Registration:
To gain access to this session, please register for the 12th Annual St. Louis River Summit. A link to this session will be provided to all registered attendees.
General admission to attend this year's St. Louis River Summit is $30.00 and students can attend for free.
Description:
Minnesota Sea Grant, in collaboration with our Advisory Board and stakeholders, has identified a need to gather input and define knowledge gaps to better understand critical habitats within the St. Louis River Estuary.
The feedback that MNSG receives during this networking session will be used to inform a future MNSG workshop on April 14, 2022, which seeks to to define data gaps in our understanding of critical habitats and species distributions in the St. Louis River Estuary and collaboratively define future project(s) to address these knowledge gaps.
Identification of these data needs will guide future MNSG competitive funding opportunities. The outcomes from this interactive workshop will directly benefit the ongoing planning processes within the St. Louis River. Workshop outcomes will also inform habitat restoration project planning, in-water construction project planning, proposed dredging and maintenance operations, and in-water placement of dredged materials within the St. Louis River Estuary.
This networking session will help to provide the foundation for building lasting teamwork among the regional research community and management agencies to accelerate our understanding of aquatic resources within the St. Louis River Estuary.
Presenters:
- Great Lakes Sea Grant Transportation Extension Educator Kelsey Prihoda.
- Minnesota Sea Grant Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Educator Amy Schrank.
- Minnesota Sea Grant Research and Fellowship Coordinator Alex Frie.
Contact:
Great Lakes Sea Grant Transportation Extension Educator Kelsey Prihoda.
Minnesota Sea Grant is a proud sponsor of the 12th Annual St. Louis River Summit, hosted by the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve.