PZC GLRI/Saginaw Bay Watershed Project: Events

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• Public Meetings
• Local Government Workshops
• Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference

Please check back to this page regularly as meeting dates, times and locations may be subject to change.

Meetings

With the help of the PZC Project Team and other local watershed groups, PZC organized and led three public meetings held in the Cass, Rifle, and Pigeon/Pinnebog River Sub-Watersheds from April 21 to April 28, 2011. These meetings were a catalyst for local citizens and stakeholder groups to learn how local planning, zoning and coordinated efforts among various stakeholder groups can play a larger part in protecting and improving water quality in the entire Saginaw Bay region.

Subsequent public meetings on this project will be held in December 2011 and June 2012. Please Contact Us if you would like to be notified of upcoming public meetings.

• First Round Public Meeting Brochure (PDF)

Public Meeting Schedule for Local Stakeholder Groups

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Local Government Workshops

Nine local government workshops (three within each of the three sub-watersheds) will be held for the purposes of educating local elected officials and planning commissioners on what they can do to protect water quality in their communities. Sessions will focus on the development of water quality protection measures in local master plans and zoning ordinances. This will be done by providing sample language for master plans and zoning ordinances for contemporary Best Management Practices.Please

Contact Us if you plan to attend a workshop.

• First Round Local Government Workshop Brochure (PDF)

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Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference (March 16, 2012)

• Special GLRI Conference Offer: Free Attendance to Michigan Citizen Planner's Saginaw Bay Watershed Roles & Responsibilities on Planning and Zoning Program
  

Stakeholder groups from around the Lake Huron Basin, and particularly the Saginaw Bay watershed, will gather on Friday, March 16, 2012, at Curtiss Hall on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University in University Center, to discuss water quality restoration efforts in the region as part of the Planning & Zoning Center's (PZC) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Saginaw Bay Watershed project. The day-long event will feature a host of speakers from various organizations and governmental agencies, offering their perspectives on the challenges and success stories surrounding water quality protection efforts in the Bay. Attendees will be given the opportunity to select from nine breakout sessions on such topics as the accumulation of beach muck, and the control of aquatic invasive species.

Sponsored By:

• Planning & Zoning Center at MSU
• Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy
• East Michigan Council of Governments
• Partnership for Saginaw Bay Watershed
• Saginaw Bay Coastal Initiative
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Office of the Great Lakes

Handouts

•  Agenda
• "Saginaw Bay Watershed and Area of Concern" (March 16, 2012) prepared by Public Sector Consultants for the Land Policy Institute's Planning & Zoning Center
  

Presentations

• "Welcome to the 2012 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference" (March 16, 2012) by Mark Wyckoff
• "Federal View on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative" (March 16, 2012) by Cameron Davis
• "History of the Saginaw River and Bay Area of Concern" (March 16, 2012) by Mark Coscarelli
• "Saginaw River and Bay Area of Concern: Looking Forward" (March 16, 2012) by Michelle Selzer
• "Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River and Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment" (March 16, 2012) by Joseph Haas
• "Historical and Projected Future Climate Changes in the Great Lakes Region" (March 16, 2012) by Jeff Andresen
• "The Sweetwater Sea: An International Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Lake Huron" (March 16, 2012) by Rachael Franks Taylor
• "The Western Lake Huron Basin (WLHB) 905b Watershed Reconnaissance Study" (March 16, 2012) by Steve Pennington
• "Cass River Watershed Management Plan and Rifle River Watershed Restoration Project" (March 16, 2012) Sara McDonnell
• "Rifle River Watershed Project: People, Partners, Projects" (March 16, 2012) by Abigail Ertel
• "On-Site Wastewater Treatment in Michigan" (March 16, 2012) by Ric Farlardeau
• "Sanitary Codes to Better Protect Water Quality" (March 16, 2012) by Laura Ogar
• "Climate Change: Adapting to Impacts on the Great Lakes" (March 16, 2012) by David Lusch
• "Ducks Unlimited Conservation Programs" (March 16, 2012) by Dane Cramer
• "GLRI Funded Projects at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge and Positive Impacts Upon BUIs in the Saginaw River and Bay AOC" (March 16, 2012) by Steve Kahl
• "Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control in the Kawkawlin River Watershed" (March 16, 2012) by Joseph Rivet
• "Pigeon River Sediment Reduction Plan" (March 16, 2012) by Greg Renn
• "Preventing Water Quality Problems by Local Planning and Zoning in the Saginaw Bay Watershed" (March 16, 2012) by Mark Wyckoff
• "Conservation Easements on Private Lands" (March 16, 2012) by Greg Eagle
• "What Invasive Species Are Doing to Saginaw Bay" (March 16, 2012) by Michelle Vander Haar
• "Phragmites Management through Wild Rice Restoration" (March 16, 2012) by Wendy Ogilvie
• "The Effects of Multiple Stressors on Saginaw Bay Water Quality" (March 16, 2012) by Craig Stow
• "Human Health: Current Understanding and Protective Measures Surrounding MUCK" (March 16, 2012) by Marc Verhougstraete
• "Low Impact Development Fundamentals" (March 16, 2012) by Russell Beaubien
• "Low Impact Development Concepts and Case Studies" (March 16, 2012) by Pat Sellenraad

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