8:00-9:00

Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Poster Setup in KI Lobby

9:00-10:30

Opening Remarks and State of the Lake/State of the Bay Plenary (Ballroom A1/2)

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break - Lobby

Ballroom A4

Ballroom A3

Ballroom A2

Contaminants and Sediment Remediation Moderator:
Marc Tuchman

Coastal Habitat Protection, Restoration, and LaMP Targets/Indicators
Moderator: Kate Barrett

International Perspective: Beach Programs and Research in Scotland, Canada and U.S.
Moderator: Sheridan Haack, USGS

Time

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Presented by / Title

Presented by / Title

11:00-11:20

K.L. Stromborg et al.
Decreasing organochlorine pollutant concentrations in Lake Michigan Red-breasted Merganser eggs from 1969-2002 demonstrate environmental improvements

G. Niemi et al.
Development of Environmental Indicators for the U.S. Great Lakes Coastal Region - A Summary of Applications to Lake Michigan Wetlands

Calum McPhail
Predict & Protect: Water Quality Signage for Bathing Waters in Scotland

11:20-11:40

C. Brooks et al.
The Great Lakes Environmental and Molecular Sciences (GLEAMS) Center: A Decision Support System for Understanding Ecological and Human Health Risks from PCB Contamination

R. Howe et al.
What do birds and amphibians tell us about the health of Lake Michigan’s coastal zone?

Murray Charlton
Canada’s Beach Program

11:40-12:00

G. Bayer et al.
Dealing with Discovery of DNAPL During Dredging in the Dry

V. Brady et al.
A Comparison of Coastal Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages between Lake Michigan and the Other Great Lakes

Al Dufour
Beach Programs and Research in the United States

12:00-1:00

Lunch and Speaker, WI Representative Jon Richards

Ballroom A4

Ballroom A3

Ballroom A2

Contaminants and Sediment Remediation -Continued
Moderator:
Marc Tuchman

Coastal Habitat Protection, Restoration, and LaMP Targets/Indicators -Continued
Moderator: Kate Barrett

Pathogens and Forecasting Models
Moderator: Greg Kleinheinz, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Time

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1:10-1:30

M. W. Jury
Lower Fox River Operable Unit 1 Remedy Through 2005

T. Reed et al.
Using monitoring data to evaluate benthic community change in Green Bay 1955 – 1994

Joan Rose et al.
Waterborne Viruses and Human Sewage on Lake Michigan Beaches

1:30-1:50

M. Tuchman et al.
Great Lakes Legacy Act: Update on the Ruddiman Creek (Muskegon Lake AOC) Sediment Remediation Project

Edward S. Rutherford
Status and Trends in Inventory and Classification of Lake Michigan’s Coastal Fisheries Habitats

Sandra McClellan
Occurrence of Genetic Markers for Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Lake Michigan and Relationship to Human and Non-Human Source of Fecal Pollution

1:50-2:10

J. P. Hurley et al.
Bioavailability of Mercury in Contaminated Systems in the Great Lakes Basin

S. D. Mackey and R. R. Goforth
Lake Michigan Nearshore Habitat, Protection, and Restoration

Greg Olyphant and Mark Pfister
SwimCast: Its Physical and Statistical Basis

Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms
Moderators: Harvey Bootsma and Gary Fahnenstiel

2:10-2:30

A. D. Steinman et al.
Ecological status of Muskegon Lake

D. Goldfarb
Restoring Urban-Industrial Habitats of IH&SC/Grand Calumet River AOC

Donna Francy et al.
Nowcasting Bacteria Levels and Beach Advisories at Lake Erie Beaches

2:30-2:50

G. J. Warren and P. J. Horvatin
Long-term Trends in Offshore Nutrient Concentrations.

Mark Mittag et al.
A Watershed Process to Quantify and Facilitate Ecosystem Improvements Through Flow Regime Restoration

Richard Whitman and Meredith Nevers
E. coli Predictive Model Efficacy Among Various Time and Geographic Scales

2:50-3:20

Break - Lobby

Ballroom A4

Ballroom A3

Ballroom A2

Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms-Continued
Moderators: Harvey Bootsma and Gary Fahnenstiel

Coastal Habitat Protection, Restoration, and LaMP Targets/Indicators -Continued
Moderator: Kate Barrett

Discussion of State and Local Beach Issues
Moderator: Sheridan Haack, USGS

Time

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Presented by / Title

Presented by / Title

3:20-3:40

P. Garrison et al .
Nearshore Nutrient Monitoring on Lake Michigan and Cladophora

J. Smith
Cat Island Chain Restoration in the Lower Green Bay AOC

States Report for Beach Monitoring Programs and Issues
State representatives for beach monitoring programs

