• Paul Wagner, Washington State DOT, ICOET 2009 Conference Chair
• James Martin, PE, Associate Director, Center for Transportation and the Environment
• US Congressman Jim Oberstar (MN), Chair, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (invited)

Session 110: US/International Policy Updates (Plenary)
Moderator: Thomas Sorel, Commissioner, Minnesota DOT

• Presenter TBA, Office of Planning, Environment & Realty, FHWA, Washington, DC
• Lars Nilsson, Environmental Director, National Road Administration, Sweden
• Thomas Duffus, Upper Midwest Director, The Conservation Fund, Duluth, MN

Session 120: Moving Toward Sustainability - Case Studies in Integrating Land Use, Conservation, Transportation, and Community Planning (Plenary)
Moderator: Debra Nelson, Water and Ecosystems Section Manager, New York State DOT

• Integrating Conservation and Long-Range Transportation Planning Using a Strategic Assessment Framework. Craig Casper, Pikes Peak Area COG, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
• Looking to the Future with Retrofit Options from Lessons Learned. Bruce Eilerts, Arizona DOT Office of Environmental Services, Phoenix, AZ, USA
• Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Causeway Improvement Plan, Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada: Benefits for Wildlife Movement, Species at Risk, Traffic, and Pedestrian Safety. Geoffrey Gartshore, Ecoplans Limited, Ontario, Canada
• (pending) 4R - Opportunities for Disturbed Urban Corridors. Diana Martin, Transcend Consulting Group LLC, Milford, OH, USA

Session 131: Climate Change - Understanding the Impacts and Developing Mitigation Strategies
Moderator: TBA, Office of Planning, Environment & Realty, FHWA, Washington, DC

• How Will Climate Change Affect the Design and Management of the Highways Agency Soft Estate? Lucia Collinwood, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Cardiff, Wales
• The FHWA Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program: Economics, Environment and Policy. Stephen Earsom, FHWA, Washington, DC, USA
• Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Flooding: Implications for Transportation Infrastructure and Travel Disruption. Heejun Chang, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
• Washington State Department of Transportation Interim Approach to Project-Level Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Evaluations For Transportation Projects. Tim Sexton, Washington State DOT, Seattle, WA, USA

Session 132:  Citizen Science – Effective Strategies and Stakeholder Involvement
Moderator: Susan Hagood, Wildlife Issues Specialist, Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC

• Road Watch in Pass: Web-based Citizen Involvement in Wildlife Data Collection. Tracy Lee and Danah Duke, Miistakis Institute for the Rockies, Alberta, Canada
• (pending) Wildlife Tunnels Under a Busy, Suburban Boston Roadway. Lydia Rogers, Wildlife Passages Task Force, Concord, MA, USA
• Motorists as Citizen Scientists: The Benefits of a Wildlife Reporting Website. Angela Kociolek, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
• Can Citizen Science Represent Wildlife Activity Along Highways? Validating a Monitoring Program. Kylie Paul, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA

Session 141:  Adapting Agency Relationships in a Changing Regulatory Environment
Moderator: Derrell Turner, Administrator, FHWA Minnesota Division

• Interagency Partnering for the Development of Stream Crossing Standards in New York State. Brandon Greco, New York State DOT, Albany, NY, USA
• Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation and the US Fish And Wildlife Service’s Information, Planning, and Consultation (IPaC) System. Michael Horton, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, VA, USA
• Intercounty Connector (ICC): Environmental Compliance Management Using Integrated Technologies to Provide Context Sensitive Solutions. Holly Shipley, KCI Technologies, Inc., Sparks, MD, USA

Session 142:  Technical Tools for Integrating Ecological Considerations in Planning and Construction
Moderator: Cameron Bump, Transportation Liaison, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

• Traffic Volume as a Primary Road Characteristic Impacting Wildlife: A Model for Land Use and Transportation Planning. Barbara Charry, Maine Audubon, Falmouth, ME, USA
• Integrating Environmental Concerns with the Planning and Construction of the South Extension of Interstate 355 into Will County, Illinois. Angela LaPorte, Illinois Tollway, Downers Grove,  IL, USA
• Ecological Effects of Road Construction on its Adjacent Ecosystem. Shyh-Chyang Lin, National Kinmen Institute of Technology, Kinmen, Taiwan
• Incorporating Road-Mortality Hotspot Modeling and Connectivity Analyses into Road Mitigation Planning in Ontario, Canada. Kari Gunson, Ontario Road Ecology Group, Ontario, Canada

