Greetings!
Proceedings from
the July workshop, Restoring Fish and Wildlife in Michigan's Great Lakes
Areas of Concern: Establishing a Pathway for Action, are now online
at http://www.glc.org/spac/proceedings/fish-wildlife.html. The workshop, held July 21, 2004 at the Holiday Inn
Express-Monroe, was sponsored by the Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Great Lakes National Program
Office, Great Lakes Commission, Michigan Statewide Public Advisory Council, and
the River Raisin Watershed Council.
The workshop outlined a process for
achieving restoration goals and delisting fish and wildlife impairments in
Michigan’s Great Lakes Areas of Concern. Workshop presentations assessed the
status of restoration efforts for fish and wildlife in the Areas of Concern and
provided a recommended “pathway” for establishing measurable targets for fish
and wildlife habitat, populations, and benthic communities. The program
showcased successful local efforts; highlighted opportunities to integrate
habitat restoration into other remediation activities; and identified follow-up
actions to assist public advisory councils and their partners in developing
restoration plans for their Areas of Concern.
The proceedings include an
introduction, the workshop agenda and participants list, and the PowerPoint
presentation and abstract from each speaker.
Highlights from the
workshop proceedings include:
- An opening session by Keith Bowers, chair
of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), who provided an introduction to
the field of ecosystem restoration. Along with his presentation, there is
a link to a "SER Primer on Ecological Restoration."
- An overview
presentation by Karen Rodriguez and James Schardt, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National
Program Office, which illustrated the linkage between ecosystem restoration and
Area of Concern delisting. This presentation also includes a related
document, "Pathway for Delisting Three Beneficial Use Impairments in Great Lakes
Areas of Concern." Its focus is on impairments related to fish and wild
populations, degradation of benthos, and fish and wildlife habitat.
- A
session on "Programs and Methodologies for Establishing Restoration Targets for
Fisheries and Benthic Communities."
- A session on "Practical Steps in
Restoration Planning and Target Setting for Fish and Wildlife."
For more
information about this workshop and related Areas of Concern efforts, contact
Matt Doss at the Great Lakes Commission, 734-971-9135, mdoss@glc.org.
____________________________
John Hummer
Great
Lakes Commission
Eisenhower Corporate
Park
2805 S. Industrial Hwy. Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6791
Phone: 734-971-9135
Fax: 734-971-9150
Web: http://www.glc.org