3:40-4:00

K. Caldwell et al.
Shallow Water Habitat Mapping of the Wisconsin Coast of Lake Michigan

B. Kavetsky
U. S. FISH and Wildlife Service Coastal Program: A Partner in Restoration of the Great Lakes Basin

States Report/ Discussion (Continued)

Coastal Dynamics
Moderator: Gene Clark

4:00-4:20

E. Young et al.
The Recent Resurgence of Cladophora sp. on the Western Shore of Lake Michigan: Research Perspectives

T. Ambs
Great Lakes Water Management in Wisconsin

States Report/ Discussion (Continued)

4:20-4:40

H. A. Bootsma et al.
Phosphorus Dynamics in the Lake Michigan Nearshore Zone

P. Keillor
Improving the Resilience of Shorelines to Climate Change

States Report/ Discussion (Continued)

4:40-5:00

S. Davis-Faust and J. Janssen
Cladophora-Dreisennid Complexes and Beach Strandings

S. D. Mackey and M. G. Hahn
Inventory and Assessment of Lake Michigan Shoreline Erosion Control Structures in Racine County

States Report/ Discussion (Continued)

5:30-8:00

Poster Paper Reception - Hors d'oeuvres and Cash Bar

7:30-8:00

Continental Breakfast

Ballroom A4

Ballroom A3

Ballroom A1

Ballroom A2

Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms-Continued
Moderators: Harvey Bootsma and Gary
Fahnenstiel

Great Lakes Observing
Systems and Remote Sensing Tools
Moderator: David Hart

Sustainable Surface and Ground Water
Moderators: Jesse Elam and Jeff Wickencamp

Local Beach Issues
Moderator: Gary Becker, Mayor, Racine, WI

Time

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Presented by / Title

8:00-8:20

D. Dolan
Total Phosphorus Load Estimation:
Applying Lake Erie Methodology to Lake Michigan

R. Shuchman et al.
Using SeaWiFS derived water quality
parameters to characterize and monitor annual and inter-annual changes and relationships
within the Lake Michigan ecosystem

N. Frank
Integrated Water Policy and Management:
New Challenges and Strategies

Greg Kleinheinz et al.
A Multi-Tiered Approach to Beach Monitoring and Microbial Source-Tracking (MST)

8:20-8:40

T. Qualls et al.
Impact of Zebra Mussels on Trophic
State Indicators in Lower Green Bay

J. W. Chipman
LakeSat: Satellite
Remote Sensing of Green Bay and Lake Michigan

A. Harrington
Summary of Wisconsin Water Quantity
Regulation

Erika Jensen
The Impact of Stormwater Runoff on E. coli Levels at Lake Michigan Beaches

8:40-9:00

M. Schrimpf et al.
Trophic Status of southern Green Bay:
Persistence of a trophic gradient and recent changes in relative abundance of
cyanobacteria

G.A. Leshkevich and S. Liu
Environmental Monitoring of Lake Michigan Using CoastWatch Data and JAVA GIS

N. G. Grannemann
Water Availability and Use in the Great Lakes Basin

Sabina Shaikh
The Economic Value of Chicago Beaches

9:00-9:20

G. Fahnenstiel et al.
Microcystis and
microcystins in the Great Lakes: preliminary results from two coastal lakes

P. Wolter et al.
Land Use Changes in the Great Lakes Basin 1992 to 2001

K. R. Bradbury and D. J. Hart
Regional Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow Modeling in Southeastern Wisconsin

Elizabeth
Alm
Health Implications of Sand Bacteria

Monitoring, TMDLs, and the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study
Moderator: Elizabeth Hinchey Malloy

9:20-9:40

J. Val Klump et al.
Sediment and nutrient inputs, cycling,
and mass balance budgets in Green Bay and their implications for restoration

D. Hart
Developing a Dynamic and Distributed GIS to Support Coastal Management along the Great Lakes Coasts of Wisconsin

P. G. Heltne
Paradoxes in the Great Lakes Water
Resources Compact

Sheridan Haack et
al.
Identifying Potential Source Areas
and Environmental Factors Associated with Variations in Concentrations of Escherichia
coli at Selected Lake St. Clair Beaches

9:40-10:10

Break - Lobby

Ballroom A4

Ballroom A3

Ballroom A1

Ballroom A2

Monitoring,
TMDLs, and the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study-Continued
Moderator: Elizabeth
Hinchey Malloy