Session 143:  Advance Mitigation and Mitigation Banking Programs
Moderator: Sarma Straumanis, Wetland Program Coordinator, Minnesota DOT

• Use of Habitat Credit Trading as a Mitigation Tool for Transportation Projects: A FHWA Pilot Project in Arkansas. Andrew Peck, Department of Environmental Sciences, Arkansas State University, AR, USA
• Regional Advance Mitigation Planning: A Pilot Study Integrating Multi-agency Mitigation Needs and Actions Within a Comprehensive Ecological Framework. Patrick Huber, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
• Status of Mitigation Banking for Transportation in the Upper Midwest. Thomas Mings, US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, MN, USA

Session 211:  Integrating Ecology and Transportation Planning at the Landscape Scale
Moderator: Mary Gray, Environmental Protection Specialist, FHWA, Olympia, WA

• California Essential Habitat Connectivity Planning. Amy Pettler, Caltrans, Sacramento, CA, USA
• Establishing the Legacy Nature Preserve through Collaborative Planning and Adaptive Management. Michael Perkins, HDR, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• Nebraska Department of Road’s. Arthur Thompson, Nebraska Department of Roads, Lincoln, NE, USA
• Similar Impacts, Similar Solutions? The Effects of Transport Infrastructure on Outdoor Recreation and Wildlife. Jan Olof Helldin, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

Session 212:  Ecological Considerations for Planning and Designing Bridges
Moderator: Peter Leete, Hydrologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

• (pending) Road Infrastructure and Stream Habitat Connectivity: Research Tools to Aid Management and Conservation Plans in a Changing Environment. Keith Nislow, US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Amherst, MA, USA
• MassHighway Guidance Handbook: Design of Bridges and Culverts for Wildlife Passage. David Nyman, Comprehensive Environmental Inc., Milford, MA, USA
• Do Bridges Affect Migrating Juvenile Salmon: Tracking Juvenile Salmon and Predator Fish Movements and Habitat Use Near the SR 520 Bridge in Lake Washington. Philip Bloch, Washington State DOT, Seattle, WA, USA
• Are Non-Wildlife Underpasses Effective Passages for Wildlife? Andreas Seiler, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Session 213:  Wildlife Habitat Connectivity – Innovative Tools and Techniques
Moderator: Gregg Erickson, Chief, Biology and Technical Assistance Office, Caltrans, Sacramento, CA

• Are We There Yet? A Case for Spatially Explicit Linkage Modeling for Integrative Conservation Planning. Julia Kintsch, ECO-resolutions, LLC, Denver, CO, USA
• Monitoring Wildlife Overpass Use by Amphibians – Do Artificially Maintained Humid Conditions Enhance Crossing Rates? Edgar Van der Grift, Alterra Wageningen UR, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• New Concepts in Wildlife Habitat Linkage Assessments To Focus Mitigation Measures and Reduce Wildlife Crossing Costs. Bill Ruediger, Wildlife Consulting Resources, Missoula, MT, USA
• Washington's Habitat Connectivity Highway Retrofit Initiative. Kelly McAllister, Washington State DOT, Olympia, WA, USA

Session 221:  Wildlife Habitat Connectivity – Planning and Design
Moderator: Jennie Ross, Environmental Assessment Unit Chief, Minnesota DOT

• Idaho Statewide Wildlife / Transportation Database. Brent Inghram, FHWA Idaho Division, Boise, ID, and Gregg Servheen, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, ID, USA
• (pending) Judd Road Connector: Lessons Learned in Ecological Mitigation – Wildlife Crossings, Habitat Preservation, Wetlands and More. Ed Frantz, New York State DOT, Utica, NY, USA
• Avian Protection Plan for the Nebraska Department of Roads. Eric Zach, Nebraska Department of Roads, Lincoln, NE, and Dionne Gioia, US Dept of Agriculture APHIS Wildlife Services, Union, NE, USA
• How Do Major Roads Affect Barn Owls? Distribution, Space Use, Food Source and Mortality. Joana Sousa, Centro Biologia Ambiental, Lisboa, Portugal

