In recent years, Westport residents noticed that the salt marsh islands in the Westport Rivers, particularly in the West Branch, were disappearing rapidly. In response, the Westport Fishermen’s Association, the Buzzards Bay Coalition, the Marine Biological Laboratory Ecosystems Center, and the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program partnered to measure the rate of salt marsh loss in the Westport Rivers and try to identify causes of this erosion
West Falmouth Nitrogen-Reducing Septic System Demonstration Project - May 201...Buzzards Bay Coalition
The West Falmouth Nitrogen-Reducing Septic System Demonstration Project illustrates how nitrogen pollution can be reduced by upgrading on-site septic systems and cesspools.
Duke Bitsko - Alewife Stormwater Wetlandbio4climate
Duke Bitsko, landscape architect with Chester Engineers describes a large-scale project he worked on in the Alewife Reservation, transforming a degraded low-quality upland habitat into a constructed stormwater wetland and park. The interdisciplinary team incorporated green infrastructure strategies to create diverse upland and wetland native plant communities.
Presented at the Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming conference at Harvard University on May 3, 2015, organized by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.
www.bio4climate.org
This is a pamphlet I made for the Hui Aloha O Kiholo community group in Kona that describes the current findings of research I am conducting at Kiholo Bay.
In recent years, Westport residents noticed that the salt marsh islands in the Westport Rivers, particularly in the West Branch, were disappearing rapidly. In response, the Westport Fishermen’s Association, the Buzzards Bay Coalition, the Marine Biological Laboratory Ecosystems Center, and the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program partnered to measure the rate of salt marsh loss in the Westport Rivers and try to identify causes of this erosion
West Falmouth Nitrogen-Reducing Septic System Demonstration Project - May 201...Buzzards Bay Coalition
The West Falmouth Nitrogen-Reducing Septic System Demonstration Project illustrates how nitrogen pollution can be reduced by upgrading on-site septic systems and cesspools.
Duke Bitsko - Alewife Stormwater Wetlandbio4climate
Duke Bitsko, landscape architect with Chester Engineers describes a large-scale project he worked on in the Alewife Reservation, transforming a degraded low-quality upland habitat into a constructed stormwater wetland and park. The interdisciplinary team incorporated green infrastructure strategies to create diverse upland and wetland native plant communities.
Presented at the Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming conference at Harvard University on May 3, 2015, organized by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.
www.bio4climate.org
This is a pamphlet I made for the Hui Aloha O Kiholo community group in Kona that describes the current findings of research I am conducting at Kiholo Bay.
A REVIEW ON RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION STUDIES USING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING TE...ijiert bestjournal
Sedimentation in the reservoir gradually reduces it s storage capacity. By keeping a check on the sedimentation and by providing control measures for the same,the reservoir life can be maintained. Uj jani dam was constructed for irrigation,water supply an d power generation schemes. It lies in Solapur dist rict which is a drought prone area. This makes Ujjani a socially and economically significant project for t he state. In the present study,reservoir sedimentatio n for Ujjani reservoir is assessed for monitoring p urpose. Two techniques namely Satellite Remote Sensing Tech nique (SRST) and mathematical modeling using HEC RAS,were used in the study for estimating sedi mentation. Owing to advantages like low cost,time saving,less manpower requirement,accuracy in esti mation and capability of carrying out past surveys,the Satellite Remote Sensing Technique is gaining impor tance over the time consuming and high cost conventional hydrographic surveys. The water spread areas for different reservoir levels were delineat ed from the satellite images of Ujjain Reservoir using ARC GIS software. Volume between two water levels was calculated using prismoidul formula. The presen t volume of reservoir was compared with the initial volume during impoundment of reservoir. This gave t he loss of volume which was due to sedimentation.
Steve Apfelbaum tells how restoring biodiverse landscapes can be the most effective way to manage stormwater, as demonstrated in projects such as Seneca Meadows in New York state.
Presented at the Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming conference October 16th-18th, 2015 at Tufts University.
This presentation was delivered by Simon Tilleard at the Lancang – Mekong Environmental Study Workshop that took place at the 2016 Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy.
The presentation documents the current condition and drivers of change for hydrology and sediment transport in the study section. It also provides information for biodiversity teams so that they can understand habitat availability.
