Wisconsin 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.

March 17, 2009
University of Wisconsin – Sheboygan
Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Workshop Summary
Workshop Participants
GLHI Projects Identified

Time	Agenda Item	Leader
9:00 a.m.	Welcome, Review of Workshop Objectives and Introductions	Shaili Pfeiffer, WDNR Victoria Pebbles, GLC
9:10	Habitat and Species Chapter of the GLRC: Progress to Date	Mike Greer, USACE
9:30	State Habitat Restoration Strategies, Initiatives and Priorities
	Updating Wisconsin's Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Strategy	Cynthia Moore, WDNR
	Wisconsin State Wildlife Action Plan, State Wetlands Strategy and Joint Venture Challenges	Ricky Lien, WDNR
	Lake Michigan Stakeholders: A Model for Collaboration	Jim TeSelle, Lake Michigan Stakeholders
11:00	Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition Habitat Restoration Priorities	NWF
11:15	Update and Demo on Web-based Tools to Advance Collaboration	John Hummer & Roger Gauthier, GLC
Noon	Networking Lunch	Cafeteria
1:00	Fostering Collaboration to Advance Restoration: Example Projects
	Lake Winnebago Restoration (no PowerPoint)	Art Techlow III, WDNR
	Milwaukee Watershed Dam Removal Challenges and Risks	Will Warzyn, WDNR
2:15	Highlights of Federal Habitat/Wetlands Funding/Assistance Programs	Federal Agency Reps - Heather Stirratt,   NOAA - Mike Greer,   USACE - John Perrecone,   USEPA - Darin Simpkins,   USFWS
2:45	Round Robin Discussion on Identifying Challenges to Progress Advancing Collaboration on Habitat Projects: Next Steps	Victoria Pebbles, GLC
3:15	Adjourn