8:00 AM Jenkinson, Robin^*,1, Braatne, Jeffrey¹, Goodwin, Peter ¹, Morehead, Mark¹, Clayton, Steve², Bernhardt, Emily³, Palmer, Margaret ³, Allen, Dave ⁴, ¹ University of Idaho, Moscow, ID² Philip Williams & Associates, Ltd., Boise, ID³ University of Maryland, College Park, MD⁴ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Stream restoration in the Pacific Northwest and beyond; National River Restoration Science Sythesis (NRRSS) Project Results.

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8:20 AM Brown, Rebecca^*,1, Hart, David¹, Velinsky, David¹, Pizzuto, James², Charles, Don¹, Horwitz, Richard¹, Kreeger, Danielle¹, Johnson, Thomas¹, Skalak, Katherine², Winter, Diane¹, Nightengale, Timothy¹, Carr, Jamie¹, McNair, James¹, ¹ Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Philadelphia, PA² University of Delaware, Newark, DE Ecological impacts of dams: Size-related effects and implications for dam removal.

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8:40 AM Marks, Jane^*,1, Haden, G¹, Dinger, Eric¹, Adams, Ken¹, Carter, Cody¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences and Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research, Flagstaff, AZ, USA Bringing a food web perspective to conservation science: Assessing threats and setting restoration targets.

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9:00 AM Yin, Yao^*,, Langrher, Heidi, Aquatic vegetation responses to structural and nonstructural restoration methods in the upper Mississippi River.

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9:20 AM Follstad Shah, Jennifer^*,1, Alexander, Gretchen², Hassett, Brooke³, Sudduth, Elizabeth⁴, Bernhardt, Emily^{3, 5}, Palmer, Margaret^{3, 5}, Allan, J. David^{2, 5}, Dahm, Cliff¹, ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM² University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI³ University of Maryland, College Park, MD⁴ University of Georgia, Athens, GA⁵ National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA Riverine corridor restoration: Conclusions drawn from existing databases.

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9:40 AM Break.

9:50 AM HAWKINS, CHARLES^*,1, ¹ Utah State University, Logan, UT Current reports overestimate the ecological health of the nation's aquatic ecosystems.

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10:10 AM Meyer, C^*,1, Whiles, M¹, Baer, S¹, ¹ Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA Plant community structure and function in natural and restored Platte River slough wetlands.

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10:30 AM Kettenring, Karin^*,1, Galatowitsch, Susan¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN Germination and dormancy cycling in 10 Carex spp.: Implications for prairie wetland restoration.

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