NCWRA Winter Webinar 2022
February 22, 2022
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Title: Evaluation of Natural Infrastructure for Flood Mitigation
Speaker: Barbara Doll Ph.D, PE, Extension Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University
Barbara Doll will be speaking about the work she and her research team did to evaluate large-scale implementation of natural infrastructure (NI) measures to increase water storage capacity and reduce flooding in the middle Neuse River Basin. The team first completed opportunity mapping, hydrology and water-quality modeling for implementation of flood control wetlands, reforestation and water farming for three subwatersheds – Little River, Bear Creek and Nahunta Swamp. The team then extrapolated the results to the other subwatersheds of the middle Neuse Basin. They also evaluated costs and secondary economic benefits.
Jack Kurki-Fox and Daniel Line, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, NC State
Fred Cubbage and Meredith Hovis, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State
Todd BenDor, Tibor Vegh and Sophie Kelmenson, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew Fox, Madalyn Baldwin and Travis Klondike, College of Design, NC State
Michelle Lovejoy, Environmental Defense Fund
Barbara Doll joined North Carolina Sea Grant in 1992. Her current interests focus on repairing degraded stream systems, reducing the impacts of nonpoint source pollution and assessing the effectiveness of restoration practices. She is responsible for leading a multimillion dollar, three-phase project to restore Rocky Branch. This creek runs a mile through the North Carolina State University campus and is a tributary to the Neuse River.
Her recent research focused on the comprehensive evaluation of stream restoration performance. Doll has authored a number of publications on stream restoration and stormwater runoff, including Stream Restoration: A Natural Channel Design Handbook and Stormwater Runoff Best Management Practices for Marinas: A Guide for Operators. She also has been published in Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Journal of Shellfish Research and Water Environment and Technology.
Doll holds a doctorate degree in biological and agricultural engineering from NC State, where she has a joint appointment with the NC State Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department as an extension associate professor. There she teaches courses and conducts research related to fluvial geomorphology and ecological restoration. Prior to joining Sea Grant, she worked as a staff engineer for Soil and Material Engineers in Raleigh, NC, and as a research assistant in the civil engineering department at NC State.
This NCWRA webinar is sponsored by RES (Resource Environmental Solutions).
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$15.00 Individual Student Registration
