The 4th Annual Johnson Creek Science Symposium was held at Reed College on October 16, 2018.  Twelve speakers presented 12-minute talks in one of four sessions: Water Temperature, Fish & Wildlife, Flooding & Floodplains, Land & Ecosystem Services.

Symposium program with speaker abstracts and bios

Presentation Title	Presenter Name	Presenter Agency
Are all dams created equal? Comparison of the effects of Human and Beaver Dams in Johnson Creek in Gresham	Katie Holzer	City of Gresham
Influence of beaver ponds on water temperatures in Errol Creek	Julia Bond	Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Hydrologic trends of streamflow and temperature in the Johnson Creek Watershed	Emma Brenneman	Portland State University
Monitoring ESA-protected species in the Johnson Creek watershed using eDNA	Melissa Brown	Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Beaver Surveys in Johnson Creek: three years of dam data	Chuck Lobdell	Johnson Creek Watershed Council
Salmon Sanctuaries in Portland	Ronda Fast	Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Floodplain Designation and Property Sale Prices in an Urban Watershed	Noelwah Netusil	Reed College
Hydraulic Modeling of Johnson Creek in the East Lents Area	Gary Wolff	OTAK
Oxbow Scour Repair	Ali Young	Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Equitably Growing the Urban Forest	Vivek Shandas	Portland State University
Legacy Landfills in the Johnson Creek Watershed	Heather Kuoppamaki	Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Metro’s Land Acquisition Strategy in the Upper Johnson Creek Watershed	Jonathan Soll	Metro