2015 Water Center Annual Meeting
Freshwater research to support Great Lakes decision making
July 21, 2015, 8am – 5:30pm; Reception immediately following
Sheraton Hotel
3200 Boardwalk Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
8:00 AM
Check-in, continental breakfast
Jennifer Read
Director, University of Michigan
Water Center
8:45
Convene – Welcome and Overview
9:00
Session I: Tools to support resource management, restoration, and coastal planning
9:05
Restoring native fish migrations
9:15
9:25
9:35
Peter McIntyre, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Laura Bourgeau-Chavez,
Michigan Tech Research Institute
A baseline and standardized method for monitoring the
treatment and control of invasive Phragmites
Environmental and socioeconomic factors associated with
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
public-private partnership wetland restoration projects
Restoring, retrofitting and recoupling Michigan’s Great
Richard Norton, University of
Lakes shorelands
Michigan
9:45
End user panel introductions, comments, and discussion
10:20
Break
10:50
Session II: Modeling to advance water quality improvements in agricultural watersheds
10:55
11:05
Watershed-scale assessment of stacked drainage
practices in the western Lake Erie Basin to improve water
quality
Restoring the health of the Green Bay ecosystem under a
changing climate
Sheila Christopher, University of
Notre Dame
J. Val Klump, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
David Karpovich, Saginaw Valley
State University
11:15
Saginaw Bay optimization decision tool
11:25
End user panel introductions, comments, and discussion
12:00 PM
Lunch (provided)
1:00
Session III: Addressing water quality challenges in urban environments
1:05
Urban pollution footprints on the Great Lakes
Sandra McLellan, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1:15
Improving water quality and well-being in Great Lakes
post-industrial cities: A multidisciplinary partnership to
assess Detroit’s green infrastructure
Joan Nassauer, University of
Michigan
1:25
End user panel introductions, comments, and discussion
1:55
2:00
2:10
2:20
Session IV: Large data frameworks to inform Great Lakes resource management
Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping
Project (GLEAM): Phase II
Comprehensive stressor-response model to inform
ecosystem restorations across the Great Lakes
Assessing information needs and developing tools for
Great Lakes ecosystem management
2:30
End user panel introductions, comments, and discussion
3:05
Break
3:35
Session V: Leveraging resources to meet end-user needs
3:40
3:50
4:00
4:10
Performance data collection for GLRI SWIF project
assessment in Lucas County, Ohio
Application of geospatially enabled geographic response
plans for oil spill response in the western basin of Lake
Erie
Stuck in the Muck: Comparing how experts and local
communities see beach muck in the Great Lakes
A new sensor platform for the measurement of
evaporation across the Great Lakes
4:20
End user panel introductions, comments, and discussion
5:00
Concluding remarks
J. David Allan, University of
Michigan
Lucinda Johnson, University of
Minnesota-Duluth
Catherine Riseng, University of
Michigan
Cyndee Gruden, University of
Toledo
David Dean, Michigan Tech
Research Institute
Avik Basu, University of Michigan
Branko Kerkez, University of
Michigan
Jennifer Read
Networking Reception and Leveraging Grant Poster Session
Sheraton Internet Access