{"id":32494,"date":"2020-08-26T09:58:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=32494"},"modified":"2022-07-20T09:47:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T13:47:05","slug":"after-10-years-great-lakes-monitoring-program-still-adapting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/after-10-years-great-lakes-monitoring-program-still-adapting.htm","title":{"rendered":"After 10 Years, Great Lakes Monitoring Program Still Adapting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The public knows much more about Great Lakes coastal wetlands than it did ten years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In those ten years, the information gathered through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatlakeswetlands.org\/Home.vbhtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Monitoring Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has led to and supported dozens of advances in Great Lakes science while helping nail down the shifting nature of ecosystem health for a vital part of the Great Lakes system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI probably get one or two requests for information a week,\u201d Don Uzarski, director of the program, told Environmental Monitor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatlakeswetlands.org\/docs\/Reports\/GLIC-Semi_Annual-Mar-2020-Final.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program\u2019s most recent semi-annual report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lists 40 scientific publications using the collected data. In addition, the data has been used in even more restoration projects, graduate theses and presentations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building a unified approach to wetlands monitoring<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the coastal monitoring program is wrapping up its tenth year of monitoring, its roots go back farther.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1990s, the international and interstate nature of the Great Lakes meant that two nations, a province and eight states were involved in monitoring the region\u2019s wetlands and developing necessary protocols. A patchwork of monitoring meant that no clear, unified look at the Great Lakes as a whole was available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone was doing something different,\u201d said Uzarski, who is also the director of the Institute for Great Lakes Research at Central Michigan University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uzarski won a grant to develop protocols and standards for monitoring Great Lakes wetlands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32496\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32496\" class=\" wp-image-32496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Great Lakes wetlands\" width=\"662\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_2.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A researcher performs monitoring duties in a northern Michigan wetland. (Photo courtesy: Don Uzarski)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn 2008, we finally finished all of that work and had these protocols using water quality, chemistry, physical measures, plants, invertebrates, fish, amphibians and birds,\u201d Uzarski said. In 2009, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) made monitoring the Great Lakes\u2019 wetlands a possibility. Uzarski won GLRI funding\u2014$10 million for five years\u2014and now heads the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wetlands are dynamic ecosystems that require complex monitoring protocols. Researchers at over 10 partner institutions around the Great Lakes basin undergo yearly training and retraining before collecting samples. After training, teams measure water quality and count fish, birds, amphibians, plants and invertebrates at nearly 250 wetlands throughout the basin each year. This unified approach has led to a deeper understanding of this ever changing ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first ten years<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the splashiest findings the program has made is the larger than expected range of the invasive faucet snail. Faucet snails bear parasites that kill certain waterfowl when ingested. In one instance, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.state.mn.us\/invasives\/aquaticanimals\/faucet_snail\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these parasites killed nine thousand coots and scaups<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over two years in a Minnesota lake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the headlines it garnered (more than 40 nationwide), the finding showed the invasive snail was much more prevalent around the basin than previously known.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It raises questions about bird die-offs in those areas and whether or not they were faucet snail-related, Uzarski said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program has increased understanding of invasive plants, fish and animals in similar ways. The surveys illustrated that invasive plants and threatened native plants frequently inhabited the same places. They better-defined ranges for invasive and native species while helping researchers define wetland characteristics that helped those animals thrive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re adding to databases all over,\u201d Uzarski said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 1,000 wetlands are in the monitoring program. The program is limited to wetlands of at least four hectares and with a surface water connection to the Great Lakes. There are far more wetlands in the Great Lakes basin, but these limits keep the program manageable, Uzarski said.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynamic ecosystems difficult to pin down<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Lakes wetlands are dynamic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because they are, by definition, transition zones, fish, plant, amphibian and invertebrate populations can vary from one end of a wetland to the other. Water quality can shift, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wetlands change from year to year. In recent years, elevated Great Lakes water levels that have eroded beaches and threatened shoreline homes have inundated some wetlands to the point that monitoring procedures that worked years ago need to be updated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32498\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32498\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_4-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"Great Lakes wetlands\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_4-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_4.