest Service Back Roads: Utilization of GPS/GIS Technology for Acquiring Road Infrastructure Data in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests (Benjamin Gentry, Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, Russellville, AR, USA)
13. Bats and Bridges: Promoting Species Conservation through Early Multi-agency Planning (Zak Toledo, HDR Engineering, Inc., Salem, OR, USA)
14. Riparian Restoration Plan for Stormwater Flow Control Management (Carl Ward, Washington State DOT, Olympia, WA, USA)
15. Summary of the 2006 Linking Conservation and Transportation Workshops (Patricia White, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC, USA)
16. Wildlife Use of Open and Decommissioned Roads on the Clearwater National Forest, ID (Adam Switalski, Wildlands CPR, Missoula, MT, USA)
17. Wildlife Mitigation and Human Safety for Sterling Highway Milepost 58-79, Kenai Peninsula, AK (Richard Ernst, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Soldotna, AK, USA)
    

Interactive Poster Displays (“Electronic Boutique”)

1. Process Design for Collaboration: An Innovative Approach to Redesigning the Environmental Review Process for Transportation Projects in Tennessee (Tom Crawford, Praxis Northwest, LLC, Olympia, WA, USA)
2. Web-based Approach to Compliance Reporting for Caltrans (Ivy Edmonds-Hess, Parsons Brinckerhoff, San Francisco, CA, USA)
3. Efficient Transportation Decision Public Web Site: Bridging the Gap between Transportation Planning and the Public (Ruth Roaza, URS, Tallahassee, FL, USA)

1. Relating Vehicle-Wildlife Crash Rates to Roadway Improvements (Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA)
2. Validation of a Citizen-Science Highway Wildlife Monitoring Program (Kylie Paul, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA)
3. Summary of Strategic Agenda for Deer-Vehicle Crash Reduction: Data Collection, Research, Funding, Partnerships, and Technology Transfer (Keith Knapp, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, USA)
4. Effectiveness of Black Bear Crossings on I-26 in Madison County, North Carolina (Elizabeth Jones, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA)
5. Limited Applications of Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Analyses for Transportation Planning and Mitigation Efforts Due to Spatial Inaccuracy (Kari Gunson, College of Environmental Studies and Forestry, Baldwinsville, NY, USA)
6. Overview of Recent Deer-Vehicle Collision Research in Arkansas (Philip Tappe, University of Arkansas at Monticello, Monticello, AR, USA)
7. Highway Median Impacts on Wildlife Movement and Mortality (Angela Kociolek, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA)
8. Assessment of Field Method Efficacy to Monitor Wildlife Presence on Interstate 70 at Vail Pass (Paige Bonaker, Environmental Studies Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA)
9. Alternative to the Openness Ratio for Wildlife Crossing Structures Using Structure Physical Attributes and Behavioral Implications of Deer Vision and Hearing Capabilities (Sandra Jacobson, USDA Forest Service, Arcata, CA, USA)
10. Effects of a Purpose-Built Underpass on Wildlife Activity and Traffic-Related Mortality in Southern California (David Elliott, California State at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA)
11. Effects of US 1 Highway Improvements on Florida Key Deer Mortality (Israel Parker, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)
12. Evaluating the Conservation Benefits of Wildlife Crossing Structures for Grizzly and Black Bear Populations in Banff National Park Using Noninvasive Genetic Sampling (Michael Sawaya, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA)
13. Review of the Broad Effects Generated by Roads on Herpetofauna (Denim Jochimsen, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA)
14. On the Road with Herps: The Importance of Asking for Directions (Kimberly Andrews, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC, USA)
15. Assessing the Stone Marten’s Patch Occupancy in Fragmented Landscapes and Its Relation to Road-Killing Occurrences (Fernando Ascensao, Faculdade de Ciaencias da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal)

Interactive Poster Displays (“Electronic Boutique”)

1. Development of a Bald Eagle Habitat Assessment Tool and Its Application in Highway Planning (James Hatchitt, ARMASI Inc., Gainesville, FL, USA)
2. Analytical Framework for Wildlife Crossing Policy in California (James Quinn, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA)
3. Pre-assessment of Wildlife Movement Patterns in a Forested Habitat Prior to Highway Development – Prioritizing Methods for Data Collection to Couple Local and Landscape Information for the Development of Statistical Models (Kerry R. Foresman and Michael Krebs, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA)

White River Bridge Replacement, Clarendon, AR

Rixey Bayou Wetlands Mitigation Area and Fourche Creek Watershed Restoration Project/ Little Rock Audubon Nature Center

Float Trips on the Buffalo National River. Location: Outdoor Adventure (Contact Mitch Wine, FWS Liaison to AHTD)

Walk or Bike the Arkansas River Trail.

ICOET 2007 Steering Committee Meeting
Contact: Leroy Irwin, Conference Chair