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Upcoming AMA Presentations (all presentations are at noon):

Links to the AMAs will be posted no later than 8am on the day of the AMA.

No AMA for August 2026! See you in the fall!

  • March 23, 2027 - Andrea Sampson will present about threatened and endangered species.
  • Date TBD - Kevin Strauss with MPCA will present Top 10 Noncompliant Items in Recent MS4 Audits

Past AMA Presentations

TitleSpeakerDate

How to Prioritize CSW Inspections - a presentation especially for regulators

Aaron DeRusha7/22/26
Good Housekeeping Measures for Continuous NPDES Permit ComplianceDwayne Stenlund6/23/26
Means and Methods for Diverting Stormwater around your ProjectDwayne Stenlund5/6/26

Successful Native Vegetation Establishment for Construction Projects

Dan Shaw (BWSR) and Jacob Thompson (Barr)4/7/26

Erosion and sediment control issues on small construction sites (< 1 acre)

Aaron DeRusha3/18/26
Streambank StabilizationGreg Berg2/11/26

Threatened and Endangered Species 

Andrea's slides

Andrea Sampson1/14/26
Erosion Prevention Compliance During Winter ConstructionDwayne Stenlund12/17/25
Soil HealthWarren Tuel11/19/25
What To Do When Nothing Else Is WorkingDwayne Stenlund10/6/25
Making BMPs More RobustMary Fitzgerald9/29/25

MnDOT's Green Infrastructure Toolkits

Green Intrastructure Toolkit website

Steve Gebauer7/21/25

What can Equipment Operators do for Permit Compliance

Handouts

Clarification

Dwayne Stenlund6/3/25

Shoreline and Streambank Bio-Engineering

 

Greg Berg4/28/25

New Edition of Plants for Stormwater Design Book

Dan Shaw and Rusty Schmidt4/3/25

Potpourri/Junk Drawer of Topics

Todd Smith3/18/25
Tough Sediment Control Interpretations: Exits to StockpilesDwayne Stenlund2/4/25
MnDOT's new Seed MixesKen Graeve1/21/25
All Season DewateringDwayne Stenlund12/16/24
Erosion Control Products Without Plastic

John Chapman 

and Koby Hagen

11/19/24
Preparing for WinterDwayne Stenlund10/21/24

Testing, monitoring, and improving soil health for better erosion prevention

Warren Tuel9/24/24
Inspection and corrective actions after a rain eventDwayne Stenlund8/21/24
Eight Modes of Sediment ControlDwayne Stenlund7/24/24
DewateringDwayne Stenlund5/13/24

Encountering Contamination on Construction Sites

Keri Aufdencamp and 
Jill Mickelson		4/22/24
Getting Ready for a Spring AwakeningDwayne Stenlund3/15/24

MPCA Enforcement of the CSW Permit

Brian Green2/15/24
How to Amend the PlanDwayne Stenlund12/11/23
Performing Winter CSW InspectionsDwayne Stenlund12/11/23

The New 2023 CSW Permit

Todd Smith11/7/23