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Illinois Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Habitat and Species Workshop


Overview

To facilitate a multi-stakeholder dialogue about advancing habitat protection and conservation through demonstrations of web-based tools, discussion of state priorities and needs, updates on federal activities and funding programs and interactive discussion about innovative approaches for moving selected projects from planning to implementation.

January 21, 2009
U.S. EPA Offices – Lake Huron Room
Chicago, Illinois

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Time Agenda Item Leader
9:30 a.m. Welcome, Review of Workshop Objectives and Introductions Brian Anderson, IL Ntl Hist Surv
9:45 Habitat and Species Chapter of the GLRC: Progress to Date Jan Miller, USACE
10:00 Update on Web-based Habitat Tools Roger Gauthier, GLC
10:30 State Habitat Restoration Strategies, Initiatives and Priorities; Regional and Local Models for Implementation

  IL Coastal Management Plan / C-2000 Lynn Boerman, IL DNR
  Lake Michigan Ecosystem Partnership Program (no PowerPoint)

Steve Mandel, Lake MI Eco Part
  IL Lake Michigan Fisheries Program Steve Robillard, IL DNR Fisheries
  Tier 1 and Tier 2 Strategies for Aquatic Invasive Species

Tammy Mitchell, IL EPA
Noon Networking Lunch in Food Court on 2nd Floor

12:45 Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition Habitat Restoration Priorities Chris Grubb, NWF
  Joint Ventures: A Model for Collaborative Project Implementation

Dave Brakhage, DU
1:30 Implementing Restoration: Facilitated Discussion on Selected Projects
  Chicago Wilderness Biodiversity Plan – Overview Chris Mulvaney, Chi Wilderness
  Spring Bluff Deb Maurer, Lake County Forest Preserves
  The Calumet Initiative

Nicole Kamins, Chicago DOE
2:30 Break  
2:45 Highlights on Federal Habitat/Wetlands Funding/Assistance Programs Federal Agency Reps
- Todd Goeks,
  NOAA
- Brook Herman,
  USACE
- Rita Cestaric,
  USEPA
- Amy DeWeerd,
  USFWS
3:15 Using the Web Tools to Advance Collaboration Roger Gauthier, GLC
4:00 Advancing Collaboration on Habitat Projects: Next Steps Roger Gauthier, GLC
4:15 Adjourn  

 


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