In the Lower Green Bay & Fox River Area of Concern, partners have worked together on a multi-step process for over a decade to develop fish and wildlife metrics, select habitat restoration sites and generate project concepts, and implement projects anticipated to meet goals for priority fish and wildlife habitats and population groups. Our presentation will summarize how this process has laid a foundation for the development of restoration designs across 12 large-scale projects. We'll also focus on how monitoring efforts being implemented at different scales, such as the Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program, Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Monitoring, and Citizen-Based Monitoring, are being leveraged to help guide the development of multi-faceted restoration criteria at Cat Island, Longtail Point, and the Duck Creek Delta restoration projects in Green Bay. Lastly, we'll provide examples of how these monitoring efforts will continue to be leveraged to verify that this science-based decision-making process has resulted in accomplishing fish and wildlife goals across projects in the Area of Concern.
