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Peer Reviewed Publications

Peckenham, J., D. Hart, S. Smith, and S. Jain. 2012. The path to water resources solutions. Maine Policy Review Water Resources SSI V7 2/24/12
Smith, S.M.C., P. Belmont, and P.R. Wilcock. 2011. Closing the gap between sediment budgeting, watershed modeling and stream restoration. In: Simon, A., S.J. Bennett, and J.M. Castro (Eds.). Stream Restoration in Dynamic Systems: Scientific Approaches, Analyses, and Tools. Water Resources Monograph. American Geophysical Union.Washington, D.C.
Bain, D.J., S.M.C. Smith, and G.N. Nagle. 2008. Reservations about dam findings. Science, Vol. 321. No. 5891, p. 910, doi: 10.1126/science.321.5891.910a
Craig, L.S., D.C. Richardson, M. Palmer, E. Bernhardt, B. Bledsoe, M. Doyle, B. Hassett, S. Kaushal, S. Smith, and P. Wilcock. 2008. Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi: 10.1890/070080.
Smith, S. 2006. Chesapeake Bay. In: Trimble, S. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Water Science. Taylor and Francis Reference Group, LLC. New York.
Smith, S. and K.L. Prestegaard. 2005. Hydraulic performance of a morphology based stream channel design. Water Resources Research, Vol. 41, W11413, doi:10.1029/2004WR003926.
Hassett, B., M. Palmer, E. Bernhardt, S. Smith, J. Carr, and D. Hart. 2005. Restoring watersheds project by project: trends in Chesapeake Bay tributary restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 259–267.
Gellis, A., S. Smith, and S. Stewart. 2003. Watershed sediment sources, Chapter 2. In: Langland, M. and T. Cronin (Eds). A summary report of sediment processes in Chesapeake Bay and watershed. USGS Water Res. Invest. Report 03-4123. http://pa.water.usgs.gov/reports/wrir03-4123.pdf
Smith, S., M. Langland, and R. Edwards. 2003. Watershed sediment transport, Chapter 3. In: Langland, M. and T. Cronin (Eds). A summary report of sediment processes in Chesapeake Bay and watershed. USGS Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4123.
Smith, S., J. Herman, T. Cronin, G. Schwarz, M. Landland, K. Patison, and L. Linker. 2003. Integrated approaches to sediment studies, Chapter 7. In: Langland, M. and T. Cronin (Eds). A summary report of sediment processes in Chesapeake Bay and watershed. USGS Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4123.

Education Publications

Smith, S., L. Gutierrez, and A. Gagnon. 2000. Maryland Streams - Take a Closer Look. Watershed Restoration Division, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Reprinted 2003, 2005, 2009. MDStreams_Smith_2009

Presentations

Filoso, S., Smith, S.M.C., and M. Palmer. 2012. Nitrogen and sediment flux in engineered coastal streams. Biogeomon - 7th International Conference on Ecosystem Behavior. Lincolnville, Maine.
Smith, S.M.C. 2012. Watershed sediment relations in the contemporary Piedmont. Inaugural Mid-Atlantic Conference: Soil to Sea Geomorphology. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Smith, S. 2010. The sediment yield dis-continuum of the contemporary Mid-Atlantic Piedmont. Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series, University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science. Solomons Island, Maryland.
Smith, S. 2010. Stream restoration, riparian reforestation...concepts, conflicts and challenges. Casey Trees. Washington, D.C. November 17.
Smith, S. 2009. Contemporary sediment flux and management considerations in Piedmont headwaters. Ecosystem Based Management: The Chesapeake and Other Systems. Chesapeake Research Consortium. Baltimore, Maryland.
Smith, S.M.C. 2009. Synthesis of the stream information exchange: fine sediment and the Chesapeake Bay watershed, September 2008. Prepared by Watershed Services, Maryland Department of Natural Resources for the Chesapeake Bay Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis, Maryland. http://archive.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/subcommittee/nsc/sedwg/Fine_Sediment_Synthesis_FINAL.pdf ; http://www.chesapeakebay.net/calendar/event/13819
Smith, S., P. Wilcock, R. Ortt, S. VanRyswick. 2008. Sediment fate and transport in the Piedmont. Quarterly Review of the Modeling Subcommittee of the USEPA Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Maryland. April 28-29 (hyperlink to presentation on pg. 8). http://archive.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/calendar/MODSC_04-28-08_Minutes_1_9316.pdf
Smith, S. 2007. Closing the gap between sediment budgeting and stream restoration planing. INVITED SPEAKER - River Restoration Science: Research and Application in Restoration Design and Environmental Flows II, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 88, No. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H33J-01.
Trumbauer, C. and S. Smith. 2007. Measuring flow at awkward sites: getting the data you need from locations you wouldn’t choose. Annual Meeting, Maryland Water Monitoring Council. Linthicum, Maryland.
Palmer, M.A., L.S. Craig, and S.M. Smith. 2006 Stream restoration for nitrogen removal: a watershed perspective. Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (INVITED).
Smith, S. and P. Wilcock. 2006. Legacy sediment: culprit or scapegoat? Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. October 2006.
Smith, S. and P. Wilcock. 2005. Sediment Flux in first order basins in the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 80, No. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B51F-01.
Coulton, C., R. Richardson, B. Juza, C. Perala, M. Stern, D. Heagerty, S. Smith. 2000. Lower Williamson River and delta floodplains restoration planning and design. Proceedings of the Conference on Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land Use Watersheds. American Water Resources Association.
Smith, S., P. Bereciartua, P. Johnson, and J. Haltiner. 1999. Channel design and the forgotten floodplain. Proceedings of the International Water Resources Engineering Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers. Seattle, Washington. August 1999.
Haltiner, J., B. Phillips, and S. Smith. 1999. Integrating geomorphic and engineering approaches in stream restoration. Proceedings of the Water Resources Engineering Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers. Seattle, Washington. August 1999.
Smith, S. 1997. The use of geologic maps for protecting and restoring waterways and wetlands. In: Horton, J.W. and E. Cleaves (Eds). Proceedings of the forum on geologic mapping applications in the Washington-Baltimore urban area. USGS Circular 1148. Reston, Virginia.
Smith, S., J. McCoy, M. Dobson, K.L. Prestegaard. 1997. The role of stream restoration in the management of sediment loadings in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 78, No. 17, Supplement, p. 76.
Houghton, K.K., K.L. Prestegaard, D. Murceak, S. Smith, M. M. Norton, B. Shane, B. Smith. 1995. Misuse of data on meandering streams for the purpose of designing stream restoration projects. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol.76, No.46, Supplement, p. F 254.
Smith, S. and K.L. Prestegaard. 1995. Changes in the hydraulic and morphological characteristics of a relocated stream channel. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol.76, No.46, Supplement, p. F 254. (Also presented at the Geological Society of Washington. Cosmos Club, Washington D.C. February 28, 1996).