Steven Apfelbaum - Wetlands: Sinking Carbon and Keeping It Out of the Atmospheregabriellebastien
Steven Apfelbaum - Wetlands: Sinking Carbon and Keeping It Out of the Atmosphere
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
The speakers on the panel will provide different perspectives on how ballast water regulation and technology has created the current state of invasive species in the Great Lakes. This workshop will also enable participants to understand the regulatory challenges facing ballast water today while fully appreciating the current state of technology that is rising to the challenge of invaders. This presentation was given by Craig Middlebrook, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
The Detroit trash incinerator is the symbol of environmental racism in the heart of the Great Lakes. It was conceived in the 1970s, paid for, designed and constructed in the 1980s, and has been operating ever since (with brief interruptions) at the rate of about 800,000 tons of trash per year, in an African-American community that is plagued by poverty, asthma and many other public health crises, unnecessarily generating nightmarish quantities of mercury, dioxins, heavy metals, particulates and other airborne toxics and odors that ultimately sink into the Great Lakes waters. This workshop will tell the story of the Detroit Trash Incinerator and explore the interrelated questions of race, class, economic development, political decision making and ecological sustainability, as they relate to the precious inland fresh water seas that have always served as the basis for human settlements in the region.
A REVIEW ON RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION STUDIES USING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING TE...ijiert bestjournal
Sedimentation in the reservoir gradually reduces it s storage capacity. By keeping a check on the sedimentation and by providing control measures for the same,the reservoir life can be maintained. Uj jani dam was constructed for irrigation,water supply an d power generation schemes. It lies in Solapur dist rict which is a drought prone area. This makes Ujjani a socially and economically significant project for t he state. In the present study,reservoir sedimentatio n for Ujjani reservoir is assessed for monitoring p urpose. Two techniques namely Satellite Remote Sensing Tech nique (SRST) and mathematical modeling using HEC RAS,were used in the study for estimating sedi mentation. Owing to advantages like low cost,time saving,less manpower requirement,accuracy in esti mation and capability of carrying out past surveys,the Satellite Remote Sensing Technique is gaining impor tance over the time consuming and high cost conventional hydrographic surveys. The water spread areas for different reservoir levels were delineat ed from the satellite images of Ujjain Reservoir using ARC GIS software. Volume between two water levels was calculated using prismoidul formula. The presen t volume of reservoir was compared with the initial volume during impoundment of reservoir. This gave t he loss of volume which was due to sedimentation.
Steve Apfelbaum tells how restoring biodiverse landscapes can be the most effective way to manage stormwater, as demonstrated in projects such as Seneca Meadows in New York state.
Presented at the Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming conference October 16th-18th, 2015 at Tufts University.
This presentation was delivered by Simon Tilleard at the Lancang – Mekong Environmental Study Workshop that took place at the 2016 Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy.
The presentation documents the current condition and drivers of change for hydrology and sediment transport in the study section. It also provides information for biodiversity teams so that they can understand habitat availability.
Steven Apfelbaum - Wetlands: Sinking Carbon and Keeping It Out of the Atmospheregabriellebastien
Steven Apfelbaum - Wetlands: Sinking Carbon and Keeping It Out of the Atmosphere
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
The speakers on the panel will provide different perspectives on how ballast water regulation and technology has created the current state of invasive species in the Great Lakes. This workshop will also enable participants to understand the regulatory challenges facing ballast water today while fully appreciating the current state of technology that is rising to the challenge of invaders. This presentation was given by Craig Middlebrook, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
The Detroit trash incinerator is the symbol of environmental racism in the heart of the Great Lakes. It was conceived in the 1970s, paid for, designed and constructed in the 1980s, and has been operating ever since (with brief interruptions) at the rate of about 800,000 tons of trash per year, in an African-American community that is plagued by poverty, asthma and many other public health crises, unnecessarily generating nightmarish quantities of mercury, dioxins, heavy metals, particulates and other airborne toxics and odors that ultimately sink into the Great Lakes waters. This workshop will tell the story of the Detroit Trash Incinerator and explore the interrelated questions of race, class, economic development, political decision making and ecological sustainability, as they relate to the precious inland fresh water seas that have always served as the basis for human settlements in the region.
Learn more about the stormwater impacts to public health, get engaged about the stormwater impacts to public health, get exposed to recent research documenting diarrhea-causing viruses in drinking water, and get imaginative about how to communicate the risks posed by waterborne disease to the public and policymakers. View a dynamic diorama that dramatizes the perfect storm that results when our aging underground infrastructure meets climate change. This presentation was given by Michael Timm, Science Communications Specialist, Center for Water Policy, University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences.
