Illinois Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Habitat and Species Workshop

Overview

To facilitate a multi-stakeholder dialogue about advancing habitat protection and conservation through demonstrations of web-based tools, discussion of state priorities and needs, updates on federal activities and funding programs and interactive discussion about innovative approaches for moving selected projects from planning to implementation.

January 21, 2009
U.S. EPA Offices – Lake Huron Room
Chicago, Illinois

Workshop Summary
Workshop Participants
GLHI Projects Identified

Time	Agenda Item	Leader
9:30 a.m.	Welcome, Review of Workshop Objectives and Introductions	Brian Anderson, IL Ntl Hist Surv
9:45	Habitat and Species Chapter of the GLRC: Progress to Date	Jan Miller, USACE
10:00	Update on Web-based Habitat Tools	Roger Gauthier, GLC
10:30	State Habitat Restoration Strategies, Initiatives and Priorities; Regional and Local Models for Implementation
	IL Coastal Management Plan / C-2000	Lynn Boerman, IL DNR
	Lake Michigan Ecosystem Partnership Program (no PowerPoint)	Steve Mandel, Lake MI Eco Part
	IL Lake Michigan Fisheries Program	Steve Robillard, IL DNR Fisheries
	Tier 1 and Tier 2 Strategies for Aquatic Invasive Species	Tammy Mitchell, IL EPA
Noon	Networking Lunch in Food Court on 2nd Floor
12:45	Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition Habitat Restoration Priorities	Chris Grubb, NWF
	Joint Ventures: A Model for Collaborative Project Implementation	Dave Brakhage, DU
1:30	Implementing Restoration: Facilitated Discussion on Selected Projects
	Chicago Wilderness Biodiversity Plan – Overview	Chris Mulvaney, Chi Wilderness
	Spring Bluff	Deb Maurer, Lake County Forest Preserves
	The Calumet Initiative	Nicole Kamins, Chicago DOE
2:30	Break
2:45	Highlights on Federal Habitat/Wetlands Funding/Assistance Programs	Federal Agency Reps - Todd Goeks,   NOAA - Brook Herman,   USACE - Rita Cestaric,   USEPA - Amy DeWeerd,   USFWS
3:15	Using the Web Tools to Advance Collaboration	Roger Gauthier, GLC
4:00	Advancing Collaboration on Habitat Projects: Next Steps	Roger Gauthier, GLC
4:15	Adjourn