Poster Presentations

Beyene, M. D. Brady, S. Jain, J. MacRae, D. Martin, F. Pavri, J. Peckenham, A.S. Reeve, S.M.C. Smith, C. Straub. 2012. Safeguarding a vulnerable lake-watershed system: the Sebago Lake watershed. Maine EPSCoR Conference. Orono, Maine.
Martin, D., A.S. Reeve, S. Smith. 2012. Sebago Lake stream monitoring. Maine Water Conference. Augusta, Maine.
Herrmann, M., D. Blanchard, S. Smith, and H. Stewart. 2002. Stream restoration tracking and assessment: tracking our progress towards cleaner streams. Maryland Water Monitoring Council, Annual Meeting. Linthicum, Maryland.
Primrose, N., B. Habic, S. Smith, and J. McCoy. 2002. Monitoring stream habitat rehabilitation using a stream mapping technique. Annual Meeting of the Maryland Water Monitoring Council, Linthicum, Maryland.
Smith, S., P. Bereciartua, and J. Haltiner. 1998. River channel design and the role of the floodplain. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (Fall Meeting).

Technical Reports

Smith, S., S. VanRyswick, D. Wells, and R. Ortt. 2007. Delta evaluations in Triadelphia and Rocky Gorge Reservoirs – Phase III of the Upper Patuxent River Reservoir sedimentation study. Prepared by the Ecosystem Restoration Center, Maryland Department of Natural Resources for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. Laurel, Maryland.
Smith, S. and M. Herrmann. 2005. Finding and mapping headwater channels in Maryland's Piedmont. Landscape and Watershed Analysis Division, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Annapolis, Maryland.
Smith, S. 2003. Stream restoration benefit assessment framework. Landscape and Watershed, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Prepared for the Coastal and Non-point Pollution Control Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Silver Spring, Maryland.
Smith, S. and M. Herrmann. 2000. Chesapeake Forest Properties riparian forest buffer criteria for water quality management. In: Sampson Group, Inc. Sustainable forest management plan. Prepared for the Chesapeake Forests Project on behalf of The Conservation Fund.
Andrews, B., E. McClure, B. DeTemple, S. Smith, and J. Blomberg. 1999. San Francisquito Creek bank stabilization master plan – existing conditions report, hydrologic and geomorphic conditions. Philip Williams and Associates, Ltd. Prepared for the City of Menlo Park, California.
Smith, S. 1990. Stream flow characteristics in Piney Branch, Watts Branch, and Muddy Branch (Montgomery County, Maryland) during the summer of 1990. Power Plant and Environmental Review Division. Prepared for Freshwater Fisheries Division, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Annapolis, Maryland.

Convenor

Stream Information Exchanges
- 2008 Fine sediment and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Linthicum Heights, Maryland. Sponsored by the MDDNR, NOAA, USGS, NCED, UMCES, and USEPA. [Smith, S.M.C. 2009. Synthesis of the stream information exchange: fine sediment and the Chesapeake Bay watershed, September 2008. Prepared by Watershed Services, Maryland Department of Natural Resources for the Chesapeake Bay Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis, Maryland.]
- 2007 Interactions between vegetation and sedimentary processes. Annapolis, Maryland. Sponsored by the MDDNR.
- 2002 Sediment and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Linthicum Heights, Maryland. Sponsored by the MDDNR, USFWS, USGS, and USEPA.
- 2000 Multi-objective stream corridor management. Annapolis, Maryland. Sponsored by MDDNR.
- 1999 Hydraulic geometry. Laurel, Maryland. Sponsored by MDDNR, US Army Corps of Engineers, USFWS, and MDE.
- 1998 River channel design…what is the state of the art? San Francisco, California. Sponsored by PWA-Ltd.
- 1997 Dominant, bankfull, and effective discharge. Annapolis, Maryland. Sponsored by MDDNR.
- 1996 Stream restoration design, implementation, and research. Laurel, Maryland. Sponsored by MDDNR.
- 1996 Stream stability research and monitoring. Annapolis, Maryland. Sponsored by MDDNR.
Conferences
- 2009 Convenor: The Past, Present, and Possible Futures of Small Tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay: Implications for Ecosystem Services. Ecosystem Based Management - The Chesapeake and Other Systems. Chesapeake Research Consortium.
- 2001 Convenor: Maryland Water Monitoring Council Annual Meeting, Session on Watershed Sediment Pathways - physical processes and their implications to streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay
- 2000 Chair: Special Session on the Scientific Basis For Stream Restoration, American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section, Spring Meeting