Upstate Forever Conferences & Speakers

Upstate Forever Conferences

• An Introduction to Creation Care
  October 24, 2010
  The Upstate: At the Fork in the Road
  by Brad Wyche, Upstate Forever
  Energy Management for Congregations
  by Trish Jerman, SC Energy Office
  Saving Energy in Churches
  by Wade Crow, Wade Crow Engineering
  The Green Sanctuary Program at UUFC
  by Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson

• Creating Partnerships for Healthy Communities:
  The Priority Investment Act & School Facilities Planning
  September 11 and 12, 2008
  (note: conference file is in pdf format 512K in size. Other file sizes are noted within)

• Conservation Agreements: The Voluntary Protection of Land
  September 19, 2007

• Trees: The Care and Protection of a Valuable Upstate Resource
  April 26, 2005

• Dealing With Dirt: The Impact and Control of Erosion in the Upstate
  September 23, 2004

• Affordable Housing in the Upstate: Building for the Future
  September 16, 2003

Upstate Forever Speakers

2012 Stormwater Speaker Series

• Stabilization on Construction Sites:  Temporary Seeding, Mulching and Vegetative Cover
  Dr. Bill Stringer, Associate Professor Emeritus of Agronomy, Clemson University
  April 25, 2012

Water: Securing Our Future Series

• Pond Maintenance & Riparian Buffers
  John C. Hayes, P.E., PhD, Clemson University
  George M. Dickert, Clemson Cooperative Extension Service
  Rick Huffman, Earth Design
  April 26, 2011
  
  
• Construction Impacts on Stormwater, Part 1 and Part 2
  Brian Wisnewski, SCDHEC
  J.P. Johns, Woolpert, Inc.
  Rick Huffman, Earth Design
  J.R. Stewart, Filtrexx Carolinas
  March 11, 2011
  
  
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and 303(d) Impaired Waters
  Jennifer DiMaio, US EPA Region IV
  Mihir Mehta, PE, SC DHEC Bureau of Water
  Flint Holbrook, PE PH, The Woolpert Group
  November 19, 2010

• Designing an LID Project for the Upstate -- Benefits and Challenges
  Pickens County Stormwater Solutions Speaker Series Presentation
  Joe Bryant, PE, and Clint Rigsby, Senior Landscape Architect, Seamon Whiteside and Associates
  November 10, 2010

• Landscaping for Shoreline Buffers
  Anderson County Stormwater Speaker Series Presentation
  Rick Huffman, Earth Design and SC Native Plant Society
  October 28, 2010

• The Impacts of Construction on Water Quality
  Pickens County Stormwater Solutions Speaker Series Presentation
  John Smink, Clemson University Institute of Environmental Toxicology
  October 19, 2010

• Environmentally-Sensitive Land Planning as a Stormwater BMP
  Anderson County Stormwater Speaker Series Presentation
  Fred Grogan, Equinox Environmental
  October 12, 2010

• Reducing Cost by Reducing Pavement (pdf)
  Jeff Randolph, The Randolph Group
  October 5, 2009
  

• The Use of Native Vegetation for Site Stabilization
  Pickens County Stormwater Solutions Speaker Series Presentation
  JP Johns, The Woolpert Group, and Rick Huffman, Earth Design and SC Native Plant Society
  September 29, 2010

• Using Rain as a Resource (pdf)
  Cullen Pitts, AIA, LEED AP, McMillan Smith & Partners Architects
  September 14, 2009

• Native Plants: Green Tools for Sustainable Applications (pdf)
  Rick Huffman, Earth Design
  September 14, 2009

• Assessing Water Quality Through Structural Design Practices:
  A Case for Bioretention (pdf)
  Calvin B. Sawyer, Ph.D., Clemson University
  July 30, 2009

• An Introduction to Low Impact Development (pdf)
  Don Alexander, PE, The Woolpert Group
  June 25, 2009

• Designing Effective Bioretention Systems (pdf)
  Frank Hahne, PE, Civil Engineering Consultant
  July 24, 2008

• No-Cost Strategies for Reducing Runoff (pdf)
  Jeff Randolph, The Randolph Group
  June 26, 2008

• The Truth About LID (pdf)
  Jennifer Bitting, PE, The Low Impact Development Center
  May 22, 2008

• Making Stormwater Facilities Functional AND Attractive (pdf)
  Turner Simkins, Hammond's Ferry and Dr. Gene Eidson, Clemson University Restoration Institute
  July 10, 2007

• An Introduction to Innovative Stormwater Management Techniques (pdf)
  John Darrohn, Seamon, Whiteside & Associates
  June 5, 2007

• Using Hydrology as a Framework for Development (pdf)
  John Knott, The Noisette Company
  April 3, 2007

• Building Outside the Box: Sustainable Building Practices for Water Quality and Quantity (pdf)
  Margo Farnsworth, Cumberland River Compact
  March 6, 2007