2002 Meeting

Environmental Round Table 2002
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico: Restoring and Preserving our Regional Ecosystems

November 12-14 , 2002
Monona Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin

Identifying High Quality Midwestern Ecosystems: EPA's Approach (John Perrecone, EPA Region V)
GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques for Identifying Restoration Targets in Watershed Studies (PPT, 52.5MB) (Ricardo Lopez, Environmental Sciences Center, National Exposure Research Lab, EPA, Las Vegas Nevada)
Great Lakes Tributary Planning Model (PPT, 340K) (Jan Miller, Great Lakes Regional Office, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, Corps of Engineers)
Rapid Assessment Point Method (PPT, 125K) (Roger Windhorn, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Illinois)

Adaptive Management of Invasive Species - Partnering with Federal agencies (Dr. Barry Rice, Associate Scientist, The Nature Conservancy Wildlife and Invasive Species Team)
PPT, 6.3MB

Updates on Invasive Species Currently in the Great Lakes and Mississippi Basins (PPT, 11.8MB) (Marc Tuchman, Great Lakes National Program Office, EPA)
Status of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Barrier (Beldon McPheron, Chicago District Corps of Engineers)PPT, 164K
Successes and Challenges of Controlling the Invasive Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes (Gavin Christie, Sea Lamprey Program Manager - Strategic Planning, Great Lakes Fishery Commission)PPT, 19.7MB
Proposed MOA Between MNRG Agencies; Use of an MNRG Invasive Species Web Page (John Perrecone, EPA Region V and Jane West, USFWS Region 3)

Breakout Intro: Invasive Species (PPT, 1.4MB)
I. Great Lakes ecosystems sediment and nutrient loading (hypoxia) (Facilitator: Roger Nanney, NRCS Illinois. Technical Expert: Jan Miller, COE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division)PPT, 71K
August 25, 2006 Mississippi River tributary nutrient and sediment loading (Gulf hypoxia) (Facilitator: Lyn Kirshner, NRCS. Technical Experts: Owen Dutt, COE St. Louis District and Teresa Woods, USFWS Region 3)
PPT, 23K
III. Great Lakes ecosystems invasive species (Facilitator: Marcia D'amato.EPA Great Lakes National Program Office. Technical Expert: Marc Tuchman EPA Great Lakes National Program Office)
PPT, 46K
IV. Mississippi River Basin ecosystems invasive species (Facilitator: Tom Magnuson, USFWS. Technical Experts: Sandy Noble, USFWS Region 3 and Jerry Rasmussen, USFWS)
Discussion: "Where do we go from here?" (BG Riley, Senior Leaders, and all).
Focus Area Leaders present top two actions that they can do to effectively address the situations of a) nutrient and sediment loading and b) invasive species, within their Focus Area, along with what they need to accomplish these actions.
Senior Leaders respond to Focus Area presentations and provide direction.

Guest Speaker: Mr. Ben Proctor, Upper Mississippi River Congressional Task Force

Introduction (Brigadier General Don T. Riley, Commander, Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
15-minute reports from Breakout session facilitators on:
- I. Resources to address nutrient and sediment loading (hypoxia) in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin
- II. Resources to address invasive species in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin
Discussion: "Where do we go from here?" (BG Riley, Senior Leaders & all)
Focus Area Leaders present top two actions that they can do to effectively address the situations of a) nutrient and sediment loading and b) invasive species, within their Focus Area, along with what they need to accomplish these actions.
Senior Leaders respond to Focus Area presentations and provide direction.