Minnesota 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.

December 16, 2008
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Duluth Office
Duluth, Minnesota

Workshop Summary
Workshop Participants
GLHI Projects Identified

Time	Agenda Item	Leader
9:30 a.m.	Welcome, Review of Workshop Objectives and Introductions	Patrick Carey, MPCA; Roger Gauthier, GLC
9:45	Habitat and Species Chapter of the GLRC: Progress to Date	Jan Miller, USACE
10:05	Update on Web-based Habitat Tools	Roger Gauthier, GLC
10:45	State Habitat Restoration Strategies, Initiatives and Priorities
	Lake Superior Binational Program Ecosystem Goals & Strategies	Ann McCammon-Soltis, GLIFWC
	Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan	George Host, UMD-NRRI
	Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment (no PowerPoint)	David Zentner, Steering Committee for CWLLA
Noon	Networking Lunch
	Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition Habitat Restoration Priorities	David Brakhage, DU
	Joint Ventures: A Model for Collaborative Project Implementation	David Brakhage, DU
1:00	Stepping Down the GLRC: Restoration Strategies at the State/Local Level
	St. Louis River Habitat Plan – Strategies and Specific Habitat Projects	John Lindgren, MN DNR; Ric Gitar, Fond du Lac Band
	Lake Superior Fisheries Habitat Goals and Efforts in Minnesota Waters	Don Schreiner, MN DNR
2:00	Implementing Restoration: Challenges and Next Steps – Case Studies
	Weber Stream Restoration Initiative	Lucinda Johnson, UMD-NRRI
	Hog Island Inlet and Newton Creek Restoration	Nancy Larson, WI DNR Christine Ostern, Douglas Cty
	Lake Sturgeon Restoration Project, St. Louis River	John Lindgren, MN DNR
3:15	Announcements: Key Changes to Federal Habitat/Wetlands Programs	Federal Agency Reps (USFWS, USACE, USEPA, NOAA)
4:15	Advancing Collaboration on Habitat Projects: Next Steps	Pat Collins, MN DNR Roger Gauthier, GLC
4:30	Adjourn