Conference Presentations

The following are the available presentations (as Adobe Acrobat PDF files) from the 2009 Healing Our Waters Conference.

 

Thursday, September 10

Fulfilling The Promise – The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

• Fulfilling the Promise: Securing Permanent Funding for Great Lakes Restoration

Protecting and Restoring Lake Superior

• Lake Superior, Elizabeth LaPlante, US Environmental Protection Agency
• Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan Identifying and Reducing Chemicals of Concern, Carri Lohse-Hanson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Lake Superior Habitat Status and Challenges, Ann McCammon Soltis, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

“Great Waters” – A National Approach to Restoration

• A National Approach to Restoration:Unifying Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Efforts, Malia Hale, Director, National Restoration and Water Resources Campaigns, National Wildlife Federation
• Great Waters = Great Lakes, Gildo Tori, Ducks Unlimted

 

Friday, September 11

Implementing Great Lakes Restoration

• Implementing Great Lakes Restoration, Jill Ryan, Freshwater Future and Andy Buchsbaum, National Wildlife Federation

Geographic Priorities

• Great Lakes Environmental Indicators & High Resolution Mapping of Environmental Stress in the Great Lakes Basin, Lucinda Johnson, George Host, Tom Hollenhorst, Terry Brown and Gerry Sjerven, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
• Potential to Prioritize Great Lakes Restoration Efforts: Efforts of HOW Technical Advisory Committee, Michael Murray,Ph.D., National Wildlife Federation
• Prioritization in USDA Financial Assistance Programs, Patricia E. Norris, Michigan State University
• Cumulative threat mapping: a tool to guide Great Lakes restoration, David Allan & Peter McIntyre, University of Michigan and Ben Halpern, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis

Sustain Our Great Lakes Program

• Sustain Our Great Lakes, Todd Hogrefe, Assistant Director, Central Partnership Office, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Global Warming Adaptation And The Great Lakes

• Climate Resilient Communities: Preparing People and Wildlife for the Climate Challenges of Today and Tomorrow, Vicki Deisner, National Wildlife Federation
• Adapting to Climate Change In the Great Lakes, Bob Krumenaker, Superintendent, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, National Park Service, Bayfield, Wisconsin

Linking Great Lakes With Economic Recovery

• Great Lakes Restoration, and Economic Recovery, John C. Austin, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Director, Great Lakes Econ0mic Initiative

Clean Water Restoration Act

• Waters at Risk, Restoring the Clean Water Act in 2009, Darrell Gerber, Clean Water Action
• Annual Wetland Loss: U.S., Gildo Tori, Ducks Unlimited

The Future Of Water Management In The Great Lakes

• Water Management in the Great Lakes: The Role of Water Efficiency, Betsy Otto, American Rivers, Alliance for Water Efficiency

Developing The Healing Our Waters Restoration Implementation

• Developing Implementation Plans, Jill Ryan, Freshwater Future

 

Saturday, September 12

Recognizing A Global Resource

• RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGE: The Need for a 100 Year Vision for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Region

Restoration Implementation At The State Level

• Great Lakes Restoration: Minnesota Opportunities and Challenges, Darrell Gerber, Clean Water Action
• Great Lakes Restoration in the Empire State
• Great Lakes Restoration: Ohio Opportunities and Challenges, Ohio Environmental Council