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Full Schedule

  • Monday, February 14, 2022
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Inspector Training*
  • Tuesday, February 15, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    The Best of the BMPs - Understanding the Theory and Installation of Practices*
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Certified Inspector of Erosion and Sediment Control Training & Exam*
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Pre-Conference Workshops (AM and PM Available)*
  • 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
    Ice Fishing Tour*
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Soil, Plants, and Stormwater - Designing and Managing Resources for Optimal Performance
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    50th Anniversary Welcome Reception Hosted by Great Lakes Chapter of IECA*
  • Wednesday, February 16, 2022
  • 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
    Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Opening Keynote Breakfast: Saving the World Through Watershed Function: Insights from the PV-SMaRT Project
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Saving the World Through Watershed Function: Insights from the PV-SMaRT Project
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    Adaptive Dewatering: Site-Specific & Situational Erosion & Sediment Control
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    Building an Equitable and Resilient Future: Social and Environmental Factors in Stormwater Infrastructure
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    Chemical Treatments for Erosion and Turbidity Control: A Review
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    Distinctive Landform Using Marginal Fill from Man Made Storm Pond
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    Optimizing MS4 Construction Inspections with Drones and Artificial Intelligence
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    SWPPP Compliance by Season (time of Year)
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    TRMs with Recycled Fibers Help Contain Fly Ash
  • 9:10 AM – 12:30 PM
    Morning Concurrent Education Sessions
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
    Big Picture Strategy for Reducing Salt Laden Roadside Soils
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
    Coastal Protection Under a Changing Climate
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
    Comprehensive, Synergistic Stormwater Channel Remediation
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
    Envirolok - Product Case Study
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
    Native Vegetation as a Best Management Practice and It's Underutilization in Sustainable Erosion and Sediment Control
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
    Practical Silt Fence Enhancements for Enhanced Stability and Dewatering
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
    What Do I Do When I Have Facilities in Multiple States? Tips for Figuring out Multi-State Industrial Stormwater Compliance
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    Environmental Benefits of Living Shorelines Across Several Dimensions
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    How Can We Best Assess Environmental Legacies of Erosion and Sediment Control Materials?
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    IECA 2022 Technical Paper of the Year: Short-circuiting Assessment of a Roadside Bioretention Facility in Atlanta, GA
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    Talking Trash
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    Ten Years with the Minnesota Stormwater Manual, MIDS, and TMDLs – Some Observations
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    Turbidity Calculations to Assess Impacts on Water Quality
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    Withstanding the Test of Time: Decades of Success with Anionic PAM Technology as It Continues to Adapt to Meet the Needs of an Evolving Industry
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    IECA Awards of Environmental Excellence Lunch
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Applied Polymer - Product Case Study
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Cameron Peak Post Fire Restoration
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Large-scale Solar Development: Water Quality Risk, or Green Infrastructure? The PV-SMaRT Project [live]
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Low Impact Sustainable Development Design Manual for Morris, Connecticut
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Minnesota Erosion Control Association (MECA) Awards
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Nozzle for Spraying Polyacrylamide Flocculants. Case Study in Morocco for Sand Dune Stabilization and in Israël for Soil Erosion Control on Potatoes Crop
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    To Pool or Not to Pool - Sediment Control Techniques
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Twin Ports Interchange Project Formerly Known as the "Can of Worms"
  • 2:10 PM – 3:50 PM
    Afternoon Concurrent Education Sessions
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
    Concrete Canvas Product Case Study
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
    Estimating Infiltration Rates for Infiltration Practices
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
    Outreach & Engagement in a Post Pandemic World
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
    Post Wildfire Treatments for Hot Burn Areas (Carr Fire) Using Successional Reclamation Principles
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
    Revegetation in Poor Soils and Harsh Climates
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
    Sustainable Revegetation for Solar Sites
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Expo Hall Welcome Reception
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Young Professional Trivia Night*
  • Thursday, February 17, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Light Breakfast and Coffee Service
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Choosing the Right BMP Based on Performance and Avoiding the Race to the Bottom
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Effects of Novel, Biopolymer-PAM Blends on Sediment Flocculation and Turbidity Removal
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Forensic BMP Investigation
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Gasoline and Groundwater: Managing an Urban Karst Contamination Event in a MS4
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Hierarchy of Controls - An Alternative Way to Look at BMPs
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Phosphorus Load Reduction Using Streambank Stabilization – a Ten Year Follow Up
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Profile Products - Product Case Study
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Standards and Practice Committee
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Morning Concurrent Education Sessions
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Expo Hall Hours
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Erosion and Sediment Control in Mining
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Hydrostatic Pressure Associated with Various Levels of Backed-up Water and Sediment on Silt Fences
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    MS4 Management in a Global Pandemic
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Pre-vegetated Blankets: Providing Erosion Control While Preserving the Integrity, Stability & Beauty of the Native Plant Community
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Propex Product Showcase
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Understanding How Deicing Salts Impact Heavy Metals in Runoff Leads to Advanced Treatment Systems
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Your Compliance Compass | How to Navigate Through a Complex Project
  • 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Contractor Corner ... What Can Owners and Designers Learn from Contractors?
