WATERSHED PL ANNING CONFERENCE

7:30AM - 8:15AM 8:15AM

REGISTRATION Coffee and Rolls WELCOME - - Lakeview Tent

Joel Brennan, President & CEO - Discovery World Mayor Tom Barrett, City of Milwaukee Kevin Shafer, Executive Director - Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District (MMSD) Pat Marchese, Chair, Executive Steering Council - Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust (SWWT)

1:15PM

Programs, Policies and Updates on the Great Lakes

Tinka Hyde, Director, Water Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 5 Judy Beck, Lake Michigan Team Manager US EPA, Region 5

OPENING REMARKS
9:00AM

SHORT BREAK - - Pilot House 2:30PM

ALL ABOUT SWWT (Pilot House)

The Watershed Approach and Strategies for Implementation

G. Tracy Mehan, Principal - The Cadmus Group, Inc.

Moderator: Pat Marchese, Chair, Executive Steering Council - SWWT

9:30AM

MMSD Watershed Restoration Plans for the Kinnickinnic and Menomonee River Watersheds
Moderator: Tim Bate, MMSD William Kroll, Associate - Brown and Caldwell Troy Deibert, Project Manager - HNTB Tom Slawski, Principal Planner - SEWRPC

SESSION D

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Participants D or E

Learn About the Details of SWWT, the Restoration Plans, and How You Can Become Involved in Your Watershed
Ben Gramling, Co-Chair Kinnickinnic River Watershed Action Team Ben Sykes, Co-Chair Kinnickinnic River Watershed Action Team Gail Epping Overholt, Co-Chair Menomonee River Watershed Action Team Cheryl Nenn, Co-Chair Menomonee River Watershed Action Team

choose Session

BREAK- - Promenade 10:45AM

PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF LAND

(Digital Theater) SESSION A
Moderator: Andrew Holschbach, Ozaukee County

SESSION E

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Participants

(Innovation Theater)

LOCAL EXAMPLES OF REDEVELOPMENT USING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

The Stormwater Management Plan at The Brewery

North Branch Milwaukee Wildlife and Farming Heritage Area

Dale Katsma, Area Wildlife Supervisor - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR)

Moderator: Tom Chapman, MMSD

choose Session A, B, or C

Dennis Stapleton, Architect - KM Development Corp.

Riparian Corridor Management Plan:

Buffers, Ecotones and the Land-Water Interface Jeffrey Thornton, Principal Planner - SEWRPC

Mixing Green with Gray: Retrofitting Stormwater BMPs into Milwaukees 30th Street Industrial Corridor Tory Kress, Senior Environmental Project Coordinator, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee

SESSION B

Moderator: Gail Epping Overholt, Milwaukee County Cooperative Extension

PROMOTING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH COMMUNITY-BASED OUTREACH (Compass Room)

Clean Water, Clean Rivers: American Rivers and

3:35PM

WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE GREATER MILWAUKEE WATERSHEDS?

The Future of the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust Panel Discussion
Members of the SWWT Executive Steering Council: Nancy Frank, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee David Lee, WE Energies Tom Grisa, City of Brookfield Guest: Molly Flanagan, The Joyce Foundation Moderator: Pat Marchese, Chair, Executive Steering Council - SWWT

the Great Lakes Effort for Improving Water Quality Gary Belan, Director - American Rivers

PANEL DISCUSSION

USING DATA TO MAKE DECISIONS

(Innovation Theater) SESSION C
Moderator: Val Klump, Great Lakes WATER Institute

H2O Info: A Web-Based Citizens Tool

4:20PM

CLOSING REMARKS & ADJOURNMENT

Chris Magruder, Community & Environmental Liaison - MMSD

Analyzing Data to Improve Habitat

Tom Slawski, Chair, Habitat Subcommittee - SWWT and Principal Planner - SEWRPC

NOON

LUNCH - - Pilot House

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Real Time WQ Monitoring: Turning Data into Information Dave Graczyk, Hydrologist - U.S. Geological Survey