Coordinating Conservation in the St. Clair-Detroit River System
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
Eastern Michigan University – Student Center
Draft Schedule
8:00-8:50
Registration, Continental breakfast buffet
8:50-9:00
Welcome (Steve Francoeur, US co-chair)
9:00-9:30
Blue Accounting Framework
Steve Cole, Great Lakes Commission
9:30-9:50
Lake Erie’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy
Luca Cargnelli, Environment and Climate Change Canada
9:50-10:10
The St Clair Detroit River System Initiative: The Collective Impact, the Common Agenda and
a Thriving Ecosystem
Rich Drouin, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
10:10-10:30 Developing a Shared Vision for Coastal Conservation in Western Lake Erie
Douglas Pearsall, The Nature Conservancy
Katherine Kahl, The Nature Conservancy
Gust Annis, The Nature Conservancy
Patrick Doran, The Nature Conservancy
Chris May, The Nature Conservancy
Dave Ewart, The Nature Conservancy
10:30-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-11:10 The Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative and Coastal
Wetland Landscape Conservation Design
Bradly Potter, Upper Midwest & Great Lakes LCC
11:10-11:30 GLNPO-sponsored Nutrient/Eutrophication Dynamics Research in Western Lake Erie
Sandra Kosek-Sills, Ohio Lake Erie Commission
11:30-11:50 EPA National Coastal Condition Assessment
Beth Hinchey-Malloy, Lake Erie LAMP
11:50-1:30
Lunch & poster session
1:30-1:50
Linking Biological Inventories to Wetland Management in the Straits
Dennis Albert, Oregon State University
Helen Enader, Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Donald Uzarski, Central Michigan University
1:50-2:10
An Update on the American and Canadian Status of Beneficial Use Impairments in the
Detroit and St. Clair River Areas of Concern
Melanie Foose, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Claire Sanders, Detroit River Canadian Cleanup
Donna Strang, St. Clair Region Conservation Authority
2:10-2:30
A Multi-chemical Hazard Metric Predicts Chironomid Abundance in the Detroit River
Ken Drouillard, University of Windsor
Kerry McPhedran, University of Saskatchewan
Alice Grgicak-Mannion, University of Windsor
Joseph Lafontaine, University of Windsor
Gord Paterson, SUNY
Ted Briggs, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Jan Ciborowski, University of Windsor
G. Douglas Haffner, University of Windsor
2:30-2:50
Coffee Break
2:50-3:10
Fish Habitat Restoration Efforts in the St. Clair-Detroit River System, with Emphasis on Lake
Sturgeon
Justin Chiotti, USFWS
Bruce Manny, USGS
Ed Roseman, USGS
Greg Kennedy, USGS
Jaquelyn Craig, USGS
David Bennion, USGS
Jennifer Read, University of Michigan
Lynn Vaccaro, Michigan SeaGrant
Richard Drouin, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Rosanne Ellison, EPA
Mike Thomas, MDNR
Todd Wills, MDNR
3:10-3:30
Habitat Suitability and Potential Threat of Grass Carp and Other Selected Invasives in the St.
Clair-Detroit River Corridor
Ed Rutherford, NOAA GLERL
Nick Mandrak, University of Toronto
Marion Wittmann, UN-Reno
Andrew Kramer, University of Georgia
Rochelle Sturtevant, Michigan Sea Grant
3:30-4:50
Panel Discussion: “What story do we want to be able to tell in five years?”
Regional approaches to advancing focused, measurable conservation implementation in the
St. Clair-Detroit River System and Western Lake Erie.
Facilitator: Katie Kahl, The Nature Conservancy
Confirmed Panelists:
Russ Kreis, EPA
Dave Dempsey, IJC Policy Advisor
Heather Stirratt, NOAA
Patrick Doran, The Nature Conservancy
Sandra Kok, Environment and Climate Change Canada
4:50-5:00
Concluding remarks (Steve Francoeur, US co-chair)
5:00-6:00
Reception