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    Construction SWPPP in an Industrial Environment
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    Editorial Committee Meeting
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    Evaluation of Erosion Control Product Properties, Performance Capabilities, and Failure Mechanisms
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    Fines Movement from Testing Bioretention Media
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    North Fork of the Zumbro River Channel Restoration Project
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    Protection of Earth Structures using Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mats
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM
    Trenchless Curved Silt Fence
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Awards Committee
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Biotic Soil Technologies (BSTs) and Native Vegetation for Effective Waste Containment Closure - A Midwest Case Study
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Environmental Benefits of a Living Shoreline Across Several Dimensions
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Importance of Agricultural Vegetated Waterways [live]
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Professional Development Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Shoreline/Streambank Restoration & Erosion Control - A Minnesota Perspective
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    What Are My Options? - Demonstrating Urban Stream Stabilization and Enhancement Techniques
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
    Expo Hall Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 12:05 PM
    2021 Adirondack Aquatic Invasive Species Surveys: Early Detection Team
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM
    American Excelsior: Curlex Bloc for Filtration and Other Uses
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Poster Presentations
  • 12:05 PM – 12:10 PM
    Biochar Granulation Enhances Plant Performance on a Green Roof Substrate
  • 12:10 PM – 12:15 PM
    Compost Incorporation: A Solution to Soil Erosion and Stormwater Management in Urban Soils?
  • 12:15 PM – 12:20 PM
    Construction Methods for Large-Scale Rainfall Simulators
  • 12:20 PM – 12:25 PM
    Evaluation of Rock Check Dam Configurations using Large-Scale Testing Techniques
  • 12:25 PM – 12:30 PM
    Full-Scale Performance Evaluation of Slash Mulch Berms as a Sediment Barrier Practice
  • 12:30 PM – 12:35 PM
    Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Wattle Encasement and Density Used for Erosion and Sediment Control
  • 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM
    Applied Polymer Product Showcase
  • 12:35 PM – 12:40 PM
    Impacts of Corridor H Construction on the Beaver Creek Watershed
  • 12:40 PM – 12:45 PM
    In-channel Sediment Basins: Innovative or Ineffective? A Large-Scale Research Study at the Auburn University Stormwater Research Facility
  • 12:45 PM – 12:50 PM
    Model Enhancement of Vegetation Disturbance Impacts on Urban Stream Hydraulics
  • 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM
    Demo: Equipment for Experiments in Erosion and Sediment Control
  • 12:50 PM – 12:55 PM
    Modeling the effects of fire and vegetation management on flooding and sediment transport in an urban stream system
  • 12:55 PM – 1:00 PM
    Runoff and Soil Erosion Under Different Soil Surface Roughness
  • 1:00 PM – 1:05 PM
    Skimmer Flow Rate Testing and Size Selection
  • 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM
    Profile Products Product Showcase
  • 1:05 PM – 1:10 PM
    Soil Loss Risk Assessment for Construction Applications
  • 1:10 PM – 1:15 PM
    Understanding Solids Loading in Minnesota Stormwater
  • 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM
    Sustane Natural Fertilizer - Vendor Showcase
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    A Decade of Research at Auburn University - Erosion and Sediment Control Testing Facility
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    Advances in Coastal and Streambank Erosion Protection
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    Compliance Monitoring During Wind Farm Construction
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    Erosion Control Products: Supporting the Environment from Beginning to End
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    Revegetating Challenging Soils
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    Steep Slope Stabilization with Native Vegetation and Biotic Soil Amendments
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    SWPPP Design in 3D
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM
    Afternoon Concurrent Education Sessions
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Acceptable Phosphate and Nitrate Levels in StormWater via Regional And/or Local Approaches
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Bee Informed: Case Studies on Handling the Presence of Threatened and Endangered Species on Construction Project Sites
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Design the Change: Reno Mattress Plus
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Finance Committee Meeting
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Flocculant Application and Dosage Guidance for Construction Stormwater Treatment
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Memorial Park Land Bridge and Prairie – If we build it, will they come? [live]
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Reducing Plastic in Erosion and Sediment Control Products [live]
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM
    Using PAM to Build and Maintain Artificial Ponds [live]
  • 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
    Demo: Equipment for Experiments in Erosion and Sediment Control
  • 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
    IECA Annual Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Great Lakes Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Great Rivers Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Iberoamerica Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    IECA Chapter Meetings
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Mountain States Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Northeast Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    South Central Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Southeast Chapter Meeting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Western Chapter Meeting
  • Friday, February 18, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Light Breakfast and Coffee Service
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Biofiltration Media: What to Choose and Why
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Dam Sediments: Over, Under or Through?
