Program: Environment – 2018 Transportation Short Course

Sessions: Previous Session – Design | Next Session – Maintenance and Pavement Management

Tuesday, October 16
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Room: Rudder Forum

Program and Session Co-Chairs:
Bryan Ellis, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT
Jolanda Prozzi, TTI

	Moderator: Carlos Swonke, Environmental Affairs, TxDOT
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.	State of Stream and Wetland Mitigation in Texas Sonny Kaiser, Ecosystem Planning and Restoration (Kaiser presentation slides, 3.5MB \| Kaiser presentation video)
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.	How ENV’s Mapping Toolkit Can Assist in Decision Making Jason Kord, Environmental Affairs, TxDOT (Kord presentation slides, 2.1MB \| Kord presentation video)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.	A Case Study of the Benefits of Early Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Justice Communities Christine Bergren, Environmental Affairs, TxDOT (Bergren presentation slides, 1.1MB \| Bergren presentation video)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	BREAK
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.	Navigating the U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Permitting Process Christopher Amy, Civil Rights, TxDOT (Amy presentation slides, 8.9MB \| Amy presentation video)
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.	Post-Construction Monitoring of Artificial Bat Roosts at I-35 Bridges Across Lampasas and Salado Rivers Krista McDermid, Zara Environmental (McDermid presentation slides, 2.9MB \| McDermid presentation video – audio problem until 4:45)
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Brown Pelican Studies on SH 48 in South Texas Robin Gelston, Environmental Affairs, TxDOT Andrew Birt, Ph.D., TTI (Gelston and Birt presentation slides, 3.0MB \| Gelston and Birt presentation video)