{"id":111,"date":"2011-04-15T16:06:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T20:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tinycottager.org\/creports-wordpress\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-04-15T16:16:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T20:16:23","slug":"2011-sierra-club-great-lakes-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tinycottager.org\/site\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"Notice:2011 Sierra Club Great Lakes Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2011 SIERRA CLUB GREAT LAKES SYMPOSIUM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>IMPACTS OF SUSTAINED LOW WATER LEVELS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>IMPENDING DISASTER FOR NEARSHORE ECOSYSTEMS<\/strong><br \/>\nSpeakers:<br \/>\n1) Roger Gauthier, retired USACE Great Lakes hydrologist<br \/>\nLong term Great Lakes level dynamics &#8211; changes<br \/>\n2) Pat Chow-Fraser, McMaster University<br \/>\nImpact of sustained low water levels on coastal ecosystems<br \/>\n3) Janice Gilbert, Wetlands Ecologist<br \/>\nInvasion of exposed Great Lakes shorelines by Phragmites australis<br \/>\n4) Dennis Albert, Oregon State University<br \/>\nChanges in nearshore plant communities 1987 &#8211; 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