GLIN==> Lake Michigan Monitoring meetings

["Ric Lawson" <rlawson@glc.org>]

Meeting Announcement:

Lake Michigan Tributary Monitoring Project -- Final Workshop
Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council -- Spring Meeting

April 10-11, 2000
Kellogg Biological Station Conference Center
Hickory Corners, MI

Agendas have been released for two meetings related to monitoring
coordination in the Lake Michigan basin.  The Final Workshop of the Lake
Michigan Tributary Monitoring Project will be held on April 10, and the
Spring Meeting of the Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council will be
held on April 11.

Both meetings will take place at the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station
Conference Center on Gull Lake in between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, MI,
along with the Lake Michigan Forum meeting.  The meetings are both open to
the public and agendas can be found below.  Stakeholders in Lake Michigan
AOC watersheds may find these meetings useful.  Both meetings will be
discussing issues relating to the collection, coordination, and use of
ecological monitoring data in the basin.  The Tributary Monitoring Project
specifically focuses on monitoring AOC watersheds in the Lake Michigan
basin.

Those already registered for these meetings will receive further materials
in the mail early next week.  Others who are interested should contact Ric
Lawson at the Great Lakes Commission (734-665-9135 or rlawson@glc.org) for
further information.

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             Lake Michigan Tributary Monitoring Project

                           Final Workshop

                       Monday, April 10, 2000
                        1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

                                  Agenda

1:00 p.m.     Welcome and Introductions

1:10 p.m.     Review of Agenda

1:15 p.m.     Review of Lake Michigan LaMP Status

1:30 p.m.     Review of Draft Monitoring Inventory Report and Findings
                Reports on watershed findings and input
                into the overall report will be solicited from
                all project participants.

3:00 p.m.     Break

3:15 p.m.     Presentation of New Developments in Watersheds

3:45 p.m.     Project Follow-up and Future Monitoring Activities
                    Monitoring Partnerships
                    New Monitoring Programs
                    Involvement in Basinwide Efforts
                    Connecting to RAPs and LaMP
                    Connecting with the Public

5:00 p.m.     Adjourn

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           Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council

                           Spring Meeting

                       Tuesday, April 11, 2000
         W. K. Kellogg Biological Station Conference Center
                      3700 East Gull Lake Drive
                      Hickory Corners, MI 49060
                           (616) 671-2400

                               AGENDA


1:00 p.m.     Welcome and Introductions
                    Review of progress since last meeting

1:15 p.m.     Council Business
                    Inauguration of Co-chairs
                    Review of Agenda
                    Acceptance of Council Charter

1:30 p.m.     Workgroup Presentations and Discussion
               1.   Data Inventory and Analysis
               2.   Monitoring Objectives
               3.   Benefit Analysis and Outreach
               4.   Watershed Pilots

3:00 p.m.     Break

3:15 p.m.     Other Issues
                    Council membership and participation
                    Long-term workgroups
                    LaMP update
                    Funding
                    Member-initiated issues

4:30 p.m.     Next Steps
                    Action items
                    Next council meeting
                    Other issues

5:00 p.m.     Adjourn


     Ric Lawson
     Great Lakes Commission
     Argus II Building
     400 Fourth St.
     Ann Arbor, MI  48103-4816
     Ph: 734-665-9135
     Fax: 734-665-4370
     rlawson@glc.org

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