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
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