Wisconsin’s Great Lakes

Areas of Concern Meeting

November 3-4, 2011Green Bay, Wisconsin

Explore and Restore – Transferring and Transforming our Successes

For example, from Sheboygan River AOC this might include:Stacy Hron, Vic Pappas and Debbie BeyersPaula Bizot, NOAA (NRD assessment)Patrick Forsythe, UW-GB (fisheries biologist, was with USFWS)Betsy Galbraith, USFWS (NRD assessment)Jon Gumtow, private consultant, SRBP board member, Pete Pittner, private consultant, SRBP board member

 

 

Audience = estimate about 60 attendeesAgency staff and citizen/stakeholders working on Wisconsin’s Areas of Concern  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources AOC project

coordinators• WDNR Office of Great Lakes staff• WDNR biologists, water resource staff and other working in AOCs• EPA Great Lakes National Program Office (John Perrecone, Liz LaPlante,

Judy Beck)• US Fish & Wildlife biologists, coordinators (Pat Collins, others)• University of Wisconsin Extension natural resource educators• Citizen advisory committee members• Technical advisory committee members• Consultant/contractors working in AOCs• Great Lakes Commission staff working in AOCs (Matt Doss, Heather

Braun)• Invited guests from other AOCs (Michigan, New York, Ontario)

Goals1. Strengthen Communication Network to provide a forum for Wisconsin Areas of Concern staff and citizen/technical committee members to meet and share project information, exchange ideas and discuss issues of common interest. 2. Coordinate strategies, plans, evaluations to provide a face-to-face opportunity to discuss and coordinate delisting strategies, Remedial Action Plans and ways of measuring success as a state and in collaboration with EPA’s guidelines.

Friday, Nov 4 Tundra Lodge Resort & Conference Center8:30am-2:30pmDiscussion of Statewide Public Advisory CouncilBreakout sessions: sediment, outreach, CACs, etc.

Field trip to Green Bay Contaminated Sediment Facility

DRAFT Meeting at a glanceThursday, Nov 3 Heritage Hill State Historical Park10:30am - dinnerUpdates from Wisconsin’s Areas of ConcernDiscussion on RAP 2, Delisting StrategiesDisplays of outreach materials/project postersWalking tour of Heritage HillDinner on-siteLodging at Tundra Lodge

Please join us!

November 3-4, 2011

Green Bay, Wisconsin