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Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/04/2016
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Calumet College
Categories
The Summit brings natural and social scientists together with planners and policy makers to interact with those who manage the Wolf Lake watershed. During the morning session, participants will determine the status of recommendations from past scientific studies on the Wolf Lake watershed. We will determine which recommendations have been implemented, which ones are awaiting funding, and which ones are no longer relevant or feasible. We will then discuss how participants prioritized the viable recommendations in advance of the Summit.
Morning Session:
Among the objectives and outcomes of the morning session is to: ‘remind land managers of the recommendations of these studies, particularly to new personnel ‘suggest to land managers that some of these recommendations might be thrown into the mix when planning future research needs, which will be discussed further in the afternoon ‘form a baseline data base for future use by land managers and planners’ fulfill one of the objectives of the Wolf Lake Vision document. During the final segment of the morning session, we will review the 2002 BioBlitz at the WolfLake watershed to determine what should follow.
Afternoon Session
Among the objectives and outcomes of the morning session is to: ‘remind land managers of the recommendations of these studies, particularly to new personnel ‘suggest to land managers that some of these recommendations might be thrown into the mix when planning future research needs, which will be discussed further in the afternoon ‘form a baseline data base for future use by land managers and planners’ fulfill one of the objectives of the Wolf Lake Vision document. During the final segment of the morning session, we will review the 2002 BioBlitz at the WolfLake watershed to determine what should follow.
Afternoon Session
At the Summit’s afternoon session, with a panel of land manager and planners, we will discuss how the morning session might influence current research and planning efforts. Another objective of the session would be to inform other stakeholders and neighbors to the watershed of these plans as an update to the 2000-01 Wolf Lake Vision document.
Thus, a second purpose of the summit is to tie research to planning. The Summit will encourage government officials to pursue with greater vigor some of the major bi-state concerns, such as restoration of Indian Creek, discharges from Wolf Lake Terminals, connection of Wolf and Powderhorn lakes, recommendations for Calumet Container site, and extension of trails in the bi-state area.
Thus, a second purpose of the summit is to tie research to planning. The Summit will encourage government officials to pursue with greater vigor some of the major bi-state concerns, such as restoration of Indian Creek, discharges from Wolf Lake Terminals, connection of Wolf and Powderhorn lakes, recommendations for Calumet Container site, and extension of trails in the bi-state area.
Should there be subsequent summits? If so, what should be their focus?
Finally , we will take a look at the big picture and discuss how the Wolf Lake watershed connects with other watersheds in the Calumet Region.
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