2004 State of the Strait Conference

Monitoring for Sound Management

The theme of the 2004 State of the Strait Conference was "Monitoring for Sound Management". The conference was held on December 2nd, 2004 at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario.

Resources and Publications

2004 Conference Presentations

Below is a list of the sessions and presentations made at the 2004 State of the Strait meeting. Where available, you can click on the title link of a presentation to download a PDF version of the slides that accompanied the talk.

 

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Session 1: Traditional Monitoring

Moderator: Charlie Bristol, Bristol Technical Services, Inc.

 

10:30 am

Utilization of water quality data to support the City of Detroit’s long term combined sewer overflow control plan
Authors: Imad Salim, Mirza Rabbaig, Tony Igwe, Julie Aichler

11:10 am
Rouge River water quality - a decade of progress (no slides available)

Authors: Colleen Hughes, Kelly Cave, Joe Rathbun, Chris Catalfio

 

11:30 am
Monitoring in support of modeling (no slides available)

Author: Ken Drouillard

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Session 2: Biomonitoring

Moderator: John Hartig, US Fish and Wildlife Service
 

1:00 pm

Fish and fisheries of the Detroit River
Authors: Timothy B. Johnson, S. Powell, D. MacLennan, Robert C. Haas
 

1:20 pm

Hawk migration studies by Southeastern Michigan Raptor Research at the Detroit River mouth – a basic look
Author: Paul Cypher
 

1:40 pm

Aerial canvasback survey of Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and western Lake Erie
Authors: Joseph Robison, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
 

2:00 pm
Trends in bald eagle population size and productivity along the Detroit River and on the north shore of Lake Erie
(no slides available)

Authors: Dawn K. Laing and Debbie S. Badzinski

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Session 3: Volunteer Monitoring

Moderator: Melanie Coulter, Detroit River Canadian Cleanup
 

3:00 pm

Christmas Bird Counts and Project FeederWatch – citizens in action
Author: Sarah Rupert
 

3:20 pm

Rouge River volunteer frog and toad survey (no slides available)

Author: Sally Petrella
 

3:40 pm

Stream Team-10 years of Downriver watershed monitoring

Authors: Bruce Szczechowski, John Nasarzewski
 

4:00 pm

The Marsh Monitoring Program: Monitoring ecological integrity of wetlands in Great Lakes Areas of Concern
(no slides available)

Author: Steven T.A. Timmermans