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A researcher monitors a Great Lakes wetland while taking Covid-19 related precautions. (Photo credit: Bridget Wheelock)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fish traps the program uses, which accurately gauge fish populations in one meter of water, can\u2019t be guaranteed to be accurate in two meters of water, Uzarski said. That means updating the protocols established at the beginning of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Great Lakes\u2019 wetlands are also dynamic as a result of human impact. <span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fondriest.com%2Fnews%2F%3Fp%3D32494&#038;text=While%20the%20monitoring%20program%20tracks%20harm%20from%20human%20impacts%E2%80%94pollution%20and%20the%20resulting%20decline%20in%20water%20quality%2C%20for%20example%E2%80%94the%20information%20can%20also%20serve%20as%20confirmation%20of%20wetland%20restoration%20success%2C%20Uzarski%20said.&#038;via=FondriestEnv&#038;related=FondriestEnv' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">While the monitoring program tracks harm from human impacts\u2014pollution and the resulting decline in water quality, for example\u2014the information can also serve as confirmation of wetland restoration success, Uzarski said. <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fondriest.com%2Fnews%2F%3Fp%3D32494&#038;text=While%20the%20monitoring%20program%20tracks%20harm%20from%20human%20impacts%E2%80%94pollution%20and%20the%20resulting%20decline%20in%20water%20quality%2C%20for%20example%E2%80%94the%20information%20can%20also%20serve%20as%20confirmation%20of%20wetland%20restoration%20success%2C%20Uzarski%20said.&#038;via=FondriestEnv&#038;related=FondriestEnv' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitoring provides baseline measures of health before restoration efforts and confirmation of success after the fact. The program\u2019s most recent semi-annual report discusses dozens of requests from groups working to delist areas of concern, conservation organizations and government entities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the St. Louis River area of concern between Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, the program has provided monitoring and data to facilitate planning restoration actions, identify degraded wetlands and decide what restored habitat should look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covid-19 forces adaptability yet again<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program is used to dealing with a dynamic subject. But a global pandemic has, once again, changed the way it monitors wetlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pandemic forced annual training online, Uzarski said. And it also changed the way monitoring trips were carried out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some sites, like those in downtown Detroit, were slated for monitoring at a moment when Detroit was experiencing one of the largest outbreaks of Covid-19 in the country. Uzarski said he had his teams skip those sites this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32497\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32497\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_3-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Great Lakes wetlands\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreatLakes_wetlands_3.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A researcher conducts monitoring protocols in a Great Lakes wetland. The Covid-19 pandemic has added additional challenges to the monitoring program. (Photo credit: Bridget Wheelock)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A closed border between the United States and Canada has kept American researchers from accessing certain Canadian sites. In some cases, other Canadian teams have been able to carry out the work, but it usually includes longer travel times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even at accessible sites, monitoring is a more onerous ordeal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019d have to do skeleton teams of two people, put them in separate vehicles, keep them six feet apart on a boat, wear a mask and personal protective equipment,\u201d Uzarski said. \u201cWe\u2019re getting around these things but it\u2019s much more labor intensive. It\u2019s harder on our field crew.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional labor isn\u2019t the only added cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt made the work much, much more expensive,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, monitoring operates on the same budget it did in 2010. Rising costs and additional Covid-related expenses means, overall, the job is harder to do with $2 million per year than it was ten years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even with these challenges, Uzarski stands behind the science he and his partners are conducting. He says it wouldn\u2019t be worth the effort if the science wasn\u2019t good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe quality is absolutely there,\u201d he said. \u201cPoor science is more dangerous than no science.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Academic partners in the monitoring program are The College at Brockport\u2014State University of New York, Grand Valley State University, Northland College, University of Minnesota\u2014Duluth, University of Notre Dame, Lake Superior State University, University of Windsor, University of Wisconsin\u2014Green Bay, University of Wisconsin\u2014River Falls, University of Wisconsin\u2014Superior. Governmental and private partners are Bird Studies Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; LimnoTech; Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; and United States Geological Survey.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program has provided data on a dynamic ecosystem for 10 years. 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