8:30-9:00am: Registration

9:00-9:15am: Welcome & opening remarks

9:15-9:45am: Good Harbor Bay research
Ben Turschak, Fisheries Research Biologist, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

9:45-10:30am: Grand Traverse Band projects
Brett Fessell, Restoration Section Leader & River Ecologist, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
Madeline Baroli, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians

10:30-10:45am: BREAK

10:45-11:15am: Boardman-Ottaway River microplastics study
Nick Roster, Biology instructor, Northwestern Michigan College
Finn Sutherland, student, Northwestern Michigan College

11:15-11:45am: Vernal pools
Abby Pointer, Michigan Vernal Pools Partnership

11:45am-12:45pm: LUNCH

12:45p-1:50pm: LIGHTNING TALKS

FishPass + Michigan’s Blue Tech Innovation Hub
Leah McCallum, FishPass Community Engagement Officer, Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Grand Traverse Bay shoreline survey
Sarah U’Ren, Program Director, The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay

White sucker tracking
Finn Sutherland, student, Northwestern Michigan College

Beach monitoring
Maggie Petersen, Great Lakes Environmental Center

Restoration Project
Conservation Resource Alliance

Limnological data
Inland Seas Education Association

1:50-3:00pm: COASTAL RESILIENCY PANEL

Coastal resiliency background
Ronda Wuycheck, Coastal Management Program Office, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy

Planning and zoning
TBD

Nature-based stormwater solutions
Brian Majka, Senior Restoration Ecologist, GEI Consultants

3:00pm: Evaluation & adjourn