GREATSEA GRANT LAKESNETWORK Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan MICHIGAN SEA GRANT WELCOMES YOU TO THE REGIONAL MEETING FOR NETWORKING, LEARNING, AND FUN! SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2019 greatlakesseagrant.com/network-meeting #GLSGN | #GreatLakes | #ZeroWaste TABLE OF CONTENTS Zero waste overview ..........3 Schedule at a glance ............4 Session details .....................6 Monday ...........................6 Tuesday ...........................7 Wednesday ....................10 Thursday .......................13 Plenary speakers ...............16 #GLSGN Field trips .........................18 #GreatLakes Maps ...............................19 Restaurants ......................21 #ZeroWaste Acknowledgments .............23 2 GREAT LAKES SEA GRANT NETWORK MEETING | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan OUR GOAL FOR RETHINK. REFUSE. REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE. We are determined to create minimal waste at this year’s regional network meeting. In order to meet our zero waste goal, we have taken a number of steps that we need your help implementing before, during, and after the conference. Help us help the planet! For example, the planning committee has collaborated with the hotel to eliminate single use plastics from the event, maximize availability of reusable materials, and separate out compostable waste during breakfast that can be delivered to local farms and facilities. We intentionally did not print copies of this program, and we have schedules posted around the event to help you make your way to sessions on time. We encourage you to take these simple steps to reduce waste at the meeting: • Use your own name tag, water bottle, and coffee/tea container/mug. • Take advantage of the cloud for document sharing. • Refuse straws at restaurants and bars. • Recycle as much paper and plastic as possible at the lobby Recycling Center. • Place the “Do Not Disturb” sign on your hotel room door so your room will not be serviced, and towels and sheets will not be changed unless absolutely necessary. #ZeroWaste 3 GREAT LAKES SEA GRANT NETWORK MEETING | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 2019 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Meeting SCHEDULESchedule AT at a GlanceA GLANCE Monday - September 16, 2019 Time Activity/Session Location Pre-conference workshop – MI Paddle Stewards 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Sault Country Club (register separately in advance) Ramada Plaza 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm Registration Ojibway Hotel Lobby Karl’s Cuisine 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Welcome reception (Appetizers and Cash Bar) Restaurant Tuesday - September 17, 2019 Time Activity/Session Location 7:00 am - Registration Hotel lobby 7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast Freighters Restaurant Welcome Addresses and Opening Remarks • Catherine Riseng, Interim Director, Michigan Sea Grant • Linda Hoath, Executive Director, Sault Area Convention and Visitors 8:00 am – 9:30 am Plenary Bureau Freighters Restaurant • Jason Smith, Biologist, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians • Jonathan Pennock, Director, NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program 9:30 am – 10:00 am Coffee break Freighters Restaurant • Deborah Lee, Director, NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental 10:00 am – 10:50 am Plenary Freighters Restaurant Research Laboratory IGNITE Session (Speed Presentations) Great strides toward green Macarthur infrastructure in the Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species Osborn Concurrent 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Professional Development – The Power sessions Captains Lounge of Positive Confrontation Marine Debris Action Plan (working Portage meeting) 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch (on your own) 4 GREAT LAKES SEA GRANT NETWORK MEETING | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan City Hall (Off-site) Directors meeting (Begins at 1pm with Commission Concurrent working lunch) Chambers – 3rd Floor management Program Leaders meeting Freighters Restaurant 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm meetings Communicators meeting Portage Research Coordinators meeting Captains Lounge CGLL meeting Macarthur Great Lakes Clean Marinas Meeting Lobby Meeting Room Professional Development – Art and 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Osborn Sessions Science Showcase 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Sea Grant Film Festival Osborn 5:00 pm - ? Dinner (on your own) Wednesday - September 18, 2019 Time Activity/Session Location 7:00 am – 8:45 am Breakfast Freighters Restaurant 8:00 am – 8:45 am Crude moves team meeting (working meeting) Lobby Meeting Room Special Sea Grant Carnival – A world café of diverse 9:00 am - 10:30 am Macarthur session topics from around the region 10:30 am – 11:00 am Transition Harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes Portage basin Concurrent Sea Grant’s role in the Great Lakes Blue 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Macarthur sessions Economy Great Lakes Sea Grant Aquaculture Osborn Collaborative (working