The Dynamic Great Lakes: Anticipating and Adapting to Change
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
9:00am - 4:00pm
Lincoln Room, Kellogg Center
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Introduction
Changes are constantly occurring in the Great Lakes due to a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources, such as exotic species introduction, water level fluctuations, contaminants, and climate change. This conference will address some of these key topic areas and highlight some of the latest research and management efforts being developed to assess critical issues facing the Great Lakes. The conference is free and open to the public; however, advanced registration by Friday, March 2 is requested.
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Morning Moderator - Dr. Bill Taylor, Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing | |
| 9:15 | The Great Lakes Renaissance - Frank Ruswick, Deputy Director, MDEQ Office of the Great Lakes, Lansing, MI | |
| 10:00 | The Invasive Spiny Water Flea: Disrupting Great Lakes Food Webs through Eating and Scaring Zooplankton Prey - Scott Peacor, Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing | |
| 10:45 | BREAK | |
| 11:00 | Lake Tribal Fishing: An Overview of the 2000 Consent Decree - Nick Popoff, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Charlevoix, MI | |
| 11:30 | Rivermouths and the Great Lakes: Freshwater Estuaries in Freshwater Seas - Jeff Schaeffer, Research Fishery Biologist, USGS, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| Afternoon Session | ||
| 1:30 | Ocean and Great Lakes Literacy - Steve Stewart, Senior District Extension Sea Grant Educator, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Clinton Township, MI | |
| 2:15 | BREAK | |
| 2:30 | Asian carp eDNA - Christopher L. Jerde, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN | |
| 3:15 | Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Progress and Promise - Mary Bohling, Extension Educator, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Lincoln Park, MI | |
| 4:00 | Adjourn | |
| Conference sponsor(s) Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Institute of Water Research, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Office of the Great Lakes. Support provided by Water Resources Research Program, US Geological Survey. |
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