Habitat/Wetlands Initiative
Workshops 2008-2009

Purpose: To engage Great Lakes states, cities, tribes, NGOs, and federal agencies in a facilitated dialogue about advancing habitat protection and conservation through demonstrations of web-based tools, discussion of state priorities and needs, updates on federal activities and funding programs and interactive dialogue about innovative approaches for moving selected projects from planning to implementation.

Sponsors: Funding for the workshops has been provided by the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and by the Corps of Engineer’s Great Lakes Habitat Initiative. The workshops are being facilitated by the Great Lakes Commission in coordination with the resource agencies of Great Lakes states and tribes.

Logistics: There will be a series of nine, one-day workshops between December and March, one in each Great Lakes state and one specifically for tribes. Workshops will run from 9:30 am until 4:30 pm.

Schedule: The current schedule for the workshops is provided: