Preliminary Agenda

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.

Opening Prayer and Welcome
Naomi Williams, Walpole Island First Nation; Teresa Seidel, USEPA-GLNPO

9:25 a.m.

Reflecting on Lake St. Clair's Environmental Achievements
Rick Hobrla, EGLE (retired)

9:50 a.m.

Keynote: Lake St. Clair Blue Economy
Steve Remias, Chair,  Lake St. Clair Blue Economy Committee

10:30 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK - Move to concurrent sessions

11:00 a.m.

Habitat Monitoring - Moderator: TBD

Lake St. Clair Nearshore Assessment
Jocelyn Sherwood, ECCC

Lake St. Clair Basline Habitat Survey
Anders Holder, ECCC

Fish Community Assessment (MI-ON-USFWS)
Cleyo Harris, MDNR

11:00 a.m.

Understanding Bacteria and Algae - Moderator: TBD

Public Beach Monitoring
Stacey McFarlane, Macomb Co. Health Dept. 

Lake St Clair Algal Blooms
Michael McKay, University of Windsor

Microseira wollei Study
Andrew McQueen, USACE

11:00 a.m.

Climate Change Implications and Adaptations - Moderator: TBD

Lake ice & water levels
Tim Calappi, USACE

Southeast MI Healthy Climate Plan
Tyler Klifman, SEMCOG

EGLE WRD Climate Change Implementation Plan
Christe Alwin, EGLE

11:00 a.m.

Invasive Species - Moderator: TBD

Lake St Clair Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA)
Amanda Ruffini, Six Rivers Land Conservancy

TBD

12:00 p.m.

NETWORKING LUNCH / Showing of the new documentary, "Hidden History of Lake St. Clair"

1:00 p.m.

Plenary Session - Nicki Polan, Michigan Boating Industries Association

1:25 p.m.

BREAK - Move to concurrent sessions

1:30 p.m.

Habitat Protection and Restoration - Moderator: TBD

Lower Lake St Clair Habitat Restoration Project at Ford Cove
Kevin Drotos, Ford House, and/or Scott Dierks, GEI

Anchor Bay Woods Preserve
Ian Ableson, Six Rivers Land Conservancy

Lake St. Clair Metropark Beach Restoration Project
Jack Cotrone, EGLE

1:30 p.m.

Lakewide and Nutrient Management - Moderator: TBD

Lakewide Managment - LAMP 101
Paul Parete, ECCC
Sntina Wortman, USEPA

Ontario-Canada Lake Erie Action Plan
Harry Keese, ECCC

Michigan Domestic Action Plan
Michelle Selzer, MDARD

1:30 p.m.

Collaborative Management in Action - Moderator: TBD

Drinking water quality monitoring program

Saginaw Bay to Lake Erie Coastal Wetland Restoration Blueprint
Jennifer Wong, USFWS

Clinton River Area of Concern Status
Jen Tewkesbury, EGLE

1:30 p.m.

Watershed Management - Moderator: TBD

Thames River Initiative
Craig Irwin, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority

Clinton River Watershed Council Programs
Jennifer Hill,  CRWC

Macomb Blue Economy & Green Macomb Brand - Establishment and Growth
Gerry Santoro, Macomb Co Dept of Plannning & Economic Development

2:30 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK - Move to plenary

3:00 p.m.

Great Lakes Connecting Waters Initiative
Robin DeBruyne, USGS

3:25 p.m.

Centering Sustainability in the Great Lakes through the United Nations Regional Center of Expertise  
Donna Kashian, Wayne State University

3:50 p.m.

Call to action and commitment to a sustainable future

4:00 p.m.

Adjourn