How do we protect our ecological restoration investments for the long-term? This workshop will guide managers through “climate-smart” restoration efforts, efforts that restore for future conditions in addition to past conditions. In this workshop we will interactively apply impacts of climate change from the most current scientific findings to examples of restoration efforts from throughout the Great Lakes while providing you with the tools to become “climate-smart.”
Restoration experts from Ducks Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and the Lower Fox River/Green Bay Areas of Concern will discuss case studies of partnerships turning federal GLRI funding into successful on-the-ground habitat restoration projects that provide a variety of ecological and societal benefits that can be sustained well into the future. Featured case studies include successfully restoring coastal marsh for waterbirds and for northern pike, using watershed-based GIS planning tools to prioritize restoration projects, and the reestablishment of the Cat Island Chain of islands in lower Green Bay. This presentation was given by Nicole Van Helden, Director of Conservation-Green Bay Watershed, The Nature Conservancy.
This workshop addresses how citizen advocacy is resulting in cleaner water in the Great Lakes by reducing combined sewer overflows and reducing pollution from Detroit’s sewage treatment plant. Participants will help develop stories and effective strategies to encourage support from the city, sewer agency, regulators, and political leaders. This presentation was given by Lyman Welch, Water Quality Program Director, Alliance for the Great Lakes.
Water Matters , Episode II 1-29-2016 Prof Sarah Meyland on Managing Long Isl...Save The Great South Bay
Long Island does nothing to manage its drinking water supply, even as we are poisoning it with toxic spills and wasting it through overuse, chiefly by wasting it on our lawns. We need at last to have a policy, or risk the future of our aquifer, and of Long Island itself.
Presented by IWMI's Priyanie Amerasinghe at a World Wetlands Day dialogue: 'Getting Wetland Research into Policy & Practice' held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February, 2, 2018
Phase 1 of the Development Plan of International Navigation on the Lancang-Mekong River (LMDP) aims to improve navigation in the Mekong mainstream from the Golden Triangle to Luang Prabang.
Projects include the development of three cargo ports at Xiengkok, Pak Beng and Luang Prabang in Laos; the improvement and maintenance of 146 rapids and shoals; and the construction of four emergency response and rescue ships and 1199 aids to navigation.
The environmental study aims to engage riparian communities, MRC member countries and local government in an exploration of the potential environmental impacts of the LMDP, and to support Mekong countries in ensuring that potential impacts of the LMDP are managed through appropriate enhancement and mitigation measures.
Implementation of the study includes:
- Key issues for biodiversity and navigation development
- Trends in the key issues without the LMDP
- Impacts of the LMDP on each of these trends
- Risks to be avoided or mitigated and benefits to be enhanced
Presentation given during the USGS/IAEA/IW:LEARN groundwater learning exchange in the US April 14-26, 2007.
IAEA/GEF IW Learn/USGS Exchange April 16, 2007 Reston, VA
Kevin Dennehy
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/
Presentation given during the USGS/IAEA/IW:LEARN groundwater learning exchange in the US April 14-26, 2007.
IAEA/GEF IW Learn/USGS Exchange April 16, 2007 Reston, VA
Kevin Dennehy
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/
Recent presentation on assessing how U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Hurricane Sandy Resilience projects will improve community and ecosystem resilience to sea level rise, storm events and other threats. Presentation highlights development of ecological and socio-economic metrics and provides project examples, marsh restoration, beach restoration, living shorelines and aquatic connectivity (dam removal) of metrics being used to evaluate project performance.
The speakers on the panel will provide different perspectives on how ballast water regulation and technology has created the current state of invasive species in the Great Lakes. This workshop will also enable participants to understand the regulatory challenges facing ballast water today while fully appreciating the current state of technology that is rising to the challenge of invaders. This presentation was given by Susan Sylvester, Water Quality Bureau Director, Wisconsin Department of Environmental Quality.
Andrew Struck, director of the Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department, will lead an interactive presentation on the department’s fish passage program, which actively reconnects existing, high quality fish and wildlife habitat throughout the Milwaukee River Watershed and direct drainage to Lake Michigan. The workshop presenters will discuss concepts of aquatic connectivity, provide a comprehensive overview of a multi-million dollar watershed-wide approach to aquatic connectivity, and engage the audience in designing for options for fish passage using successful completed projects as case-studies. This presentation was given by Andrew Struck, Director, Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department.
