Optional Half-Day Forum

Special Forum: Restoring the Channel-Floodplain Connection

The loss of connectivity between a channel and its floodplain is a major symptom for impaired river systems. This forum is an optional half-day forum that will engage participants in an in-depth discussion into the important linkages between stream and river channel and their floodplains. The first half of the forum will focus on our current understanding of the natural ecological, geomorphic, and hydraulic processes that characterize channel-floodplain systems. The second half of the forum will examine channel-floodplain connection from an application perspective with examples and data from the field. The forum will be led by leading Midwestern researchers from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USGS-La Crosse, and Iowa State University, The Ohio State University and The Nature Conservancy.