1

Supporting Assessment of Wildlife Reproductive and Population Beneficial Use Impairments: Examples from Michigan

Mandy Annis, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

2

Monitoring colonial waterbirds as indicators for reproductive and immunological impairments at contaminated Great Lakes sites during 2010-19

Mandy Annis, Calvin University/USFWS

3

Examining fish tumors and deformities in Ohio AOCs to assess effectiveness of management actions

Amber Bellamy, USFWS

4

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Technical Assistance to Advance Delisting

Amy Roe, USFWS

5

Algal Communities in the Grand Calumet River AOC in Northwest Indiana

Muruleedhara Byappanahalli,
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Great Lakes Science Center

6

Update on the status of avian GLRI research: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI

Christine Custer, USGS - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

7

Overview of activities in Areas of Concern (AOCs) – 2020 and 2021.

Christine Custer, SGS - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

8

Long-term assessment in two AOCs reveals improved larval fish community

Robin DeBruyne, University of Toledo

9

Milestones of Success for Lake Sturgeon Restoration in the Rochester Embayment AOC.

Dawn Dittman, USGS - Great Lakes Science Center, Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science

10

Evidence of Immediate and Continued Use of Constructed Reefs by Lake Sturgeon

Ed Roseman, USGS

11

AOC partners integrate capabilities to complete feasibility study on aquatic restoration projects

Beth Sparks-Jackson, USGS

12

Improving Habitat for Fisheries in Great Lakes AOCs Through the NOAA Restoration Center

Ryan Darnton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

13

Evaluating benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the St. Louis River Area of Concern

Karen Keil, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - ERDC

14

Tracking BUI removal after restoring habitat in the St. Louis River AOC

Karen Keil, USACE - ERDC

15

Assessing the Perceptions of Environmental Restoration through Aesthetics Monitoring

Kathleen Williams, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)

16

Quality Assurance Considerations for Great Lakes Legacy Act Projects

Mark Loomis, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office

17

Quality Documentation for GLLA Construction Projects: fitting submittals to QA/QC requirements

Mark Loomis, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office

18

Balance and Harmony – Greetings and Thanks: An Indigenous Environmental Philosophy

Aimee Benedict, SRMT

19

Restoring Habitat for the Common Tern at Interstate Island

Melissa Sjolund, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

20

Restoring Part of Toledo’s Urban Wetland Puzzle at Detwiler Marsh

Regina Collins, City of Toledo

21

Functional Litter-acy: Trash Trappers for a Cleaner Toledo Hard at Work

Edith Kippenhan, City of Toledo

22

Kalamazoo River Area of Concern ecosystem assessment

Tiffany Schriever, Western Michigan University

23

Microplastic ingestion by fathead minnows and their affect on gut microbial communities

Maggie Petersen, Annis Water Resources Institute

24

Assessing Shoreline Restoration in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern Using Macroinvertebrates

Rachel Orzechowski, Grand Valley State University

25

Coastal Habitat Restoration in the Detroit River AOC

Alice Bailey, Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT)

26

Improving the Rouge River AOC - Fish and Wildlife Habitat Improvement Projects

John O'Meara, Alliance of Rouge Communities/ECT

27

Successful Remediation of a Former Oil Well Leaking into a Freshwater Lake

Scott Pawlukiewicz, TRC

28

Ryerson Creek Outfall: Designing a Collaborative GLLA Project Using Public-Private Partnerships

Jedidiah Sirk, Geosyntec Consultants

29

Amoco Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration Project – Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) Science

Dusty Tazelaar, Ramboll

30

Clean Sediments and Clear Channels for Howards Bay and Fraser Shipyards 

Lisa Tomlinson, Arcadis of Michigan, LLC