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Great Lakes Islands/Coastal/GAP Workshop The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team along with the U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office, the new Great Lakes Regional GAP Analysis Project Group, and many partners are collaborating on a workshop to discuss and help formulate products, strategies, and actions to promote conservation of Great Lakes islands and coastal near-shore habitats. Topics will include the development of a framework for a model strategy for both landscape level and local level Great Lakes island conservation; an island conservation ranking/prioritization system; development of coastal habitat classification, including a pilot Great Lakes Coastal GAP Analysis; decision support and spatial database organization; a model communication/outreach plan for Great Lakes island conservation; and identification of actions and next steps to advance conservation of these significant Great Lakes resources. We invite you to attend this workshop and assist us with this very important step in conserving significant Great Lakes Resources. If you are interested in attending, please see the Workshop Registration page for registration forms, lodging information, etc. Agenda The most recent version of the draft agenda for this workshop (December 2, 2002) is provided at the end of this page, or it can be downloaded for separate review by clicking on one of the following links. Questions, comments, and suggestions for building the agenda can be emailed to Rich Greenwood, rich_greenwood@fws.gov
Supplemental Information Provided below is a link to a downloadable version of a US Fish & Wildlife Service Fact Sheet about the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team.
Provided below are links to a downloadable version of the Executive Summary of the "State of the Great Islands Report - Proceedings from the August 18-22, 1996 Workshop."
DRAFT WORKING AGENDA U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE GREAT LAKES BASIN ECOSYSTEM TEAM GREAT LAKES ISLANDS CONSERVATION December 10, 1 p.m CT - December 12, 2002, 12:30 p.m. CT (Revised November 30) Tuesday, December 10 WORKSHOP KICKOFF - Leslie Tewinkel, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, USFWS Region 3 Regional Office, Chair GLBET Islands Committee 1:00-1:15 Workshop Logistics, Introductions Leslie TeWinkel; Rich Greenwood, USFWS GLBET Team Leader and Liaison to USEPA GLNPO; and Karen Rodriquez, USEPA GLNPO 1:15-1:30 Overview of GLBET Island Committee Activities & Workshop Focus Leslie TeWinkel 1:30-2:15 Significance and Priorities of Great Lakes Islands Conservation Karen Vigmostad, Great Lakes Policy Analyst, Northeast-Midwest Institute OVERVIEW OF STATE OF GREAT LAKES ISLANDS/COASTAL HABITAT INFORMATION & GIS Chris Castiglione, GIS Specialist, USFWS Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office, Chair GLBET GIS/DSS Committee; information materials on each of these provided to participants prior to workshop; hands on demonstrations to be available 2:15-2:20 Introduction to the Session and Background for GIS within the Great Lakes Basin - Chris Castiglione 2:20-2:30 Summary of Great Lakes Basin Wide Island/other GIS data and Information Gaps from the GLBET GIS/DSS Committee and Great Lakes Commission - Chris Castiglione 2:30-2:45 Mapping Sensitive Habitats on Great Lakes Islands with Multispectral Satellite Imagery - Kurt Kowalski, USGS, Great Lakes Science Center 2:45-3:00 GLBET GIS/DSS Demonstration and Opportunities, Needs, and Priorities for Improving/Utilizing - Jason Rohweder, USGS, Upper Midwest Science Center 3:00-3:20 Break INTRODUCTION TO PROPOSED GREAT LAKES AQUATIC & COASTAL GAP - Jim McKenna, Ecologist, USGS Great Lakes Science Center, Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science 3:20-3:25 Introduction to Aquatic GAP Analysis and the Great Lakes Coastal GAP Pilot Project - Jim McKenna 3:25-3:55 Coastal Conditions and Processes of Great Lakes Coastline and Nearshore Habitat - Robin Davison-Arnott, Professor, University of Guelph 3:55-4:25 Hydrology of Great Lakes Coasts and Its Influence on Aquatic Habitats - Norman Grannemann, Hydrogeologist, USGS, Lansing, Michigan 4:25-4:55 Wetland Habitats and Processes of the Great Lakes - James Meeker, Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Biology, Northland College 4:55-5:20 Use of Nearshore and Coastal Habitats by Great Lakes Fishes - Jaci Savino, Research Fishery Biologist, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; and James E. McKenna, Jr. Wednesday, December 11 RANKING & HABITAT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR GREAT LAKES ISLANDS Leslie TeWinkel 8:00-8:30 The Great Lakes Ecoregion Planning: