Early Exhibit Setup (no earlier than 7PM and only if the tables have been assigned by tent card)
Wednesday, October 21st
7:00—8:55
Registration, Refreshments & Setup Exhibits (Lobby near Hotel Guest Check-in)
Breakfast for Overnight Guests (Great American Grille)
9:00—9:15
Wednesday Welcome (Majestic Ballroom II & III)
9:15—9:30
Keynote Address: Pennsylvania Senator David G. Argall, 29th District (Majestic Ballroom II & III)
9:30—10:10
Chesapeake Bay Program and AMD – Jill Whitcomb, PA DEP (Majestic Ballroom II & III)
10:15—10:25
Break & Visit Exhibits (Grande Ballroom)
TRACK 1 (Majestic II & III)
TRACK 2 (Royale)
TRACK 3 (Majestic I)
10:30—11:10
Update on BAMR Projects and Funding – Joe Sassaman, PA DEP BAMR
Macroinvertebrates: A Stream’s Version of a Canary in a Coal Mine – Carla Ruddock, Mountain Watershed Association
Reclamation of Legacy Mine Hazards: A Multi-Disciplinary Reclamation Approach – Kirk Roderick, Atlas Technical Consultants
11:15—11:55
DEP-BAMR AML/AMD Grant Program Stats – Cindy Wolfe, PA DEP BAMR
Bat Habitat Creation at Abandoned Mine Sites – Lauren Quintrell, Northampton Generating Company
Finding and Funding Mined Land Reforestation: An Innovative Partnership Approach – Tom Gilbert, Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Eric Oliver, Green Forests Work
12:00—12:55
Lunch (Great American Grill)
TRACK 1 (Majestic II & III)
TRACK 2 (Royale)
TRACK 3 (Majestic I)
1:00—1:40
AML/AMD Grant Program Updates – Cindy Wolfe, PA DEP BAMR
Use of Eggshell Waste and Shrimp Tail Waste for Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment – William Oswald, Villanova University
Geospatial support tools to evaluate acid mine drainage remediation alternatives at the watershed-scale in West Virginia – Jordan Kincaid, West Virginia University
1:45—2:25
Nonprofit Organizational Management and Capacity Building – Tali MacArthur, Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR)
Big flow with a small footprint isn’t easy: lessons learned from 10 years of passive treatment at Fall Brook – Neil Wolfe, Hedin Environmental
Sustainable Landscape Reclamation of Granite Quarries: Environmental Impacts, Restoration Strategies, and Strategic Study Analysis from Guntur, India – Surendra Babu Gantenapati
2:30—2:40
Break & Visit Exhibits (Grande Ballroom)
2:45— 3:25
Kiski Valley Watershed Association Capacity Development – Laura Hawkins, Allegheny Ridge Corporation
Phillips Discharge Phase 1 Feasibility Study – Ben Roman, Tetra Tech (Tt) & Deb Nardone, Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds (FPW)
AML/AMD Permitting Best Practices – Tom Clark, Kleinfelder
3:30— 4:10
Advancing AML Priorities at OSM – Tom Koptchak, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
4:10— 5:00
Free Time
5:00— 6:00
Networking (Grande Ballroom)
6:00— 8:00
Banquet Dinner, Mayfly Award, & Cash Bar (Majestic II & III)
8:00— 10:00
Cornhole Tournament, Jam Session, & Cash Bar (Majestic I)
Thursday, October 22nd
7:30—9:25
Registration, Refreshments & Setup Exhibits (Lobby near Hotel Guest Check-in)
Breakfast for Overnight Guests (Great American Grille)
Understanding AMD Data: Is it Good or is it Crap? – Tim Danehy, BioMost, Inc.
Grabbing Green: DEP Funding and Concierge Service – Louie Krak, PA DEP
How Abandoned Mine Reclamation is Changing in Pennsylvania Since Passage of the BIL – Eric Dixon, Ohio River Valley Institute
11:15—11:55
How to Develop a Watershed Restoration Plan – Ben Hedin, Hedin Environmental
Prevailing Wage Requirements: A Deeper Dive – James Kunz III, Pennsylvania Foundation for Fair Contracting
Grassroots Advocacy Makes a Difference – Emily Baldauff, Mountain Moving Strategies
12:00—12:55
Lunch (Great American Grill)
TRACK 1 (Majestic II & III)
TRACK 2 (Royale)
TRACK 3 (Majestic I)
1:00—1:40
Long-term Performance and Costs for Passive Treatment Systems in PA – Bob Hedin, Hedin Environmental
Ground Truthing PennEnviroScreen: Community Education, Environmental Justice, and GIS Tools – Jordi Comas, PA DEP
Expanding Brook Trout Populations into Historically Extirpated Waters: The potential of waterways impaired by Abandoned Mine Drainage to Increase Species Resiliency – Brian Cooper, Trout Unlimited, Inc.
1:45—2:25
Directing the Expectation: A Backwards Approach to Forward Thinking on Project and Construction Management – Lee Yost, Kleinfelder
Measurement and Interpretations of Acidity, Specific Conductance, and pH for Mine Water Treatment – Charles A. Cravotta III, Cravotta Geochemical Consulting LLC
AML-Connect: A Working Introduction to the Network’s Shared Knowledge Platform – Frank Sindaco, EPCAMR
2:30—2:40
Break & Visit Exhibits (Grande Ballroom)
2:45— 3:25
The Wild Trout Man Experience – Dr. Joseph Simons, III, Wild Trout Man
Watershed Scale Acid Mine Drainage Assessment Using High Definition Stream Survey (HDSS) – Brett Connell, Trutta Environmental Solutions
PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat Case Study – Ricky Wagner, RESPEC
3:30— 4:10
Meeting The Challenge Of AMD/AML In 2026 And Beyond – Dave Hess, PA Environmental Digest
