9th Annual Freshwater Summit

Friday October 28, 2016Hagerty Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Great Lakes Campus

715 East Front Street, Traverse City, Michigan

AGENDA8:30 – 8:45am Welcome

Christine Crissman, Executive Director, The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

8:45 – 9:15am Opening Keynote: Status of the Battle to Keep Asian Carp Out of the Great LakesDr. John Dettmers, Director of Fisheries Management, Great Lakes Fisheries

Commission

9:15 – 10:15am Aquatic Invasive Species PanelInvasive Plants and Weeds – Why Care?Tyler Mitchell, Oakland County Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area

Coordinator

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

Great Lakes Invasive Fish: Some Thoughts on PerspectiveDave Clapp, Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station Manager, Michigan Department of

Natural Resources

Backyard Biology: The Threat of Invasive Crayfish in TradeSeth Herbst, Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator, Michigan Department of Natural

Resources

10:15 – 10:30am BREAK

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

Inland Lakes and Streams SessionModerator: Christine Crissman10:30 – 11:00am A Study of the Proliferation of Golden Brown Algae in Torch Lake

Rebecca Norris, Water Quality Committee Chair, Three Lakes Association

11:00 – 11:30am Sedimentation in the Chain of Lakes: A Tale of Two RiversRobert Kingon, Elk-Skegemog Lakes AssociationRachael Horn, Intern, Three Lakes Association

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

11:30am – 12:00pm Long Lake Water Quality Project: A Community Partnership to Prepare the Future Stewards of Inland LakesRick Kiehle and Len Klein, Long Lake AssociationConstanza Hazelwood, Program and Outreach Coordinator, Great Lakes Water Studies

InstituteChelsea Cooper and Jessica Rhodes, Interns, Freshwater StudiesPatrick McCool and Michelle Moore, Principal Research Scientists, Great Lakes

Environmental CenterRegional Watershed Session

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

Moderator: Mark Breederland10:30 – 11:15am Agriculture Sustainability and Impacts on Water Quality

Alex Bloye, Director of Aviation and UAS, Northwestern Michigan CollegeNikki Rothwell, Center Coordinator, Northwest Michigan Horticulture Research Station

11:15 – 12:00pm Spawning Reef Habitat Restoration and Mitigation of Invasive Species in Grand Traverse BayMatthew Herbert, Aquatic Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

12:00 – 1:00pm LUNCH

12:30 – 1:00pm Lunch Keynote: Freshwater Humanitarian Efforts in HondurasRob Dreer, Assistant Chief UAS Instructor, Northwestern Michigan College

1:00 – 1:30pm Michigan’s Latest Invader: Introduction and Potential Impacts of the New Zealand MudsnailMark Luttenton, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Biology, Grand

Valley State University

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

1:30 – 3:00pm LIGHTNING TALKS (8 minutes each, followed by Q&A)Update on Watershed Protection throughout the Grand Traverse Bay WatershedHeather Smith, Grand Traverse Baykeeper, The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay

Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes: Facilitating a Basin-Wide ResponseDr. Julianne Heinlein, Researcher/Algal Taxonomy, Great Lakes Environmental Center

Brown Bridge Quiet Area: 4 Years of Restoration

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

Steve Largent, Conservation Team Coordinator, Grand Traverse Conservation District

Crayfish Trends in Grand Traverse Bay Since 1989Jeanie Williams, Lead Scientist & Education Specialist, Inland Seas Education

Association

Global Connections: A Freshwater Studies Internship Experience at EARTH University in Costa RicaLauren Hucek, Student, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute

Notable Issues for the Great Lakes and Lake Michigan

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.

Mark Breederland, Educator, Michigan Sea Grant Extension

3:00pm EVALUATION & ADJOURN

Please take a few minutes before you leave to fill out the evaluation forms found at the registration table. Thank you for your valuable feedback.

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable, The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit is generously sponsored byorganized by The Watershed Center, Great Lakes Water StudiesInstitute, Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Great Lakes EnvironmentalCenter, Inland Seas Education Association, NOAA’s Office for CoastalManagement, and Grand Traverse Conservation District.