The speakers on the panel will provide different perspectives on how ballast water regulation and technology has created the current state of invasive species in the Great Lakes. This workshop will also enable participants to understand the regulatory challenges facing ballast water today while fully appreciating the current state of technology that is rising to the challenge of invaders. This presentation was given by J. Rudi Strickler, Professor and Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Restoration experts from Ducks Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and the Lower Fox River/Green Bay Areas of Concern will discuss case studies of partnerships turning federal GLRI funding into successful on-the-ground habitat restoration projects that provide a variety of ecological and societal benefits that can be sustained well into the future. Featured case studies include successfully restoring coastal marsh for waterbirds and for northern pike, using watershed-based GIS planning tools to prioritize restoration projects, and the reestablishment of the Cat Island Chain of islands in lower Green Bay. This presentation was given by Janet Smith, Chair of the Biota and Habitat Work Group of the Science and Technical Advisory Committee for the Lower Fox River/Green Bay Area of Concern, Retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Learn about comprehensive restoration and remediation efforts conducted to address impairments in the Sheboygan River Area of Concern. Successful planning, coordination and implementation of several large-scale contaminated sediment dredging and habitat restoration projects will be discussed. Participants will gain insight into effective stakeholder partnerships, and a multi-layered, collaborative education, information and outreach campaign. This presentation was given by Thomas R. Sear, PE, CFM, Water Resource Practice Leader, Short Elliot Hendrickson, Inc.
We present a case study of how Racine, Wis., a coastal city, is using its formerly industrial riverfront as a lynchpin for an ambitious revitalization project that marries the goals of economic redevelopment, environmental improvement, and bringing the public back to the water. This presentation was given by Helen Sarakinos, Policy Program Director, River Alliance of Wisconsin.
This workshop addresses how citizen advocacy is resulting in cleaner water in the Great Lakes by reducing combined sewer overflows and reducing pollution from Detroit’s sewage treatment plant. Participants will help develop stories and effective strategies to encourage support from the city, sewer agency, regulators, and political leaders. This power point was given by Katie Rousseau, Associate Director, American Rivers.
The Alliance for Water Stewardship Beta International Water Stewardship Standard provides a roadmap for companies and utilities to follow towards sustainable water use. Participants will learn about the Alliance, how the Standard can help transform water management, and how to help improve the Standard before it is finalized in 2014. This presentation was given by Ed Pinero, Chief Sustainability Officer, Veolia Water North America.
Wisconsin is the only Great Lakes state with statewide numeric water quality standards for phosphorus. In the Fox-Wolf basin, where phosphorus pollution is a major issue, there are projects underway to meet those standards through the innovative strategies of water quality trading and Wisconsin’s “adaptive management option” This workshop will illustrate each strategy through case studies and a discussion of their similarities and differences. This presentation was given by Victoria Pebbles, Program Director, Great Lakes Commission.
We use grassroots efforts to kill grass roots! This overview of the successes and challenges of establishing the Northeast Michigan Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) will include topics like creating a scalable treatment program, working on public and private lands, prioritizing sites while including all landowners, and creating motivation to solve a problem that isn’t necessarily visible to often absent seasonal landowners. Ecologist Jennifer Muladore, who manages the Huron Pines Invasive Species Program and coordinates the Northeast Michigan CWMA, will lead group discussion and show visuals to help other invasive species program organizers boost their own program’s capacity for restoration success. This presentation was given by Jennifer Muladore, Ecologist, Huron Pines.
Emerging contaminants in the Great Lakes present a new threat to human and ecological health due to chal- lenges associated with tracking and understanding their impacts. The workshop presenters will discuss how large water and wastewater utilities approach the issue of emerging contaminants, highlight the challenges, and provide recommendations for future action. This presentation was given by Olga Lyandres, Research Manager, Alliance for the Great Lakes.
Lake Superior is experiencing record warm water temperatures, unprecedented beach closures, dramatic loss of ice cover, and severe weather events that have caused millions in damage to several communities. Learn how the Superior Watershed Partnership is accelerating climate adaptation planning and moving to implement projects that help address climate change and further Great Lakes restoration. This presentation was given by Carl Lindquist, Executive Director, Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Trust.
This workshop addresses how citizen advocacy is resulting in cleaner water in the Great Lakes by reducing combined sewer overflows and reducing pollution from Detroit’s sewage treatment plant. Participants will help develop stories and effective strategies to encourage support from the city, sewer agency, regulators, and political leaders. This slide show was given by Erma Leaphart-Gouch, Volunteer, Sierra Club.
