TRACK 2, DAY 1
KEYNOTE: 3-D Ecosystem Design, Corridor Optimization and Construction for Risk Reduction of Ecosystem Restoration Projects
David Bidelspach, 5 Smooth Stones Restoration
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | Hall F
ABSTRACT
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER
David Bidelspach, 5 Smooth Stones Restoration
David Bidelspach is a nationally recognized in both the United States and Canada as a river restoration specialist with a broad range of experience restoring damaged ecosystems.
Mr. Bidelspach’s academic and research background includes five years with the Stream Restoration Program at North Carolina State University (NCSU), where he provided assessment, design, and construction oversight services on many restoration projects and taught courses related to river assessment, restoration design, and construction administration. He also worked for nine years as the river restoration technical leader for a large engineering consulting firm.
He has completed more than 100 river restoration/stabilization projects in 32 states, 6 Canadian Provinces/Territories, and Costa Rica. Mr. Bidelspach was mentored at NCSU by Dr. Greg Jennings and Wildland Hydrology by Dr. Dave Rosgen and worked with Brad Fairley at Stantec Consulting in both the countries.
He specializes in using Natural- Based Solutions for River Corridor Design coupled with a traditional engineering framework for river restoration designs to achieve optimal project goals and objectives. The MCDA framework has been utilized and taught by Mr. Bidelspach and incorporates NCD, three-dimensional (3-D) stream design, limiting factors analysis for fisheries, flood risk, geomorphic assessment, river resiliency, cost analysis, changing points of diversion, and stakeholder involvement into a design optimization scheme.