Great Lakes Coastal Symposium 2024

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Great Lakes Coastal Symposium 2024

9:00am EDT

Exhibitor Set-up Grand Foyer Poster Set-up Grand Foyer Conference Registration Desk Open Grand Foyer

12:00pm EDT

Lunch on Own Offsite

1:00pm EDT

Opening Address and Welcome Grand BallroomCherie Hagen • Tim Walsh Exhibits Open Grand Foyer

1:30pm EDT

Keynote: Coastal Resilience Panel Grand BallroomJim Luke • Greg Mayne • John Sommerville • Mike Padilla • Samantha Miller

2:30pm EDT

Announcements Grand Ballroom

2:45pm EDT

Break Grand Foyer

3:15pm EDT

(OC 1) Rock - it's not just for revetments anymore: Using rock in restoration along Great Lakes coasts Breakout Room 1Ryan Darnton • Anna Harrison (OC 3) Development of a Web-Based Decision Support Tool for Natural and Nature-Based Features on New York's Great Lakes Shorelines Breakout Room 2Rachael Franks Taylor • Brian Majka • David Clarke Decolonial Approach to Shoreline Caretaking Breakout Room 3Doug Pearsall • Abraham Francis

3:30pm EDT

(OC 1) Great Lakes Reef Restoration Workgroup and Projects Breakout Room 1Ryan Darnton • Jim Luke (OC 3) Enhancing Great Lakes Coastal Resilience through Local Capacity-Building and Nature-Based Solutions Breakout Room 2Rachael Franks Taylor • Zoë Goodrow • Bridget Brown Traditional Knowledges Breakout Room 3Doug Pearsall • Neil Patterson Jr.

3:45pm EDT

(OC 1) The Brandenburg Park Shoreline Restoration Project: An Innovative Solution to a Failing Seawall Breakout Room 1Ryan Darnton • Jill Estrada (OC 3) Engineering and Design for Nature-Based Solutions Breakout Room 2Rachael Franks Taylor • Brendan Cousino Receiving Community Considerations in the Path of Climate-Driven Migration Breakout Room 3Doug Pearsall • Kathy Bunting-Howarth

4:00pm EDT

(OC 1) Restoring Aquatic Habitat in the Detroit River at Sugar Island Breakout Room 1Ryan Darnton • Terry S. Heatlie (OC 3) Flood Resilience on the Lake Ontario Shoreline: Barriers to Implementing Non-Structural Strategies Breakout Room 2Rachael Franks Taylor • Rewa Phansalkar Resourcing Michigan’s Coastal Decision Makers: An Assessment of Needs Breakout Room 3Doug Pearsall • Mike Shriberg

4:15pm EDT

(OC 1) Ralph Wilson Park, Area of Concern Habitat Restoration and Shoreline Resiliency Breakout Room 1Ryan Darnton • Mark McGovern The Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative: Restoration, Community Engagement, and Hydrologic Connectivity in Northwest Indiana Breakout Room 3Doug Pearsall • Daniel Suarez (OC 3) Continuing the Conversation: Panel Discussion and Helpful Resources Breakout Room 2Rachael Franks Taylor

4:30pm EDT

Day in the Life of Lake Ontario St. Lawrence River Overview and Outcomes Breakout Room 3Doug Pearsall • Emily Fell Bluffer’s Park Shoreline Erosion Protection Projects Breakout Room 1Danielle Dellandrea

4:45pm EDT

The Baseline Conditions Characterization: A comprehensive overview of NY Great Lakes Sub-Basin environmental conditions Breakout Room 3Doug Pearsall • Alexis Davis Lake Ontario South Shore Sediment Budget and Coastal Resilience Assessment Breakout Room 1Pete Zuzek • Jennifer Ogrodnick

5:00pm EDT

Welcome Reception Grand Ballroom

6:00pm EDT

Dinner on Own Offsite

7:00am EDT

Bird walk at Highland Botanical Park Offsite Conference Registration Desk Open Grand Foyer

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom Exhibits Open Grand Foyer

9:00am EDT

Opening Remarks Grand Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Keynote: Muskrats and Tennis Balls: Resilience and Water Management on Lake Ontario Grand BallroomJim Howe

9:45am EDT

Break Grand Foyer

10:00am EDT

Workshop: Using spatial benchmarks in Great Lakes shallow nearshore fish restoration and management Breakout Room 1Anna Harrison Workshop: Conserving Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands through Binational Collaboration: An Interactive Workshop to Provide Input on the Lake Erie Pilot of the Framework Breakout Room 2Liz Berg Workshop: Operationalizing Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Environmental Contexts Breakout Room 3Cheyenne I. Reuben-Thomas

