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Ohio 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 2, 2008
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, Ohio

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

John Watkins, ODNR
Victoria Pebbles, GLC
9:45 Habitat and Species Chapter of the GLRC: Progress to Date

Mike Greer, USACE
10:05 Update on Web-based Habitat Tools

Roger Gauthier, GLC
10:30 Break

 
10:45 State Habitat Restoration Strategies,
Initiatives and Priorities
  Ohio Lake Erie Protection and Restoration Plan – Habitat Focus Ed Hammett, Lake Erie Commission
  Ohio DNR Wildlife Strategy

Steve Barry, ODNR
  Fish Habitat Restoration

Roger Knight, ODNR
Noon Networking Lunch

 
12:45 Regional Initiatives Gildo Tori, Ducks Unlimited
  Healing Our Waters Coalition Habitat Restoration Priorities  
  Joint Ventures: A Model for Collaborative Project Implementation

Other State Activities (e.g., Michigan and Wisconsin)


 
1:45 Implementing Restoration: Challenges and Near Term Steps Victoria Pebbles, GLC (facilitator); and
  Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
Various Coastal Private Land Projects


Various Coastal Private Land Projects
Steve Barry, ODNR
  Middle Harbor

Eric Weimer, ODNR
3:00 Federal Habitat/Wetlands Programs: Announcements and Highlights - Mike Greer,
  USACE
- Rita Cestaric,
  USEPA
- Megan Seymour,
  USFWS
3:30 Matching Habitat Projects with Funding: How Do You Do It? Roger Gauthier, GLC (facilitator); and
  Ashtabula 5 1/2 Slip Peninsula Julie Letterhos, OH EPA
  Ballville Dam Roger Knight, ODNR
  Keil Farm Tim Schetter, Metro Parks Toledo
  Port Clinton Coastal Wetland Restoration

Sandra Kosek-Sills, ODNR
4:00 Advancing Collaboration on Habitat Projects: A Facilitated Discussion

Victoria Pebbles, GLC
4:30 Adjourn  

 


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