Welcome to the 2020 Grand River Spring Forum! Click Play on the YouTube playlist (embedded video below) to view all presentations in order. If you’re looking for a particular presentation, you can also use the link in the agenda below.

Thank you for joining us!

Agenda

welcome

Wendy Ogilvie, Director of Environmental Programs, GVMC & LGROW

Maria Cimitile, Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, GVSU

Keynote speaker

Climate Resilience Today: Moving Forward Transformative Change Beth Gibbons, Executive Director at American Society of Adaptation Professionals

‘Shed Talks

Assessing the short term effects of translocation on freshwater mussels: Is habitat or water quality more important? Josh Arnold, GVSU & GVMC

Growing Partnerships: Building Urban Forestry Capacity in the Watershed Lee Mueller, Davey Resource Group

Normalizing Climate Resiliency for Businesses and Institutions in West Michigan Dan Schoonmaker, Executive Director, West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum

Grand River Restoration: A Community Rallying Around Its River Matt Chapman, Project Manager, Grand Rapids Whitewater

Comprehensive Water Quality Sampling of the Grand River Peter Wampler, GVSU, and Jillian Ashton, GVSU

Lower Grand River Watershed Resilience Plan: An Action Plan for Subwatersheds to Prepare for a Changing Climate Sophia Bryson, Special Projects Associate, GVMC

passing of the paddle

Past-Chair Scott Conners, PE (City of Walker)

Outgoing LGROW Chair Carrie Rivette, PE (City of Grand Rapids)

Incoming LGROW Chair Aaron Vis (City of Wyoming)

Live question and answer session

thank you for attending the 2020 forum!