Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring: Providing a Basis for Prioritizing and Evaluating Restoration

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1 Webinar Series Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring: Providing a Basis for Prioritizing and Evaluating Restoration

2 Webinar Agenda Coastal Wetland Priorities under the GLRI Kevin O Donnell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program Donald Uzarski, Central Michigan University Accessing and Using Coastal Wetland Data Matthew Cooper, Central Michigan University SOGL Coastal Wetland Funding Opportunity Todd Hogrefe, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation o o Q&A breaks Webinar recording/slides at:

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8 Lake Superior State University University of Minnesota-Duluth Environment Canada University of Wisconsin Oregon State University Grand Valley State University Michigan DEQ Bird Studies Canada University of Windsor SUNY-Brockport University of Notre Dame

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24 Shrub Swamp Wet Meadow Cattail Bulrush Aquatic Bed

25 Mid 1990s Vanderbilt Park Coastal Wetland Saginaw Bay, MI Mid 1990s 2012 Pinconning Coastal Wetland, Saginaw Bay, MI

26 Wetland Wetland Shore

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28 Wetland Wetland Shore

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33 A Basin-wide Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program: Accessing site-level wetland data Matthew J. Cooper Institute for Great Lakes Research, Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

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43 Requesting data To learn more about the needs for a particular wetland, contact Todd Hogrefe ( , todd.hogrefe@nfwf.org)... Send: Site number(s) Specific questions We will then extract the available data from the database, interpret it, and generate a summary. This information will be delivered to the requester via Todd Hogrefe. 11

44 Hypothetical data request Cedarville, MI 12

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50 Contact Todd Hogrefe at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (612) Site number: 630 Specific questions We will return a summary of: IBI scores and interpretation Chemical/physical conditions Other site-level observations 18

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52 2015 Funding Opportunity Request For Proposals at: Pre-proposal due date: Feb 18 Anticipated funding: $5 7 million Grant size: $25,000 $1.5 million Funding categories Stream and Riparian Restoration Coastal Wetland Restoration

53 SOGL Coastal Wetland Restoration Primary Strategies Restore aquatic connectivity Passage structures Removal of hard structures Sediment removal Improve hydrology Water control techniques Sediment management Improve habitat structure Invasive species control Native plant restoration Photo: Ducks Unlimited

54 SOGL Coastal Wetland Priorities Priority to projects on non-federal lands that restore wetlands where monitoring data have been processed by the Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program Priority wetland info: Priority lists: Map: Specific restoration needs identified for monitored wetlands Projects that address those specific needs will be more competitive Contact Todd Hogrefe for more info

55 Contact Information Kevin O Donnell, U.S. EPA, odonnell.thomas@epa.gov Donald Uzarski, Central Michigan University, uzars1dg@cmich.edu Matthew Cooper, Central Michigan University, mcooper3@nd.edu Todd Hogrefe, NFWF, todd.hogrefe@nfwf.org o Webinar recording/slides at: Photo: Bird Studies Canada Photo: Little River Band of Ottawa Indians