11:00am EDT

Panel: Sodus Point's Flood Resilience: A Case Study In Community Strength Breakout Room 1Mary Austerman

12:00pm EDT

Pick Up Boxed Lunches & Load Buses for Field Trips; Buses Depart at 12:30pm Grand Foyer

12:30pm EDT

Field Trip: Irondequoit Bay REDI: Climate Resilience Projects for Recreation, Safety, and Economic Development Offsite Field Trip: Sodus Beach & Chimney Bluffs: Witnessing Lake Ontario's Dynamic Coastline Offsite Field Trip: Transforming Habitats and Building Resilience: Restoration Projects at Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area Offsite

6:00pm EDT

Reception and Poster Session Grand Ballroom POSTER: Allouez Bay Marsh Bird Habitat Restoration - From Scoping to Implementation Grand FoyerTom Prestby POSTER: Analysis of Cattaraugus Creek Inputs to Lake Erie Grand FoyerAlyssa Warrior POSTER: Blasdell Creek Wetland Enhancement – Woodlawn Beach State Park, Buffalo, New York Grand FoyerDavid Spiering POSTER: City of Toledo Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign: A multi-disciplinary community-science partnership to increase awareness of urban heat islands in the community Grand FoyerBeatrice Miringu POSTER: Comparison of dissolved oxygen dynamics and trophic state within restored and reference coastal wetland habitats along the southern shore of Lake Ontario Grand FoyerJuliana Grace Smith POSTER: Evaluating fitness benefits and patterns of use by young of the year fishes within restored coastal wetland habitats along the southern shore of Lake Ontario Grand FoyerDillon VanDemortel POSTER: Evaluating Nutrient Function of Coastal Wetland Reconnections and Restorations: The H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program, Ohio, USA Grand FoyerLauren Kinsman-Costello POSTER: Lake Sturgeon Restoration: Reestablishment of the Genesee River Local Population in Lake Ontario. Grand FoyerDawn Dittman POSTER: Nutrient Limitation in wetland phytoplankton: Is nitrogen limitation more common than we previously thought? Grand FoyerJacob Cianci-Gaskill POSTER: Oneida Bird Monitoring Program's Outreach and Community Engagement Grand FoyerSarah Baughman • Joe Torres POSTER: Rooted in Sustainability: Empowering Farmers to Protect the Great Lakes through Ecosystem Services Grand FoyerJumanah Khan POSTER: Sediment-surface water nutrient exchange across vegetation patches in a diked Lake Erie wetland Grand FoyerMichael Back POSTER: The Dynamics and Human-Health implications of Microcystin Occurence at Lake Erie Beaches Grand FoyerGarrett Moots POSTER: We're Back to Dr. Seuss's "As bad in Lake Erie" Grand FoyerMarya Czech POSTER: Wetland restoration impacts on vegetation composition in Lake Ontario coastal wetlands. Grand FoyerAdellia Baker POSTER: Wild Rice Recovery Pilot Study Grand FoyerCatherine Landis

7:00pm EDT

Reception and Keynote Presentations Grand BallroomSean Mahar

7:00am EDT

Bird walk through Cobb’s Hill Park Offsite Conference Registration Desk Open Grand Foyer

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Grand Ballroom Exhibits Open Grand Foyer

9:00am EDT

Opening Remarks Grand Ballroom

9:10am EDT

Keynote: Dish with One Spoon Thinking to Unite the Great Lakes Watershed Grand BallroomDr. Shannon Seneca

9:35am EDT

Keynote: Braddock Bay's Revival: A Case Study in Multi-Habitat, Climate Resilient Restoration for the Great Lakes Grand BallroomRachel Schultz

10:00am EDT

Break Grand Foyer

10:15am EDT

(OC 2) Great Lakes Littoral Cells: Overview and implications for coastal management, climate adaptation, and ecological restoration Breakout Room 1Stevie Adams • Pete Zuzek (OC 4) Prioritizing what, for whom, and to what end? A synopsis of 25 years of Great Lakes coastal conservation planning Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Doug Pearsall A framework to facilitate habitat conservation for marsh birds in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Michael Monfils

