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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); Jennifer Vincent, Canada Water Agency (CWA); Phil Roos, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)

9:50 a.m.

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

10:10 a.m.

Keynote: 40 Years of LSC: Reflecting on 4 decades of Tourism, Growth, and Conservation
Steve Remias, Chair,  Lake St. Clair Blue Economy Committee

10:30 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK - Move to concurrent sessions

10:45 a.m.

Habitat Monitoring - Moderator: Paul Parete, CWA

Lake St. Clair Nearshore Assessment
Jocelyn Sherwood, CWA

Lake St. Clair Basline Habitat Survey
Anders Holder, CWA

A collaborative Lake St. Clair Fishery Assessment
Andrew Briggs, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)

1:40 p.m.

Lakewide and Regional Management - Moderator: Paul Parete, CWA

Lakewide Managment - LAMP 101
Santina Wortman, USEPA

A Collaborative Effort to Reduce Phosphorus Across Southwestern Ontario
Katie Stammler, ERCA, Jessica Van Zwol, SCRCA 

10:45 a.m.

Coastal and Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations - Moderator: TBD

Conveyance Monitoring on the St. Clair River
Tim Calappi, USACE

Southeast MI Healthy Climate Plan
Tyler Klifman, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)

Saginaw Bay to Western Lake Erie Coastal Wetland Conservation Blueprint
Jennifer Wong, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

10:45 a.m.

Invasive Species - Moderator: TBD

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

Spatial Distribution of Invasive Sea Lamrey (Petromyzon marinus) in the St. Clair River
Lexi Sumner, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Casting a Wide Net: Aquatic Invasive Species Surveillance in Lake St. Clair and the SCDRS
Trisiah Tugade, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

11:45 p.m.

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

12:45 p.m.

Recreational Boating in the Heart of the Great Lakes - Amanda Wendecker, Michigan Boating Industries Association

1:10 p.m.

Macomb Blue Economy & Green Macomb Brand - Establishment and Growth - Gerry Santoro, Macomb County

1:30 p.m.

BREAK - Move to concurrent sessions

1:40 p.m.

Habitat Protection and Restoration - Moderator: TBD

All is Not Lost: The Past, Present, and Future of Lakeplain Prairie at St. Johns Marsh and Dickinson Island
Kaitlyn Barnes, MDNR, and Jesse Lincoln, MNFI

Anchor Bay Woods Preserve
Ian Ableson, Six Rivers Land Conservancy

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

10:45 a.m.

Understanding Bacteria and Algae - Moderator: Ted Briggs, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP)
 

Lake St Clair Algal Blooms
Michael McKay, University of Windsor

Microseira wollei Distribution, Environmental Drivers and Risks: Informing Development of an Adaptive Management Framework
Alyssa Eck and Andrew McQueen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Fighting Beach Closures with Native Plants: The Lake St. Clair Metropark Beach Restoration Project
Jack Cotrone, EGLE

1:40 p.m.

Water Quality Monitoring - Moderator: TBD

Public Beach Monitoring
Stacey McFarlane, Macomb County Health Department

Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Program
Meghan Price, ECT

Source Identification and PFAS Reduction at Municiapl WWTPs and Land Applied Biosolids
Anne Tavalire, EGLE

1:40 p.m.

Watershed Management - Moderator: TBD

Thames River Initiative
Craig Irwin, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority

Monitoring Water Quality in the Clinton River Watershed
Jennifer Hill,  Clinton River Watershed Council

Clinton River Area of Concern Status
Jennifer Tewkesbury, EGLE

2:40 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK - Move to plenary

2:55 p.m.

Great Lakes Connecting Waters Initiative
Robin DeBruyne, U.S. Geological Survey

3:20 p.m.

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

3:45 p.m.

Call to action and commitment to a sustainable future

3:50 p.m.

Adjourn