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    I Was Wrong. and You Probably Were Too
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    My Erosion Control Failed: How Bad Is It? Sediment Characterization and Forensic Wetland Delineation
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Using the Visual Quality Management/Manual (VQM) Process to Include Permanent Stormwater Facilities
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Morning Concurrent Education Sessions
  • 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Expo Hall Hours
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Basics of BMP Installation
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Education Committee Meeting
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Erosion and Sediment Controls Fails and Alternatives
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Finn HT330 and T330 Hydroseeder
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    Minnesotans.... Why They Are Strong Leaders in the Erosion World
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    StormWater Quality via Inlet Protection & Dewatering Systems
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    The Importance of Soil Testing in Erosion Control Projects
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
    TPDES MSGP Permit Renewal: How to Properly Prepare for and Perform Site Visits for Industrial Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Updates
  • 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
    A Tale of Two Filters: Amending Filtration Media with Biochar to Remove Bacteria from Urban Stormwater
  • 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
    Chapter President Council Meeting
  • 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
    Industrial Fabrics - Product Case Study
  • 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
    Performance Tracking of an In-Channel Sediment Basin During Large-Scale Testing
  • 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
    Permeameter Testing of Sediment Control Logs and Sediment Retention of Multiple Filter Media Types
  • 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
    Water Quality: Steps for Understanding and Implementing an NPDES Monitoring Program
  • 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
    Watershed-Wide Solutions for Channel and Slope Stabilization in Saint Paul
  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
    American Excelsior: From Curlex® I to TriNet® Curlex® – A Case History of Erosion Control Evolution
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
    Erosion Control Technology Council - Vendor Showcase
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Advances in Coastal and Streambank Erosion Protection
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    BMP Maintenance for Dummies (That Includes Me)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    LID in Connecticut – Are Designs Improving?
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Superoxide Treatment: The Silver Bullet
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Using Compost in Post Construction Soils: Compost Source and Rate Alter Soil Improvements
  • 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
    Demo: Equipment for Experiments in Erosion and Sediment Control
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
    Taste of Minneapolis - Lunch in Expo Hall
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Tour of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota*
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
  • On-Demand
    Erosion and Sediment Control on Long Slopes
  • On-Demand
    Importance of Agricultural Vegetated Waterways [virtual]
  • On-Demand
    Leveraging the Intersection of Stormwater and Floodplain Management to Gain Permitting Efficiency and Site Management Efficacy
  • On-Demand
    Using PAM to Build and Maintain Artificial Ponds [virtual]
  • On-Demand
    Decision Flow Charts for Risk Assessment and Application Guidance for Passive Treatment Chemicals at Industrial and Construction Sites
  • On-Demand
    Harnessing Nature - Are Natural Materials the New Paradigm in Stormwater Biofiltration?
  • On-Demand
    Innovating Sustainable Erosion and Sediment Controls
  • On-Demand
    Memorial Park Land Bridge and Prairie – If we build it, will they come? [virtual]
  • On-Demand
    Overcoming CM Challenges and Creating a New Technological Approach with GeoCM
  • Wednesday, March 2, 2022
  • On-Demand
    Evolved Stormwater Compliance – a Proven Approach for Success
  • On-Demand
    Reducing Plastic in Erosion and Sediment Control Products [virtual]
  • Thursday, March 3, 2022
  • On-Demand
    Large-scale Solar Development: Water Quality Risk, or Green Infrastructure? The PV-SMaRT Project [virtual]
  • On-Demand
    Reclamation of Plugged and Abandoned Natural Gas Facilities Using Drone Technologies