8:30 AM Stevens, Michelle^*,1, Alwash, Suzie¹, Alwash, Azzam¹, Crisman, Thomas ², Zalidis, George³, Partow, Hassan⁴, Evans, Mike⁵, Coad, Brian⁶, ¹ Eden Again Project, Long Beach, CA, USA² Director, Center for Wetlands, Gainsville, Florida, USA³ Greek Biotope Wetland Centre, Thesaliniki, Greece⁴ UNEP-GRID Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland⁵ BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom⁶ Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, CAnada Eden again: A conceptual restoration plan for the Mesopotamian marshlands of southern Iraq.

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8:45 AM Glowacki, Gary^*,1, Choi, Young^*,1, ¹ Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN, USA Restoration model for a degraded riparian wetland.

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9:00 AM Smiley, Peter^*,1, Dibble, Eric¹, ¹ Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA Influence of spatial resolution and community extent on patterns of community structure within a channelized warmwater stream in Mississippi and Alabama.

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9:15 AM Gittinger, Lori¹, Soballe, David², Chick, John¹, ¹ Illinois Natural History Survey, Brighton, Illinois, USA² United States Geological Survey, Onalaska, WI, USA Twelve years of water quality trends in Pool 26 of the upper Mississippi River.

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9:30 AM Simmons, Jeffrey ^*,1, Lawrence, Erin¹, Jones, Thomas², ¹ West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV² Marshall University, Huntington, WV Acid mine drainage effects on stream ecosystem health in West Virginia.

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9:45 AM Kinkead, Karen^*,1, Otis, David², Abbott, Albert¹, ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA² Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Genetic variation among Ambystoma populations associated with restored wetlands.

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10:00 AM Break.

10:15 AM Latty, Erika^{*,1, 2}, Mladenoff, David², ¹ Hollins University, Roanoke, VA² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Considering multiple temporal and spatial scales in determining reference conditions for Great Lakes forest restoration.

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10:30 AM Jones, Robert^*,1, Showalter, Julia¹, Stevens, Glen¹, Neatour, Matthew¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Blacksburg, VA Natural re-invasion and artificial restoration of upland hardwoods in the coastal plain of South Carolina.

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10:45 AM Boudell, Jere^*,1, Stromberg, Juliet¹, ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Potential for herbaceous community restoration of an impounded southwestern riparian ecosystem of North America via seed bank manipulation.

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11:00 AM Battaglia, Michael^{*,1, 2}, Shepperd, Wayne¹, Mackes, Kurt³, Joyce, Linda¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO² Management and Engineering Technologies International, El Paso, TX³ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Stocking conditions influence strength of small diameter ponderosa pine wood harvested in forest restoration treatments.

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11:15 AM Aukema, Juliann^*,1, Carey, Andrew¹, ¹ Pacific Northwest Research Station, Olympia, WA, USA Restoring biocomplexity in Douglas-fir forests: Understory development after inducing canopy heterogeneity and underplanting tree seedlings.

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11:30 AM Bousquin, Stephen^*,1, ¹ Kissimmee Division, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Initial responses of littoral vegetation to restored flow in the Kissimmee River.

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