A panel of experts from municipalities, agricultural interests, habitat and wildlife restoration implementers, and lake level scientists will focus on actions being taken in the Great Lakes region to combat climate change impacts. Join an interactive discussion with the panelists to discuss actions that must be taken to safeguard the health of the Great Lakes. This slide show was given by Melinda Koslow, Regional Program Manager, Safeguards Program, National Wildlife Federation.
Wisconsin is the only Great Lakes state with statewide numeric water quality standards for phosphorus. In the Fox-Wolf basin, where phosphorus pollution is a major issue, there are projects underway to meet those standards through the innovative strategies of water quality trading and Wisconsin’s “adaptive management option” This workshop will illustrate each strategy through case studies and a discussion of their similarities and differences. This presentation was given by Emily Jones, Water Program Assistant, Clean Wisconsin.
Community Stewardship for Great Lakes resources is crucial to the sustainability of restoration work. In a flood management project on the Kinnickinnic River watershed on Milwaukee’s diverse south side, success has been achieved through grassroots efforts that overcome cultural and linguistic barriers and meet community needs. This presentation was given by Iris Gonzalez, Community Engagement Specialist, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center.
Restoration experts from Ducks Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and the Lower Fox River/Green Bay Areas of Concern will discuss case studies of partnerships turning federal GLRI funding into successful on-the-ground habitat restoration projects that provide a variety of ecological and societal benefits that can be sustained well into the future. Featured case studies include successfully restoring coastal marsh for waterbirds and for northern pike, using watershed-based GIS planning tools to prioritize restoration projects, and the reestablishment of the Cat Island Chain of islands in lower Green Bay. This presentation was given by Brian Glenzinski, Wisconsin Regional Biologist, Ducks Unlimited.
Land trusts from Minnesota to New York are using their expertise in private, voluntary land conservation and stewardship to restore and enhance Great Lakes water quality. This workshop highlights specific efforts in Milwaukee area watersheds while offering perspective from other states. This presentation was given by Kimberly Gleffe, Executive Director, River Revitalization Foundation.
Riparian buffers provide all kinds of benefits—from water quality to wildlife habitat to beyond. This session will provide provide an overview of the types of buffers and their effectiveness for different goals, and use both rural and urban case studies from the Great Lakes and elsewhere to illustrate proven strategies for implementing buffer protection and restoration in your watershed. Discussion and sharing of lessons learned in your own projects will be encouraged—come with stories! This presentation was given by Merritt Frey, River Habitat Program Director, River Network.
Emerging contaminants in the Great Lakes present a new threat to human and ecological health due to chal- lenges associated with tracking and understanding their impacts. The workshop presenters will discuss how large water and wastewater utilities approach the issue of emerging contaminants, highlight the challenges, and provide recommendations for future action. This presentation was given by Lon Couillard, Water Quality Manager, Milwaukee Water Works.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
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A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
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Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
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Adaptive methods to restore Lake Erie hydrology_Kroll
1. Roy Kroll
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Great Lakes / Atlantic Regional Office
Ann Arbor, MI
GLRI Coastal Wetland Restoration Success Stories
Adaptive methods to restore Lake Erie hydrology
and coastal marsh at Middle Harbor, Ohio
3. Lake Erie coastal wetland extent = Lake Erie water levels
Lake Erie water levels fluctuate
over various time periods
• Short - stormwater & seiches*
• Medium : annual and seasonal
• Long: multiple years or decades
*Seiches – wind induced water level changes
Northeast or Southwest winds
Common - 3 ft. in 24 hrs.
Record - 8 ft. (12-14 ft. waves)
Seiche effect
Ohio.gov
5. • Deforested, channelized and
tile-drained landscape
• Agricultural and municipal
flood-control dikes
• Introduction of carp
- increased turbidity
• Geologic subsidence and
steep hydrological gradient
Landscape-level factors and L.E. coastal wetland extent
Mitsch & Wang 1998
6. Impacts of landscape alterations:
Landward migration blocked –
high water years = wetland loss
To sustain emergent marshes -
dikes, pumps, pipes, & water level control was
required
Ecological benefits - mainly in impoundments
7. Events affecting coastal marshes in
Southwest Lake Erie basin, 1860-1970
Private land –
subsistence &
duck hunting
clubs
Great Black
Swamp is
drained
farmland
Flood
protection
dikes –
restrict
landward
advance
1970: Ecological shortcomings publicized
• fisheries focus (e.g., Northern pike)
1940: Diked marshes common in SWLE
1950: Science-based wetland management
• waterfowl focus, state/fed acquisitions
8. Nearly 30 years of high water & NE storms eliminated most coastal wetlands including
those protected by dikes, and launched an era of intensive wetland restoration.
