Sustainable Solutions to Optimize Hydropower Energy Development and Benefits for Fisheries at a Basin Scale, Part 2

Wednesday, August 20, 2014: 8:20 AM-3:10 PM
304B (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
8:20 AM
Deschutes River Basin Pilot Opportunity Assessment
Kenneth Ham, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Simon Geerlofs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Jerry Tagestad, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; James Saulsbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

8:40 AM
A Geospatial Approach for Rapid Assessment of Hydropower and Environmental Opportunities at a Basin Scale
Kyle Larson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Jerry Tagestad, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ryan A. McManamay, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Mark Bevelhimer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Gary E. Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Christopher Derolph, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Simon Geerlofs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

9:00 AM
Rapid Assessment of Hydropower and Environmental Opportunities: Preliminary Results for the Connecticut and Roanoke River Basins
Jerry Tagestad, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Gary E. Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Kyle Larson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Mark Bevelhimer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Ryan A. McManamay, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Christopher Derolph, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

9:20 AM
Optimizing Win-Win Scenarios Between Hydropower Development and Environmental Improvements By Thinking Outside the Project Boundary
Ryan A. McManamay, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Mark Bevelhimer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Christopher Derolph, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Henriette Jager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Break


10:30 AM
Graduated-Field, Electric Fish Guidance Technology to Deter Salmonids from Hydropower Tailraces and Intake Canals: Two Hydropower Case Studies
Carl V. Burger, Smith-Root Inc.; Martin O'Farrell, Smith-Root Europe Ltd.; Patrick B. Cooney, Smith-Root Inc.; Aaron Murphy, Smith-Root Inc.

10:50 AM
Real-Time 2-Dimensional Fish Tracking in the Tailrace of a Hydroelectric Damreal-Time 2-Dimensional Fish Tracking in the Tailrace of a Hydroelectric Dam
Gabriel Kopp, FISHBIO; Kevin K. Kumagai, HTI Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc.; Colleen Sullivan, HTI Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc.; Samuel Johnston, HTI Hydroacoustic Technology, Inc

11:10 AM
Managing Water for Energy and Nature: Integrating Stakeholder Values and Basin-Scale Models in the Connecticut River Watershed
Katie Kennedy, The Nature Conservancy; Kim Lutz, The Nature Conservancy; Jeff Opperman, The Nature Conservancy; Rick Palmer, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Jocelyn Anleitner, University of Massachusetts Amherst

11:30 AM
Sustainable River-Basin Designs: Siting Hydropower to Benefit American Eels and Energy Production in the Roanoke River Basin
Henriette Jager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Michael Kelly, University of Tennessee / National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis; Ariel Cintron-Arias, East Tennessee State University; Ryan McManamay, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Chris DeRolph, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

11:50 AM
Fish Passage and Hydropower: Comparison of Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Results
Kendra Ryan, University of Massachusetts - Amherst; Joerg Hartmann, Independent Consultant

12:10 PM
Wednesday Lunch


1:30 PM
Panel Discussion


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