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Appendix
A
November 23, 1999 program for the technology transfer session for soft engineering of shorelines sponsored by the Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative
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8:30 AM
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Registration and Coffee |
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9:30 AM
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Welcome and Introductions
- Nettie Seabrooks, Chief of Staff for Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer; Peter
Stroh, Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Greater Detroit American
Heritage River Initiative; The Honorable John D. Tennant, Consul General
for Canada in Detroit |
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9:45 AM
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Multi-Objective Soil
Bioengineering Riverbank Restoration - Alton P. Simms, Robbin B. Sotir
& Associates, Inc. |
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10:15 AM
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McDonald Park Wetland
Rehabilitation Project (St. Clair River) - Don Hector, Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources |
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10:45 AM
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Achieving Integrated
Habitat Enhancement Objectives for Lake Superior - Ken Cullis, Lake Superior
Management Unit |
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11:15 AM
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Comparison of Soil Bioengineering
and Hard Structures for Shore Erosion Control - Costs and Effectiveness
- Tim Patterson, Environment Canada |
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11:45 AM
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Overcoming regulatory
challenges and making it happen (brief commentaries from David Gesl, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers; Stan Taylor, Essex Region Conservation Authority;
Andrew Hartz, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality; Moderator:
John Gannon, US Geological Survey) |
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Noon
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Lunch |
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1:00 PM
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Battle Creek River,
Bringing Back the Banks - Doug Denison, JJR, Inc. |
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1:30 PM
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Fish and Wildlife Habitat
and Shoreline Treatments - A Toronto Region Conservation Authority Perspective
- Gord McPherson, Toronto Region Conservation Authority |
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2:00 PM
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Coffee Break |
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2:15 PM
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Constructing Islands
for Habitat Rehabilitation in the Upper Mississippi River - Barry L. Johnson,
U. S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center |
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2:45 PM
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Panel Discussion of
Where and How Can Soft Engineering be used? Panelists: Ernest Burkeen,
Detroit Parks and Recreation; John Blanchard, General Motors Corporation;
Faye Langmaid, City of Windsor; Wendy White, National Steel Corporation;
Hurley Coleman, Wayne County Parks; Joe Derkowski, Ford Motor Land Development
Corporation; Moderators: Mark Breederland, Michigan Sea Grant and John
Gannon, US Geological Survey) |
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3:45 PM
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Concluding Remarks -
Curt Boller, Supervisor of Brownstown Township; John Hartig, River Navigator
for the Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative |
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4:00 PM
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Adjourn |
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