BLUFFLANDS FORUM
PLANNING MEETING AGENDA
Time: 12 noon, Jan. 17 to 12 noon, Jan 18, 2002.
Location: Best Western Midway Hotel, 1835 Rose Ave., La Crosse
12:30 - 1:00 Introduction to the Greater Blufflands/Driftless/Karst
Sub-Region of the Upper Mississippi River Basin
-- Norman Senjem, MN Pollution Control Agency
1:00 – 1: 20 Delineating the Area of Interest – Lester Johnson,
Jo Daviess County, Illinois
1:20- 3:00 Land Use Trends and Environmental Quality
in the Driftless/Blufflands Region of the UMRB.
Moderator: Lora Friest, Upper Iowa River Watershed
§ Ag Land Use Trends – Gyles Randall, U of M
§ Trends in Forest Acreage and Management – Mike Majeski, US Forest Service
§ Development Pressure on the Landscape– Mark Ackelson, Bluffland Alliance
§ Tributary Sedimentation – Doug Faulkner, U of W
§ UMR Pools 4-13 Water Quality – Dave Soballe, USGS
BREAK
3:20 – 5:20 UMRB Planning Activities -- a Thumbnail Sketch
– Moderator: Jon Steadland, UMRBA
§ USACE Comprehensive Basin Planning – Dorie Bollman
§ USFWS Comprehensive Refuge Planning – Tex Hawkins
§ UMRCC “Working River” Plan – D. McGuiness, Audubon
§ Navigation Pool Planning (River Resources Forum) -- Tim Schlagenhaft, MN DNR
§ EPA Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Action Plan – Bill Franz
§ Proposed: A Regional Approach to Protecting the Decorah Edge Ecosystem – Terry Lee, Olmsted Co., MN
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner
7:00 – 8:30 “Making Connections,” Round Table Discussion
n State, Regional and Private Initiatives in the Region
n Connections to the day’s discussion topics
Breakfast on your own
08:00 – 10:00 Mission and Vision – Whole-group and small group discussions
BREAK
10:30 – 11:30 Planning a Series of Forums in 2002
11:30 – 12:00 Additional Suggestions for Networking, Etc.