Transcript Evaluating and EnhancingLake MichiganNearshoreMonitoring

Evaluating and Enhancing
Lake Michigan
Nearshore Monitoring
John Hummer and Guan Wang
Great Lakes Commission
Summer Webinar
July 24, 2013
Emphasis on the
Nearshore Zone
• Recognized as necessary
component of the Great Lakes
ecosystem
• What is the “nearshore”?
• Great Lakes Regional
Collaboration
• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
LMMCC Nearshore Monitoring (NEMO)
Workgroup
A network of Lake
Michigan stakeholders
engaged [or interested] in
the monitoring of the Lake
Michigan nearshore [and
its impacting resources].
NEMO’s Original Objectives (2009)
• Take advantage of 2010 intensive monitoring efforts to pursue
integrated, complementary monitoring activities and avoid
duplication of effort.
• Integrate nearshore/embayments and offshore monitoring efforts
and connect basin and tributary/watershed efforts to help us
understand whole-lake connections.
• Provide recommendations to the LMMCC and provide monitoring
expertise (thus serving as an “expert arm”) for the Lake Michigan
Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP).
• Generate valuable information from nearshore monitoring, such
as baselines and trends that can be used in the future.
• Demonstrate a coordinated nearshore monitoring approach
GLRI 2012-13 NEMO Project
• Project Title: Evaluating and Enhancing Lake Michigan
Nearshore Monitoring
• Purpose
Evaluate and disseminate nearshore monitoring metadata
results from the 2010-2011 Lake Michigan Intensive Year
monitoring program and other Lake Michigan nearshore
monitoring [including monitoring of other resources that
impact the nearshore]
Apply lessons learned (& identify gaps in monitoring!) to
improve the efficiency of future nearshore [and
associated] monitoring efforts.
Project Tasks/Outputs
• Updated (new) inventory of
nearshore and related
monitoring efforts
• Coordinated Lake Michigan
nearshore monitoring database
and GIS interface
• Two workshops (w/
proceedings) to evaluate
nearshore monitoring efforts
and develop a workplan for this
group going forward
• Status report and assessment of
nearshore monitoring for Lake
Michigan
Inventory
• Collected some 150 records
of monitoring projects –
thank you!
• Illuminate nearshore
baseline monitoring data
collected
• Highlight increased
monitoring efforts over the
past 4 years or so (due
largely to GLRI)
• Will alllow us to identify
gaps and needs for future
monitoring efforts
Funding Programs / Sources
40
35
35
30
26
21
25
20
18
21
21
15
6
10
10
10
5
0
Federal Sport
Fish
Restoration
Funds
GLRI
NOAA-CZM
Other Federal State Funds
Funds
Tribal Funds
Local and
Great Lakes Commerical
Other
Salmon Stamp Fishing License
Miscellaneous
Funds
Fees / Funds
Funds
Standard Project Objective
Whole-Lake
Trend Analysis
Storm Event
Research
Regulatory Benchmark
Regional
Reconnaissance/Occurrence Survey
Project Specific
Pollution Event
Permit Compliance
Non-Regulatory
Non-Governmental
Local
Human Health
Governmental
Ecosystem Health
Deposition
Bioaccumulation
Assessment
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Organizations that Created Data
19%
20%
2%
Federal Agencies
State Governments
5%
Tribes
Local
Universities
54%
Sampling Parameters by Project
16
Biological
34
107
Chemical
Microbiological
64
Toxicological
Resource Component Sampled
Water treatment facility intake
Water column
Tributary
Stormwater conveyance system
Shoreline
River substrates
River mouths
Lake bottom (benthic province)
Lake
Inland lakes
Harbors
Ground water
Embayments
Drowned river mouths
Coastal wetlands
Beaches
Offshore
Shallow Nearshore
Medium Nearshore
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Lake Michigan Nearshore Status Report
and Assessment
• Summary of Lake Michigan nearshore monitoring activities
and gaps
• Recommendations for improving efficiencies and
collaborative monitoring opportunities
• Highlight key watersheds
Number of Monitoring Projects in 8-Digit
Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs)
Project Outcomes
• Increased stakeholder participation in the LaMP
• Collaborative monitoring
• Data sharing and coordination
• Strengthened dissemination of information on nearshore
issues
• Enhanced implementation of priority restoration and
protection efforts
• More informed and improved management of monitoring
programs and resources
Thank you for your participation!
John Hummer
[email protected]
Phone: 517-536-0566