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Minnesota 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.

December 16, 2008
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Duluth Office
Duluth, Minnesota

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Time Agenda Item Leader
9:30 a.m. Welcome, Review of Workshop Objectives and Introductions

Patrick Carey, MPCA;
Roger Gauthier, GLC
9:45 Habitat and Species Chapter of the GLRC: Progress to Date

Jan Miller, USACE
10:05 Update on Web-based Habitat Tools

Roger Gauthier, GLC
10:45 State Habitat Restoration Strategies,
Initiatives and Priorities
  Lake Superior Binational Program Ecosystem Goals & Strategies Ann McCammon-Soltis, GLIFWC
  Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan George Host, UMD-NRRI
  Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment (no PowerPoint)

David Zentner, Steering Committee for CWLLA
Noon Networking Lunch  
  Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition Habitat Restoration Priorities David Brakhage, DU
  Joint Ventures: A Model for Collaborative Project Implementation

David Brakhage, DU
1:00 Stepping Down the GLRC: Restoration Strategies at the State/Local Level
  St. Louis River Habitat Plan – Strategies and Specific Habitat Projects John Lindgren, MN DNR;
Ric Gitar, Fond du Lac Band
  Lake Superior Fisheries Habitat Goals and Efforts in Minnesota Waters

Don Schreiner, MN DNR
2:00 Implementing Restoration: Challenges and Next Steps – Case Studies
  Weber Stream Restoration Initiative Lucinda Johnson, UMD-NRRI
  Hog Island Inlet and Newton Creek Restoration

Nancy Larson, WI DNR
Christine Ostern, Douglas Cty
  Lake Sturgeon Restoration Project, St. Louis River

John Lindgren, MN DNR
3:15 Announcements: Key Changes to Federal Habitat/Wetlands Programs Federal Agency Reps (USFWS, USACE, USEPA, NOAA)
4:15 Advancing Collaboration on Habitat Projects: Next Steps

Pat Collins, MN DNR
Roger Gauthier, GLC
4:30 Adjourn  

 


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