Developing
a Basinwide Coalition
For
Research, Management and Education
October
3-4, 2006
The
Working AGENDA
Workshop goal:
To establish a Great
Lakes Sand Dune Ecosystem Coalition that will bring together all persons, both
in the U.S. and Canada, currently involved in sand dune related research,
education efforts, management, monitoring and other activities, in an effort to
share information and increase the awareness of this unique ecosystem.
Monday October 2 - Arrival
1:30pm Optional field trip to Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore
7:00pm Tanya Cabala, "History, Lore, and Legends of the Dunes"
Tuesday October 3 - Presentations on the state of the resource. We will run three successive sessions
Ø Research
Ø Resource management
Ø Education
8:30 Welcome
Goal: not only to share knowledge, but brainstorm needs/threats/opportunities in each area and end with the beginnings of a strategic management plan for Great Lakes Dunes and an agenda for continued interaction.
Karen Vigmostad, Director, Great Lakes Office, IJC
9:00 - 1:00 Information Sharing
9:00 - 10:15 Research
Dr. Mary-Louise Byrne/Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Session Chair
Dr. Alan Arbogast/Michigan State University
Dr. Ed Hansen/Hope College, MI
Dr. Jeff Dech/Nipissing University, Ontario
Dr. Deanna Van Dijk/Calvin College, MI
10:45 - 12:00 Management
Charlotte McCurdy/OH DNR Division of Natural Areas & Preserves, Session Chair
Jim Buchholz/WI State Parks
Juleigh Bookout/Michigan State University
Geoff Steadman/Consultant, The Ontario Dune Coalition, NY
Jayson Childs/Wilfrid Laurier University, Graduate Student
Corina Brdar/Ontario Parks, Eastern Region (invited)12:00 - 1:00 Education
Mark Breederland/MI Sea Grant Extension, Session Chair
Elizabeth Brockwell/Tillman/ Michigan DNR Gillette Nature Center
Wendy Smith/NPS Great Lakes Research and Education Center
Dolf DeJong/Ontario Parks-Bronte Creek Provincial Park
1:00 - 2:00 Formal
lunch with keynote speaker
Gary Gulezian, Director, USEPA
2:30 - 6:30 Field Trip
Point Betsie/The Nature Conservancy and Arcadia/Grand Traverse Conservancy
7:00 - 8:00 Informal buffet supper
8:00 - 9:30 Poster session
Wednesday October 4 - Workshop day: participants will be assigned to breakout groups to identify needs, threats, and strategies for cooperative action. Results will be compiled into a Basinwide Managment Strategy document to be used as a basis for basinwide collaboration going forward.
8:30 - 9:00 Plenary, assign to breakout groups, charge the groups with tasks
9:00 - 10:30 Breakout work session
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Plenary - compile recommendations, identify next steps
12:00 - 1:00 Pick up box lunch, eat in or take with you