Great Lakes Observing
Systems and Remote Sensing Tools-Continued
Moderator: David Hart

Sustainable Surface and Ground Water Moderators: Jesse Elam and Jeff Wickencamp

Beach Issues for the Great Lakes Moderator: Bill Schuster, Door Co.,
WI Conservationist

Time

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Presented by / Title

Presented by / Title

Presented by / Title

10:10-10:30

K. J Fermanich et al. Monitoring
and Assessing Watershed Contributions of Sediment and Phosphorus to the Lower Fox River and Green Bay

R. Gauthier
The Great Lakes
Observing System (GLOS) and the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS)

J. A. Elam
Water Supply
Planning in the Southern Lake Michigan Region

Al Dufour et al.
Protecting Swimmer Health with Same Day Water Quality Monitoring Results for Bathing Beaches

Fisheries, Food Webs, and Aquatic Nuisance Species
Moderator: Phil Moy

Tourism  and Economics
Moderator: Judy Beck

10:30-10:50

P. D. Baumgart
Source Allocation
of Suspended Sediment and Phosphorus Loads to Green Bay from the Lower Fox
River Sub-basin using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)

B. T. De Stasio et al.
Green Bay zooplankton
communities: changes in abundance and community structure following invasion
by the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha

Judy Beck
GREAT LAKES
BASIN: Green Infrastructure and Nature Based Tourism

Ron Miller
Improved Water Quality through Illicit
Discharge Elimination Project Monitoring

10:50-11:10

H.J. Harris et al.
A total phosphorus and suspended solids TMDL framework for Lower Fox River and Green Bay Area of Concern (AOC) – Putting the pieces
together

A. Lederer et al.
Impacts of Round Gobies (Neogobius
melanostomus) on Dreissenids and Associated Benthic Invertebrates in Green
Bay, Lake Michigan

David Hart et al.
Great Lakes Circle Tour
Coastal Access Guide

11:10-11:30

P. Horvatin and G. Warren
Introduction to the Lake Michigan
Mass Balance Study

M. S. Kornis and J. Janssen
Why are alewives, a pelagic planktivore, attracted to rocky bottoms?

J. R. Stoll and R. B.
Ditton Tourism,
Economic Value, and Water Quality in the Fox-Wolf Basin Watershed

Randall Hicks et al. Dynamics of Fecal Coliforms and Sources of E. coli in Epilithic Periphyton
Communities

11:30-11:50

James J. Pauer et al. Application
of the Eutrophication Model, LM3-Eutro to Predict Long-term Phosphorus
and Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in Lake Michigan

P. J. Peeters
Changes in length and weight at
age for Lake Whitefish and Chinook Salmon demonstrate ripple effect of changes
in the Lake Michigan food web

John Karl
Wisconsin’s Maritime Trails

Scott Kendzierski
Bay Harbor Project

11:50-1:20

Lunch and Program: Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, Norman Grannemann, USGS and
Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Strategy, Shaili Pfeiffer, WDNR

Ballroom A4

Ballroom A3

Ballroom A2

Monitoring, TMDLs, and the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study-Continued
Moderator: Elizabeth Hinchey Malloy

Fisheries, Food Webs, and Aquatic Nuisance Species
Moderator: Phil Moy

Beach Issues for the Great Lakes-Continued
Moderator: Shannon Briggs, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Time

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Presented by / Title

Presented by / Title

1:30-1:50

D. H. Miller et al.
The LM-Eco Model: Development of an Ecosystem Model for Lake Michigan

M. Mangan
Yellow Perch Population Trends and Current Status in Green Bay

GLBA Business Meeting
Shannon Briggs, GLBA President

1:50-2:10

R. G. Kreis Jr. et al.
Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study: PCB Mass Balance and Forecast Modeling

M. Donofrio et al.
Northern Pike Within The West Shore Coastal Zone Of Green Bay

Allan Crowe et al.
Source of E. coli at Beaches along Shorelines of Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada

2:10-2:30

K. R. Rygwelski et al.
Forecasting the Transport and Fate of the Herbicide Atrazine in Lake Michigan Using Mass Balance Models

Toni Glymph
Beach Monitoring In Wisconsin

2:30-2:50

S. Westenbroek and G. Kohlhepp
Preliminary Results of the Lake Michigan Tributary Monitoring Project

R. Elliott
Status of Lake Sturgeon Populations in Green Bay and Lake Michigan

Charles Kovatch
Communicating Public Health Risk to Swimmers

2:50-3:10

Julie Kinzleman
The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration: A Strategy to Improve Coastal Health