The Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program (GLCWMP): Measuring Ecosystem Condition Basin-Wide
Date/Time: July 22, 2022, 12 PM – 1 PM
Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar (MWA member registrants will receive a Zoom link before the webinar)
Webinar Description:
Dr. Don Uzarski of Central Michigan University’s Institute for Great Lakes Research (CMU), Dr. Matt Cooper (CMU), and Todd Redder, Senior Environmental and Water Resource Engineer at LimnoTech will discuss the Great Lakes Coastal Monitoring Program (GLCWMP). The GLCWMP involves monitoring of Great Lakes coastal wetland biota, habitat, and water quality to provide information on coastal wetland condition using fish, birds, calling anurans, wetland vegetation, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and water quality. Presenters will cover the development and implementation of the program and provide examples of how these data can be accessed and used.
Instructors:
- Dr. Don Uzarski: Professor of Biology at Central Michigan University (CMU), Director of CMU’s Institute for Great Lakes Research, and Director of CMU’s Beaver Island Biological Field Station.
- Dr. Matt Cooper: Research Assistant Professor at CMU’s Institute for Great Lakes Research and Instructor of Life Sciences at Muskegon Community College.
- Todd Redder, PE: Senior Environmental and Water Resources Engineer at LimnoTech
Cost: Free to MWA Members