Program Meeting - May 2011

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Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program 516(e)

All Hands Meeting

May 17-18, 2011

Kensington Court Ann Arbor

610 Hilton Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48108

734-761-7800

Call-In Option for Remote Participants: 888-537-7715 (passcode: 53558867 #)

(All times EST)

Day 1 - Tuesday, May 17th

1:00 p.m. Welcome, Introductions and Meeting Objectives (0.6 kb) -

Jan Miller, USACE

1:10 p.m. Update on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Nearshore Health

and NPS Focus Area (0.4 mb) - Elizabeth Hinchey Malloy, USEPA

1:25 p.m. GLRI-Supported Nearshore Health and NPS Programmatic

Updates

• USDA-NRCS (9.4 mb) - Vicki Anderson

• USACE (1.1 mb) - Jan Miller

2:00 p.m. Additional Regional Initiatives under the GLRI

   • Whole Lake Conservation Plans for Lakes Michigan

     and Erie (1.5 mb) - Patrick Doran, TNC

   • Rivermouth Collaboratory: Developing a Science

     and Management Strategy for Great Lakes

     Rivermouths - Paul Seelbach, USGS (Please

     contact Paul Seelbach for more information on this

     presentation.)

   • Stream Assessment Tool for Water Withdrawal -

     Howard Reeves, USGS (Please contact Howard

     Reeves for more information on this presentation.)

3:00 p.m. Break

3:20 p.m. Other Regional Initiatives and Collaborative Opportunities

   • Research on Algal Blooms in Lake Erie (4.4 mb) -

     Tom Bridgeman, Univ. of Toledo

   • Small Harbors Coalition (2.3 mb) - Dave Knight,

     GLC

4:00 p.m. Informing the Nearshore Health and NPS Agenda under the

GLRI - Open Discussion

4:50 p.m. Wrap-Up and Final Discussions - Jan Miller, USACE

5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Day 2 - Wednesday, May 18th

8:15 a.m. Recap from Day 1 / Upcoming Opportunities (0.6 mb) - Jan

Miller, USACE

8:30 a.m. District Updates - Buffalo

   • Cattaraugus Creek (4.2 mb) - Graham Hayes, Univ.

     at Buffalo

   • Blanchard River (2.6 mb) - Laura Weintraub,

     LimnoTech

   • Tiffin River (1.4 mb) - Amanda Flynn, LimnoTech

   • Lower Maumee River (2.6 mb) - Joe DePinto,

     LimnoTech

9:45 a.m. Break

10:00 a.m. District Updates - Detroit

   • Great Lakes Dam Capacity Study (7.5 mb) - Calvin

     Creech, USACE-Detroit

   • Knife River (5.1 mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE-Detroit

   • Fox River (3.5 mb) - Travis Dahl, USACE-Detroit

   • Channel Stability Tool (1.9 mb) - Travis Dahl,

     USACE-Detroit

   • New Start Projects (0.4 mb) - Jim Selegean,

     USACE-Detroit

11:15 a.m. District Updates - Chicago

   • Waukegan River (2.1 mb) - David Bucaro, USACE-

     Chicago

   • Calumet River (0.8 mb) - David Bucaro, USACE-

     Chicago

11:45 a.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Partner Updates

   • Forested Land Uses (3.0 mb) - Bill Elliot, U.S.

     Forest Service

   • Web-based Model Development and Other

     Activities (1.5 mb) - Glenn O'Neil and Jon

     Bartholic, MSU-IWR

   • Urban Land Uses (5.2 mb) - Bernie Engel, Purdue

     Univ.

   • Outreach / Communications (0.2 mb) - Gary

     Overmier, GLC

2:15 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. Training Summary and New Proposal (0.3 mb) - Jim Selegean,

USACE-Detroit

2:45 p.m. New Business - Open Discussion

   • Delivery of Models, Training and Retraining

   • Role of 516(e) Program in Addressing GLRC/GLRI

     NPS Objectives

   • Identifying New Priorities in NPS Area (briefing

     papers on emerging issues, etc.)

   • New Partnerships

3:45 p.m. Wrap-Up and Final Discussions - Jan Miller, USACE

4:00 p.m. Adjourn