Session 1: Origins and Implementation of the CWA 303(d) Vision
Session 2: Breakouts
Prioritizing Waters with Improved Approaches
A Description of Louisiana's New Vision Prioritization Process — Chuck Berger (LA)
Recovery Potential Screening Tool: Introduction and Overview — Andy Somor (Cadmus Group)
Environmental Justice in the CWA 303(d) Program
Handout: Plan EJ 2014: Legal Tools
Handout: Environmental Justice in Action
Incorporating 5-alts/"Alternatives" into Your CWA 303(d) Program
Alternative Restoration Approaches — Amy Feingold (EPA R4) and Chris Hunter (EPA HQ)
Session 3: Ways of Evaluating Progress
Healthier Watersheds Reporting — David Miller (MN)
Session 5: Concurrent Trainings I
Implementable TMDLs: An Exercise in What Makes a TMDL Useful to Its Users
Implementable TMDLs: An Exercise in What Makes a TMDL Useful to Its Users — Dylan Laird (EPA HQ)
Implementable TMDLs — Kristy Fortman (MT)
Assessment Methods for Aquatic Life Use Impairment
Aquatic Life Use in Ohio: Ohio's Tiered Biological Criteria — Sarah Becker (OH)
The Biological Condition Gradient (BCG) — Susan Jackson (EPA HQ)
Large River Semi-wadeable Multimetric Index (SWMMI) — Dustin Shull (PA)
Environmental DNA: Method Development and Applications in Region 3 — Amy Bergdale (EPA R3)
Handout: Ohio EPA Aquatic Life Use—Biological Criteria
BCG Handout 1: Biological and Other Ecological Attributes Used to Characterize the BCG
BCG Handout 2: Coral Reef Benthic BCG Model—Draft
BCG Handout 3: What Constitutes the Final BCG Model?
Communication Tools
Public Meetings in the Time of COVID-19 — Jeff Berckes (IA)
Kentucky's Understanding TMDLs Story Map — Lara Panayotoff (KY)
Using Social Media as a Communication Tool — Traci Iott (CT)
Communications Toolbox for 303(d) and Water Quality Programs — Sara Schwartz (EPA HQ)
Handout: Story Maps: A Public Outreach Tool for Water Quality Programs in Connecticut
ATTAINS for the Casual User
ATTAINS for the Casual User — Wendy Reid and Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ)
Handout: How to Use ATTAINS Reports to Answer Questions
ATTAINS Secret Sauce Training—Tips and Tricks
Handout 1: Navigating ATTAINS Using the Web Addresses
Handout 5: ATTAINS Data in How's My Waterway 2.0
Session 6: Concurrent Trainings II
Permitting and the CWA 303(d) Program
Permitting & CWA 303(d) in Kansas — Michelle Probasco (KS)
Permitting and the CWA 303(d) Program in Florida — Greg DeAngelo and Erin Rasnake (FL)
Handout: Request for DEAR Review and Input Guide (FL)
Handout: Request for DEAR Review and Input Scoring (FL)
CWA 303(d) List and TMDL Litigation
Handout: Anacostia Riverkeeper, Inc., v. Wheeler
Hydrologic Alterations and Water Quality: Opportunities and Challenges
Hydrologic Alteration and Water Quality: Opportunities and Challenges — Lisa Perras Gordon (EPA R4)
Courtney Campbell Causeway Dam Removal & Florida's 303(d) Assessment — Kevin O'Donnell (FL)
State–Tribal Partnerships on TMDLs and Impaired Waters Listings
Tongue River Water Quality: Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Montana DEQ — Christina Staten (MT)
Modeling Showcase
The Water Quality Portal
The Water Quality Portal — Dwane Young, Laura Shumway, and Jesse Boorman-Padgett (EPA HQ)
How Arizona Uses the Water Quality Portal to Save Time and Money — Jason Jones (AZ)
Handout: Getting Started with the Water Quality Portal
Session 7: Report-Back and Discussion of Vision Analysis
Summary of the Vision Breakout Discussions