Currently, 95% of SWLE coastal wetlands are essentially impounded.
9. Lake levels at or below long-term average for 12 years demonstrated that natural
reestablishment of diverse wetlands did not occur on a substantive scale in SWLE.
• largely prevented by invasive species colonization (i.e., Phragmites)
However, new opportunities exist for increasing ecological functions of diked
marshes, because at many sites current lake levels will sustain aquatic macrophytes.
• potential exists to install structures that restore Lake Erie hydrology and maintain
desired emergent marsh plants.
10.
11. Need for Restoration
• Large wetland (350 acres)
• Little/no aquatic vegetation
• No hydrologic exchange
• Adjacent to higher-quality waters
• Turbid, shallow (< 3 ft.) water
• No dike construction required
Middle Harbor
12.
13. Middle Harbor
(East Harbor State Park)
Construction of water conveyance
and control structure including a
removable pump
350 acres of marsh will be
restored and open to fish passage
Funded by $643,397 NOAA grant
with $31,200 Ohio DNR match
Structure
location
Lake Erie
14. Adapting old restoration & management
techniques to provide broader ecosystem benefits
1. Design and build the structure
(DU engineering)
2. Establish the wetland
plant community (2 years)
3. Open the gates to restore
Lake Erie hydrology
4. Monitor everything
Middle Harbor Project
Long term goal: Lake Erie hydrology sustaining high quality* coastal marsh
15. Structure is versatile and adaptable from a marsh management perspective
• Options: full open flow, carp screens, stoplogs, flapgate, screwgate, and pumping
16. Middle Harbor and Erie Marsh Joint Biological Monitoring Program
(Pre- and Post-Construction)
Water quality sampling: DO, conductivity , pH, temp., etc
Species abundance & diversity for:
• Vegetation: transects and point counts (VIBI)
• Fish: larval tows, trap nets, electrofishing (PSD, IBI)
• Herps: calling surveys, ground surveys
• Birds: calling & visual surveys, transect and point counts
Table 1 – Middle Harbor (MH – Project Site) compared to East Harbor (EH – Control Site) – July 2011
Common Name Final Count Total Deformities Total Tumors Notes
MH EH MH EH MH EH
Gizzard shad 772 87 1 1 Same fish with 2 anomalies
Brook silverside 5 326 3
Emerald shiner 20 388
Alewife 11 34 1
Bluegill 18 215 1
Largemouth bass 3
White crappie 3
White perch 1
Unknown clupeidae 1 Larvae decomposed cannot
identify to species
TOTAL COUNT 834 1,050 1 5 1 0
17. Middle Harbor Wetland Establishment Schedule
2012-2013
• Winter/spring: Gravity de-watering using open flows & seiche events
• Late spring: Pump water to expose mudflats & germinate seeds
- Provide water reservoir for mussels
- Provide live fish removal effort
• Aerially seed cover crop (annual millet) if needed
• Re-flood gradually over mid-late summer
2014
• Partial de-watering; establish perennials
19. Field Trips:
Board on the 1st floor, West Superior Ave
entrance (bottom of Grand Staircase)
Trolleys board 2:30
Joint Reception: trolleys begin departing at 5:45
20. Spread the word!
Wireless password:
HOW12
Conference website:
Conference.healthylakes.org
Email us photos, comments, tweets or video:
healthylakes@gmail.com
On Twitter? Use the hashtag:
#healthylakes
Editor's Notes
Drained 1-2 M. Acre Great Black Swamp and much of 5 M acre Maumee River watershed Yellow on map is range of wetlands from record high annual to record low annual avg. = “no place to go”
We decided to take advantage of this opportunity through funding from GLRI –project 12
As a test case for this new approach to wetland restoration and management, the Middle Harbor Project was proposed and accepted by GLRI in year one.The project is an adaptation of an idea to increase hydrologic exchange originally proposed by the Ohio DOW Fisheries Section, and referenced in the Lake Erie LamP.
MANY REASONS TO JUSTIFY RESTORATION …….. higher quality waters are Lake Erie, East Harbor, and West Harbor
* Who gets to determine the conditions that define high quality coastal marsh? In this case Ohio DNR!
Official presentation end slide, as well as the ballroom slide.