Invited Speaker Bios
David Fowler, MS, CFM
Dave is a Senior Project Manager with the Metropolitan Sewerage District. He has a Master of Science degree in Stream Ecology. He worked as a Fisheries Biologist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for three years before moving to Milwaukee. He has been with the Sewerage District for 30 years. During his time there he has been active in the District’s ongoing efforts toward improving water quality, flood management and urban stream rehabilitation. Dave is a certified floodplain manger (CFM) in the state of Wisconsin, and is a tireless advocate responsible development through protection of floodplains and the states water resources.
Dave co-chaired the Milwaukee River Basin Partnership (1998-2001), the Milwaukee River Basin Partnership actively promotes protection of the Milwaukee River Basin and incorporates the watershed approach to all of its activities. Dave has been a member of the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) since 1998 and was active in the formation of the state chapter Wisconsin Association for Floodplain, Stormwater and Coastal Management (WAFSCM). In 2006 Dave received the first WAFSCM Service Award for his work with the chapter. He was the state chapter chairperson for four years and was the chairperson for the 2005 ASFPM annual conference in Madison. In 2005 Dave was awarded the River Networks, “River Hero Award” for his work on behalf of Milwaukee’s Rivers. At that time Dave was the first government employee to receive this honor was elected to Association of State Floodplain Managers National Board as the Region V Director and in 2007 was nominated to the board of the Association of State Wetland Managers Association. In addition to his board duties for the Floodplain managers Dave serves ASFPM as the Natural Floodplain Function Alliance Coordinator and Watershed POD Facilitator.
Megan Moore
Megan Moore is an Aquatic Biologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. She received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire in 1995 and a M.S. in Biology from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2003. Megan has monitored aquatic plants on the Mississippi River since 1993, and for the past 12 years has been the Aquatic Vegetation Specialist at the Lake City Field Station, which is part of the Upper Mississippi River Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Recently, Megan has been involved in an effort to establish a site specific standard of biological impairment using aquatic plants for Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency’s TMDL in Pools 2, 3, and upper 4 of the Mississippi River.
Joe Magner
Joe Magner received degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Minnesota; he is a licensed professional hydrologist (WI), soil scientist (MN) and an American Institute of Hydrology registered professional hydrogeologist. Dr. Magner is currently the principal research scientist for the development of Minnesota’s impaired waters program and has over 31 years at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. He integrates his work with hands-on training of MPCA staff and graduate students in several University of Minnesota (UM) programs. Dr. Magner has an appointment as a Research Professor in the Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering (UM) and adjunct appointments in other UM departments. His current research interests include: watershed management & ecosystem assessment, monitoring and restoration, i.e., multi-stage ditch and natural riparian/fluvial restoration, and water quality associated with total maximum daily loads. Dr. Magner advises/co-advises 10 graduate students and teaches two classes: Assessment & Diagnosis of Impaired Waters and Field Hydrology & Water Quality.
Marty Rye
Marty holds degrees in Civil Engineering with a Water Resources emphasis and Agricultural Engineering with a Soil and Water emphasis from the University of Minnesota. His work experience has led him to a breadth of roles and settings. He has worked over 10 years as a design engineer, project manager, branch manager, and owner in private consulting as well as over 10 years as a hydrologist for the MnDNR and U.S. Forest Service. He has worked in agricultural, urban, and forested systems and is presently the Forest Hydrologist for the Superior National Forest which contains over 2,000 lakes and over 3,400 miles of streams.
Helmut Habersack
Helmut Habersack is currently a Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria. Since 2010 he is the Head of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Advanced methods in river monitoring, modelling and engineering. Helmut Habersack has almost 20 years of experience in river engineering, flood risk management, sediment transport and river restoration. He is the author of over 60 journal publications, 10 monographs, over 80 proceedings etc. and gave over 140 national and international lectures. At the moment Helmut Habersack organizes the International Konference „On the Status and Future of the Worlds´s Large Rivers“, which is held in April 2011 in Vienna. 2005 he organized the „6th International Conference on Gravel-Bed Rivers”.