Session 222:  Wetland Mitigation and Ecological Considerations for Stormwater Management
Moderator: Wesley Saunders-Pearce, MS4 Specialist, Minnesota DOT

• The Proposed I-69 Crossing of the Ouachita River and Associated Wetlands In Southern Arkansas: A Comparison of the Charleston Method vs. West Gulf Coastal Plains Hydrogeomorphic Method to Determine Mitigation Requirements. Henry W. Langston, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, Little Rock, AR, USA
• Wetland Mitigation in Abandoned Gravel Pits – Creating Fresh Meadow and Shrub Swamp. Kurt Johnson, University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute, Duluth, MN, USA
• Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC) as an Integrated Approach to Sustainable Stormwater Planning on Linear Projects. Joe Berg, Biohabitats, Inc., Baltimore MD, USA
• Oregon DOT Stormwater Treatment and Management Program: A Framework for Adapting to Changing Pollutants, Regulations, and Practices. (Zak Toledo, HDR, Inc., Salem, OR, USA

Session 223:  Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions – Data Collection, Monitoring and Modeling
Moderator: Cheryl Martin, Environmental Engineer, FHWA Minnesota Division

• Arboreal Mammals Use an Aerial Rope Bridge to Cross a Major Highway. Rodney van der Ree, Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Victoria, Australia
• Using Global Positioning System Technology to Determine Wildlife Crossing Structure Placement and Evaluating Their Success in Arizona. Jeffrey Gagnon, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ, USA
• (pending) Bozeman Pass Wildlife Pre-and Post-Fence Monitoring Project. April Craighead, Craighead Environmental Research Institute, Bozeman, MT, USA
• Predictive Models of Herpetofauna Road Mortality Hotspots in Extensive Road Networks: Three Approaches and a General Procedure for Creating Hotspot Models. Tom Langen, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA

• Rick Ridgeway, Vice President of Environmental Initiatives, Patagonia, Inc.
• Also mountaineer, explorer, filmmaker and author
• Learn about Patagonia’s Freedom to Roam environmental campaign

Session 231:  Mitigating Highway Impacts on Ecosystems
Moderator: David Weirens, Land and Water Section Manager, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

• Evaluation of a Rapid Assessment Protocol to Assess Road-Stream Crossings for Aquatic Organism Passage. Scott Jackson, UMass Department of Natural Resources Conservation, Amherst, MA, USA
• Where the River Meets the Road: How Washington State is Providing Habitat while Protecting Highways. Paul J. Wagner, Washington State DOT, Olympia, WA, USA
• Effective Mitigation: The Cumulative Impact of Climate Change on Transportation Network and its Implications on Aquatic Biodiversity of Ganges Headwaters, Garhwal Himalayas. Ramesh C. Sharma, Departmental of Environmental Sciences, H.N.B.Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, India
• Adapting Relationships for Agencies and Institutions: The I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project's Collaborative Approach to Identifying a Preferred Alternative and Mitigation Strategy. Jason Smith, Washington State DOT, Yakima, WA, USA

Session 232:  Improving Data Collection and Monitoring Methods
Moderator: Vicki Sharpe, Environmental Scientist, Florida DOT, Tallahassee, FL

• Reducing Road-Based Habitat Fragmentation: An Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene c. carolina) Case Study. Susan Hagood, The Humane Society of the US, Washington DC, USA
• Re-evaluating the Needs for Animal Passages in Israel: Towards a Long-term Monitoring Scheme. Tamar Achiron-Frumkin, Ecological and Environmental Advisors, Israel
• Restoring Ecological Networks Across Transport Corridors in Bulgaria. Vanya Simeonova, Alterra Wageningen UR, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Development and Utilization of a Regional Invasive Plant Species Database at the New York State Department of Transportation. Christine Colley, New York State DOT, Buffalo, NY, USA

Session 233:  Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions – Effective Mitigation Strategies
Moderator: Joe Burns, National Transportation Ecology Program Leader, US Forest Service, Washington, DC