10:30am EDT

(OC 2) Probabilistic predictions of beach recovery to inform Great Lakes coastal resilience planning Breakout Room 1Stevie Adams • Ethan Theuerkauf (OC 4) The Sterling-Wolcott Integrated Watershed Action Plan: Implementing the Great Lakes Action Agenda (GLAA) Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Emily Fell • Anthony S. Eallonardo Jr. Wetland conservation sustains marshbird populations in an urbanized landscape Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Sarah Saunders

10:45am EDT

(OC 2) Sensitive Structures: Contextual Responses to Sediment Management Breakout Room 1Stevie Adams • Sean Burkholder (OC 4) Obtawaing Biosphere Region: Fostering relationships and advancing sustainability at the heart of the Great Lakes Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Samantha Nellis • Dani Fegan Holistic Marsh Habitat Restoration at Lakeview Wildlife Management Area Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Andrew Hinickle • Matthew Wagner

11:00am EDT

(OC 2) Going Beyond the Polarity of “Beach or Beach House” to Achieve Climate Resilient Great Lakes Coasts Breakout Room 1Stevie Adams • Mary Khoury (OC 4) Lake Superior Headwaters Sustainability Partnership: Visioning for the Future Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Gini Breidenbach Oneida Bird Monitoring Program: Connecting Community Science, Oneida Knowledge, and Management Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Erin Giese • Joe Torres

11:15am EDT

(OC 2) Planning, Policy, and Legal Challenges in Managing Great Lakes Coastal Shorelands Breakout Room 1Stevie Adams • Richard K. Norton (OC 4) Landscape-Scale Implementation of the Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Restoration Assessment Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Kurt Kowalski Success and Challenges of the 2024 Great Lakes Piping Plover Season Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Tom Prestby

11:30am EDT

(OC 4) Identification of Ecologically Significant Areas and Areas Under Pressure Along the Canadian Great Lakes Coastal Margin Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Anders Holder • Richard Kavanagh • Greg Mayne Harnessing muskrat den impacts to improve wetland diversity and bird conservation Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Leo Chan Gaskins (OC 2) Panel Discussion: Supporting sediment transport so it supports us Breakout Room 1Stevie Adams • David Clarke

11:45am EDT

(OC 4) The Wisconsin Lake Superior Collaborative’s Headwaters to Coast Initiative Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Lacey Hill Kastern • Mitchell Baalman The Illinois Coastal Stopover Tool: a one-stop shop for migratory management needs Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Jennifer Fuller

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

1:00pm EDT

(OC 4) Saginaw Bay to Western Lake Erie Coastal Wetland Conservation Blueprint Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Benjamin Frey Identifying Islands of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Region Priorities for Conservation Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Jessica Collier • Matt Preisser The City of Buffalo Coastal Resiliency Study: planning for current and future Lake Erie storm surges Breakout Room 1Jim Luke • Anthony S. Eallonardo Jr.

1:15pm EDT

(OC 4) The H2Ohio Wetland Restoration & Wetland Monitoring Programs: Managing Wetland Restoration for Water Quality Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Janice Kerns Niagara River Greenway Ecological Enhancement Projects, 15 Years of Cumulative Benefits Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Erin Redding Ecosystem Assessment towards the Prioritization of Coastal Resiliency Projects in Lake Erie's Eastern Basin Communities Breakout Room 1Jim Luke • Jeanne Beiter

1:30pm EDT

(OC 4) Cultivating Science-Policy-Practitioner Partnerships in Wetland Restoration Breakout Room 3Liz Berg • Olivia Schloegel Sandusky Bay Ecosystem Restoration Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Katelyn Beckemeyer • Ashlee Decker Waterfront Integrated Restoration Prioritization: A Tool for Improving Aquatic Habitat Breakout Room 1Jim Luke • John Stille

1:45pm EDT

Creating Wetlands on Confined Disposal Facilities Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Andrea Chreston Assessing the sensitivity and resiliency of Lake Superior coastal wetland habitats to climate change Breakout Room 1Jim Luke • Mike Smale (OC 4) Continuing the Conversation; Panel Discussion and Open Exchange Breakout Room 3Liz Berg

2:00pm EDT

The Battles at Brandon Road Breakout Room 2Stephanie Beilke • Loren Wobig Expanding Your Toolbox: Accounting for Climate Change with a Wholistic Approach to Coastal Resilience Breakout Room 1Jim Luke • Carlin Grundemann

2:15pm EDT

Break Grand Foyer

2:30pm EDT

Closing Remarks Grand BallroomJanice Kerns