13th annual
freshwater summit
Friday, October 2, 2020
EGLE Water Resources Division’s Response to Great Lakes High Water Levels
Robyn Schmidt, Water Resources Division-Cadillac, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy
Planning to be a Resilient Great Lakes Community
Dick Norton, Professor, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Utilizing Natural Shorelines to Reduce the Ecological Footprint of Shoreline Properties
Nate Griswold, Founder and President, Inhabitect
Friday, October 9, 2020
What Lies Beneath: How Quagga Mussels Have Re-Engineered Lake Michigan
Harvey Bootsma, Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Freshwater Science
Lake Trout and Whitefish Spawning Site Selection on Good Harbor Reef
Ben Turschak, Research Biologist, Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Avian Botulism Mortality Patterns and Citizen Science Program
Erica Plesha, Avian Botulism Crew Lead, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Friday, October 16, 2020
Water for All of Michigan: Infrastructure Challenges and Access to Clean Drinking Water
Janet Meissner Pritchard, Interim Legal Director, For Love of Water (FLOW)
Learning from Collaborative Watershed Networks
Lina Zuluaga, Program Director, La Gran Cuenca del Rio Teusaca (Bogota, Colombia)
Friday, October 23, 2020
Protecting and Enhancing Water Quality through Restoration and Green Infrastructure Projects
Sarah U’Ren, Program Director, The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay
Grand Traverse Community Scorecard: Advancing Sustainable Regional Growth through the Power of People and Metrics
Will Aycock, M.S. Candidate in Environmental Informatics, University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability
Tori Graves, M.S. Candidate in Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability
Megan Houle, M.S. Candidate in Conservation Ecology, University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability
Christine Purdy, M.S. Candidate in Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability
NOAA’s B-WET Program
Juliana Lisuk, Volunteer Coordinator, Inland Seas Education Association
NMC Freshwater Studies Program
Constanza Hazelwood, Program Coordinator, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute
Life at the Top – Lake Michigan’s Water Levels
Mark Breederland, Extension Educator, Michigan Sea Grant
Wild Roots for Wild Waters – Reducing Runoff with Green Infrastructure
Michael Seefried, Field Technician/Operations Assistant, Conservation Resource Alliance
The Boardman River Uncovered
Steve Largent, Boardman River Program Coordinator, Grand Traverse Conservation District
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