• Using Specialized Tunnels to Reduce Highway Mortality of Amphibians. Katie Pagnucco, Parks Canada – Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada
• A Quantitative Comparison of the Reliability of Animal Detections Systems and Recommended Requirements for System Reliability. Marcel Huijser, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
• Evaluation of an Animal-Activated Highway Crosswalk Integrated with Retrofit Fencing Applications. Norris Dodd, AZTEC Engineering, Phoenix, AZ, USA
• Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures to Reduce Road Mortality in the Netherlands: Badger Meles meles. Hans Bekker, Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Traffic and Navigation, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• ADC30 Ecology and Transportation
• AFB40 Landscape and Environmental Design

FHWA Transportation Liaison Peer Exchange Workshop (by invitation)

• North Shore National Scenic Byway Tour
• Aquatic Habitat Reconstruction Tour

Session 411:  The Economics of Mitigation and Cost-Effective Strategies
Moderator: Tom Mings, Senior Ecologist, US Army Corps of Engineers

• Cost Justification and Examples of Cost-Benefit Analyses of Mitigation Measures Aimed at Reducing Collisions with Large Ungulates in the United States and Canada. Marcel Huijser, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
• (pending) Balancing the Cumulative Impact Equation. Diana Martin, Transcend Consulting Group LLC, Milford, OH, USA
• An Analysis of the Efficacy and Comparative Costs of Using Flow Devices to Resolve Conflicts with North American Beavers Along Roadways in the Coastal Plain of Virginia. Stephanie Boyles, Christopher Newport University, Portsmouth, VA, USA
• Prioritizing Road Crossing Improvement to Restore Stream Connectivity for Stream-Resident Fish. Matthew Diebel, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Session 412:  Wildlife Crossings – Location and Design
Moderator: Scott Bradley, Landscape Architecture Chief, Minnesota DOT

• Multi-Scale Habitat-Resistance Models for Predicting Road Mortality “Hotspots” for Reptiles and Amphibians. Deb Nelson, New York State DOT, Albany, NY, USA
• Integrating Ecosystem Needs with Transportation Facility Design: Design Engineering Challenges of the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project. Randall Giles, Washington State DOT, Yakima, WA, USA
• (pending) Western Montana Wildlife Linkage and Highway Safety Wildlife Vehicle Collision Analysis. Dylan Taylor, American Wildlands, Bozeman, MT, USA
• Using Noninvasive Genetic Sampling Methods to Assess the Value of Wildlife Crossings for Black and Grizzly Bear Populations in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Michael Sawaya, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA

Session 421:  Integrating Ecological Considerations into Construction, Operations, and Maintenance
Moderator: Carmelita Nelson, Roadsides for Wildlife Program Manager, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

• The Ecological Implications of Cured-in-Place Pipe Rehabilitation Technology. Bridget Donaldson, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, VA, USA
• Managing an Unpredicted and Unexpected Large Scale Amphibian Migration: Applying Hungarian Experience and Knowledge to Protect Western Toads on a British Columbia Highway. Leonard Sielecki, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Down the Drain: How to Avoid Trapping Amphibians in Road and Sewer Drainage Systems – Designing Fauna Friendly Drainage Systems and Other Protective Measures. Bruno Schelbert, Departement Construction, Traffic and Environment, Aarau, Switzerland
• "Sustainable Highway Construction" is NOT an Oxymoron. Gary Demich, H.W. Lochner, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA

Session 422:  FHWA’s Eco-Logical Program – Case Studies
Moderator: Carol Adkins, Water and Ecosystems Team Leader, FHWA, Washington, DC

• Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Transportation Infrastructure Projects in a Changing Environment. Bethaney Bacher-Gresock, FHWA, Washington DC and Julianne Schwartzer, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA, USA
• MARC's Eco-Logical Project: A Regional Approach to Linking Environmental and Transportation Planning. Tom Jacobs, Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, MO, USA
• Developing and Piloting an Eco-Logical Approach to Transportation Project Delivery in Montana. Deborah Wambach, Montana DOT, Helena, MT, USA
• Texas Ecological Assessment Protocol (TEAP): Eco-Logical information for Transportation Planning. Sharon Osowski, US Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, TX, USA