2026 Great Lakes Coastal Symposium

2026 Great Lakes Coastal Symposium

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9:00am EDT

Stewardship Event {pre-registration required} Offsite

11:30am EDT

Lunch on your own Offsite

1:00pm EDT

Assembly Welcome Banquet HallLiz Berg • Janice Kerns

1:15pm EDT

Mindful Moment Banquet HallChristine DeLoria

1:20pm EDT

Keynote: Great Lakes as Great Uniters: Envisioning the Great Lakes Horizon Banquet HallDr. Mike Shriberg

2:10pm EDT

Announcements Banquet HallLiz Berg

2:15pm EDT

Break with Exhibitors Banquet Hall

2:30pm EDT

Monitoring for diverse Great Lakes restoration needs with a focus on fisheries objectives HuronWes Bickford • Eric Ellis A Binational Framework for Resilient Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems ErieNate Kroeze Data to Decisions: Monitoring in Green Bay Meets Coastal Wetland Restoration Design Daisy/MarigoldJessica Brandt • Brianna Kupsky • Sam Schaick • Mandy Sharkey

2:45pm EDT

Measuring Restoration Success at Brandenburg Park HuronEric Ellis • Jill Estrada • Cleyo Harris Developing Great Lakes Resilience Metrics Towards a Common Understanding of Progress ErieSamantha Miller Restoration of the Hillman Marsh Barrier Beach and Wetland Daisy/MarigoldTomas Cuevas • Danker Kolijn • Seth Logan • Greg Mayne • Kevin Money • Ben Yahr • Pete Zuzek

3:00pm EDT

Monitoring connectivity of restored marsh channels: Braddock Bay as a case study on Lake Ontario HuronRachel Schultz Enhancing Coastal Resilience through Multi-Scale Communities of Practice and Sea Grant Partnerships ErieKat Cameron • Sarah Peterson Successful coastal wetland restoration in Lake Erie’s turbid estuaries without water management infrastructure Daisy/MarigoldMatthew Kovach

3:15pm EDT

Manoomin's Good Life: Wild Rice Monitoring and Restoration in Georgian Bay HuronFran Davis • Drew Gronewold • Shane Lishawa • Becky Pearson • Sam Schurkamp Design Development Framework and Theory of Change ErieTom Denbow Contrasting Landscapes, Shared Recovery: Ecological Restoration of Martin’s Run and the Black River Daisy/MarigoldLauren Corrigan • Kate Golden

3:30pm EDT

Monitoring reconnected diked wetlands: assessing site- and landscape-scale impacts HuronKurt Kowalski Sandusky Bay Restoration Framework ErieScudder Mackey Collaborative programming to increase coastal resilience through local capacity building and nature-based solutions Daisy/MarigoldBrendan Cousino • Tyler Hackett • Emily Kuzmick • Brandon Krumwiede • Becky Nicodemus

3:45pm EDT

Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Environmental Monitoring: Insights from the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program HuronKenny Anderson • Lauren Brown • Janice Kerns • Lauren Kinsman-Costello • Mary Ellen Klukow • Raissa Mendonca • Jessica Meyerson • Olivia Schloegel Sandusky Bay Initiative Implementation and Adaptive Management ErieAlexis McCarter Climate and Coastal Resiliency Implementation in Buffalo Niagara Daisy/MarigoldEmily Root

4:00pm EDT

Evaluating Sustain Our Great Lakes (SOGL) Restoration Outcomes for Birds HuronStephanie Beilke • Jenni Fuller • Sarah Saunders The Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study: Assessing Vulnerability Using Future Scenarios ErieMike Padilla • Cara Pattullo • Johnna Potthoff Climate-driven impacts on Great Lakes coastal habitat suitability for at-risk species in Michigan Daisy/MarigoldTyler Bassett • Helen D. Enander • Michael J. Monfils • Logan M. Rowe • Nicole J. Smith

4:15pm EDT

Regional Coastal Wetland Monitoring to Guide Restoration and Adaptive Management HuronMichael Grieve • Dan Moore Scoping a Lake Ontario Adaptation Atlas: Operational Landscape Units and Strategy Suitability for Shoreline Resilience ErieKristen Hychka • Rewa Phansalkar Lake Michigan Bluff Erosion: Geology, Lake Level and Management Impacts Daisy/MarigoldRichard (Ricky) Becker • John Yellich

4:30pm EDT

NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation Efforts to Address Environmental Priorities HuronRyan Darnton • Terry Heatlie • Cassie Lovall • Julie Simmons Modeling with the Community – Advancing Coastal Resilience through Stakeholder Engagement ErieJeanne Beiter Investigating invasive wetland plant biochar production coupled with harvesting to facilitate wetland biodiversity Daisy/MarigoldShane Lishawa • Brian Ohsowski

4:45pm EDT

Monitoring for diverse Great Lakes restoration needs – Panel Discussion HuronWes Bickford • Eric Ellis Panel: Basin-wide resilience implementation efforts ErieSamantha Miller Successful Phragmites Management at Tommy Thompson Park Daisy/MarigoldAndrea Chreston

5:00pm EDT

Happy Hour at the Hotel Banquet Hall

5:30pm EDT

Bus into town for dinner Offsite