Identifying Critical Conservation Areas - Dave Ewert, Director of Conservation Science; and Michele DePhillip, Aquatic Ecologist, Great Lakes Program, The Nature Conservancy 8:30-9:00 Prioritization of Waterbird Colony Sites for Conservation in the U.S. Great Lakes - Francie Cuthbert, Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota 9:00-9:30 Development of a Database for Ranking Islands in the Gulf of Maine - Lois Winter, Conservation Biologist/Outreach Specialist, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, USFWS 9:30-10:00 Ranking and Classifying Islands in Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge - Patti Morrison, Biologist, Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge 10:00-10:20 Break CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS - 3 10:00-12:00 Club Quarters, 111 West Adams 10:00-3:00 U.S. EPA Building 77 West Jackson, Third Floor, Room 325 Discussion among participants of coastal issues pertinent to aquatic GAP analysis with two primary goals: 10:00-5:00 U.S. EPA Building 77 West Jackson, Third Floor, Room 330 12:00-1:00 Lunch CONTINUATION OF CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS - 2 1:00-3:00 Great Lakes Aquatic and Coastal GAP 1:00-5:00 Creating Public Awareness and Support MODELS OF CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR GREAT LAKES ISLANDS - Karen Vigmostad 1:00-1:25 Conservation Plan and Strategies for Western Lake Erie Islands - Kendra Cipollini and Kay Carlson (or Staff), The Nature Conservancy Northeast Ohio Program 1:25-1:50 The Process and Partnerships of Island Conservation in the Gulf of Maine - Lois Winter, Conservation Biologist/Outreach Specialist, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, USFWS 1:50-2:15 Restoration of the Cat Island Chain in Lower Green Bay - Janet Smith, USFWS Green Bay Field Office; and Vicky Harris, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute are coordinating this presentation 2:15-2:40 Conservation Initiatives in Les Chenaux Islands Area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Dave Ewert, Director of Conservation Science, Great Lakes Program, The Nature Conservancy 2:40-3:00 Break 3:00-3:45 Government & Partner Involvement in Great Lakes Island Conservation in Canada, Including Case Studies of Manitoulin Islands and Georgian Bay - John Riley, Director of Conservation Science & Stewardship; Alan Stacey, Land Securement Officer; Wendy Cooper, Stewardship Officer, Nature Conservancy of Canada; and Will Kershaw, Senior Management Planner, Ontario Parks Presentation: Thousand Islands of Lake Ontario (tentative - Thursday morning?) 3:25-5:00 FACILITATED SESSION: Characteristics of a Model for Conserving Great Lakes Islands at the Landscape & Local Levels - Karen Vigmostad and Leslie TeWinkel Thursday, December 12 GREAT LAKES GIS/DSS - Chris Castiglione 8:00-8:40 Improving the Utility of the Great Lakes GIS/DSS - Chris Castiglione & Jason Roweder 8:40-9:00 Moving GIS/DSS Into the Policy and Management Arena: facilitated discussion DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR GREAT LAKES ISLAND CONSERVATION - Fred Caslick, L. Darryl Armstrong 9:00-9:30 Communication Plan Breakout Group's Report Out, recommendations 9:30-9:45 Break USFWS & PARTNERS ACTIVITIES & OPPORTUNITIES IN GREAT LAKES ISLAND & COASTAL CONSERVATION - Leslie TeWinkel 9:45-11:40
11:30-11:45 Discussion and Questions on Presentations FACILITATED WORKSHOP RECAP; HIGHLIGHTS SUMMARY, AND IDENTIFYING NEXT STEPS - Leslie TeWinkel, Karen Vigmostad and Megan Sullivan 11:45-12:30 ADJOURN 12:30 ISLANDS WORKSHOP PRODUCTS 1) Framework for a model strategy for conservation of Great Lakes islands at both landscape and local levels(including draft GLBET Great Lakes Islands Survey Protocols) 2) An island conservation ranking/prioritization system 3) Updating, revision of SOLEC Islands Indicator, including a listing/inventory of Great Lakes Islands currently under conservation protection through inclusion in NWR's, or other means; islands known to be in need of priority conservation efforts 4) Inventory the databases available for island conservation - concurrence on action plan for repository/access of this information; Preliminary Guidelines for development of a classification system for nearshore coastal habitats of the Great Lakes and inventory of the databases available for coastal GAP anaylsis 5) Plan to improve the utility of the DSS - including demonstration of DSS, hands on opportunities provided, follow up training and utilization opportunities identified 6) Development of a communications campaign/plan for Great Lakes island conservation as a product and/or development of a network of communications specialists |
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