GLIN==> IMPORTANT: Corrected web address for today's webcast of regional Areas of Concern Conference

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Webcast Options for the Regional Conference for the U.S. Areas of Concern
Program
September 22-23, 2010

-- Beginning at 9:00 am Eastern, Wednesday, Sept. 22!

http://greatlakesrestoration.us/action/?p=1485

Portions of today's conference for the U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern
Program will be webcast, including the opening plenary session on Wednesday,
Sept. 22; four of the best practices breakout sessions Wednesday afternoon;
and the keynote address on Thursday morning from Cameron Davis, special
advisor to the U.S. EPA administrator for the Great Lakes. To view the
webcasts, go to http://greatlakesrestoration.us/action/?p=1485. The complete
schedule and sessions to be webcast are provided below.

Video webcast schedule

Wednesday, September 22 (all times Eastern)

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:30 a.m. Status Report on the U.S. Areas of Concern Program
*	How the Areas of Concern Program is Operating under the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative
*	Status of the Great Lakes Legacy Act
*	Status of the Canadian Areas of Concern and Coordination of the
Binational Areas of Concern
*	Accelerating Restoration of the Areas of Concern: Perspectives from
the Great Lakes States
*	Update on Re-Negotiation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement:
Implications for the Areas of Concern

11:00 a.m. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Progress to Date and Looking
Forward to Year Two

12:00 Noon-1:00 pm Lunch Break

1:00 p.m. Best Practices Workshops (two concurrent webcasts will be
provided)
*	You got the grant! Now, how to implement your habitat restoration
project
*	Tips for writing an excellent habitat restoration proposal

2:45-3:15 p.m.  Break

3:15 PM Best Practices Workshops (two concurrent webcasts will be provided)
*	Removing dams and providing fish passage: issues to consider and
examples of successful projects
*	Accommodating climate change impacts in habitat restoration projects

Thursday, September 23 (all times Eastern)

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks (joint session with the Healing Our
Waters Annual Conference)

9:00 a.m. Forging Ahead for the Great Lakes: Making the Most of Year Two of
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the
U.S. EPA Administrator for the Great Lakes

9:30 a.m. Webcast Adjourns

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