meeting) 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Box lunches distributed and field trips depart Hotel Lobby Tour 1: Tribal Natural Resource Management Tour 2: Commercial Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Northern Great Lakes 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm Field Trips Off-site Tour 3: Diversifying Small Coastal Town Economies Tour 4: Paddling the Great Lakes (extra cost) 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Cocktail hour (Entertainment & Cash Bar) Captains Lounge 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner Freighters Restaurant 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm Awards and Entertainment Freighters Restaurant 5 GREAT LAKES SEA GRANT NETWORK MEETING | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Thursday - September 19, 2019 Time Activity/Session Location 7:00 am – 8:45 am Breakfast buffet Freighters Restaurant Fisheries Heritage Tourism (breakfast informational 8:00 am – 8:45 am Freighters Restaurant session) 8:00 am – 8:45 am Water levels outreach coordination (working meeting) Freighters Restaurant Emerging Contaminants & Microplastics Macarthur Watershed collaboration on nutrient Osborn Concurrent runoff issues and emerging opportunities 9:00 am - 10:30 am sessions Supporting communities facing high water Portage level events CSMI (working meeting) Captains Lounge 10:30 am - 10:45 am Transition Weather & Climate Resilience Macarthur Concurrent 10:45 am - 12:15 pm Sea Grant and Great Lakes Fisheries Osborn sessions Professional Development - Social Science Captains Lounge Think Tank: Real Guidance for Real Projects Outside (weather 12:20 pm – 12:45 pm Fun closing activity & group photo permitting) 12:45 pm - Safe travels to all! SESSION DETAILS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019: WELCOME RECEPTION Welcome to the 2019 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network meeting! Michigan Sea Grant is delighted to be hosting this year’s gathering in beautiful Sault Ste. Marie. We chose our downtown venue so our Sea Grant family to experience the charm of this area, be within walking distance of the Locks, great restaurants, and other historical sites. We hope you will relax, enjoy, network, learn, and have fun while you are here. On Monday evening, we invite you to meet and greet from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Karl’s Cuisine. The restaurant is a short walk away, but if you need a ride we can make arrangements -- just let Ashley or Renae know at the registration desk. Appetizers, non-alcoholic drinks provided. Cash bar. Karl’s Cuisine www.karlscuisine.com 447 W Portage Ave (906) 253-1900 Sault Ste. Marie, MI 6 GREAT LAKES SEA GRANT NETWORK MEETING | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 8–9:30 am, Plenary • Catherine Riseng, Interim Director, Michigan Sea Grant • Linda Hoath, Executive Director, Sault Area Convention and Visitors Bureau • Brad Silet, Lead Fisheries Biologist, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians • Jonathan Pennock, Director, NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program 10:00–10:50 am, Plenary continues • Deborah Lee, Director, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Ignite Segments: • One Thing - Cindy Hudson (MISG) • Tribal Connections - Elliot Nelson (MISG) • Tips To Not Be a Program Trash Monster - Meaghan Gass (MISG) Location: Freighters Restaurant 11:00 am–12:30 pm, Concurrent Sessions GREAT STRIDES TOWARDS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GREAT LAKES Organizers: John Bilotta (University of Minnesota), Eliana Brown (IISG), Julia Noordyk (WISG), and Kara Salazar (IISG) This session will provide an opportunity for Sea Grant and NOAA associates to gather around the Sea Grant Green Infrastructure (GI) and Stormwater Community of Practice established more than four years ago. It will highlight several GI programs from across the network, provide an opportunity to share innovative GI work, discuss how GI efforts may be a part of 2019 Sea Grant vision plans, and devise a new leadership team for the Community of Practice for 2020. Session agenda (PDF) Location: Macarthur Room 7 GREAT LAKES SEA GRANT NETWORK MEETING | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES Organizers: Doug Jensen (MNSG) and Mark Malchoff (LCSG) Our Great Lakes-Lake Champlain region is addressing many aquatic invasive species through a comprehensive approach of addressing issues that interrupt pathways through policy, outreach, management and control. Come learn about where we are headed, progress being made and lessons learned through community outreach events and local management. Session agenda (PDF) Location: Osborn Room PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - THE POWER OF POSITIVE CONFRONTATION Organizer: Cindy Hudson (MISG) Conflict and confrontations can be uncomfortable for everyone. Instead of avoiding, or exploding, learn practical skills to help handle conflicts at work, at home, online, and in LIFE! Based on the must-read book “The Power of Positive Confrontation” by Barbara Pachter. Location: Captains Lounge MARINE DEBRIS ACTION PLAN - WORKING MEETING Organizers: Sarah Orlando and Jill Bartolotta (OHSG) The NOAA Great Lakes Marine Debris Action Plan was created