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Working Toward Strategic Implementation of SoilWorking Toward Strategic Implementation of Soil Conservation Practices in the Saginaw Bay Watershed
David S. Karpovich, Ph.D.Saginaw Valley State UniversitySaginaw Valley State University
Saginaw Bay ESI at SVSU
Saginaw Bay Watershed Research
UndergraduateCommunication Undergraduate Education
Communicationand Outreach
www.svsu.edu/sbesi/
Our home territory: the Saginaw Bay Watershedy g y
Soil conservation pictures from Michigan’s Thumb
Vegetative filter stripedge of ditch tilling
We need tools to guide the selection and placement of BMPs.
Saginaw Bay Optimization Decision Tool: Linking Management Actions to Multiple Ecological Benefits via Integrated Modeling
Principle Investigators David Karpovich, Saginaw Bay ESI at SVSU Joseph DePinto LimnoTech
Funding
Joseph DePinto, LimnoTech Scott Sowa, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Team members Mary Anne Evans Mary Fales Mary Anne Evans
Elaine Brown (MDARD)
Charles Bauer (MDEQ)
Mary Fales Matt Herbert Doug Pearsall
David Caroffino Charles Bauer (MDEQ) Michelle Selzer Bretton Joldersma Brian Sweeney
David Caroffino
Kyle Cissell Art Martin Andrew Miller
Ruth Shaffer Ronnie Maurer
Amanda Flynn
Andrew Miller Rhett Mohler
Jon Bartholic Vicki AndersonAmanda Flynn
Ed Verhamme Todd Redder Derek Schlea
Vicki Anderson
Conservationactions & locations
Riverine water and ecosystem habitat
Nearshoreecological outcomes
Goal: Develop a science‐based, system wide integrated framework to guide conservation and restoration actions – an Optimization Decision Model Toolkit
ODM Toolkit: A suite of data, models and decision tools that help set realistic goals and support strategic conservation decisions for farms, rivers and nearshore ecosystemsnearshore ecosystems
Conceptual ODM: the “ideal optimization.”G
Realized ODM: what we can accomplish given existing data, tools, etc.Gaps
Saginaw Bay ODM project scope• Ecosystems/habitats:
• rivers• rivers• nearshore/littoral areas
• Biological groups: • phytoplankton (algae) • fish
• Socioeconomic/ecosystem indicators:• Socioeconomic/ecosystem indicators: • crop yield• beach closures• sediment removal cost
G hi fGeographic focus• Kawkawlin and Pigeon/Pinnebog River Watersheds
• watershed management plans• availability of datay• GLRI funding & conservation programs
Conceptual ODM –key questions, TNC
Linking BMPs to river and nearshore outcomes
Gap Analysis – TNC, SVSU
Stakeholder Surveys
• Perceived ecosystem health
Questions ask about:
• Important uses of water
• Understanding of water quality
SWAT model development, LimnoTech
Part of the Realized ODM
Kawkawlin
Pinnebog
Pigeon
SVSU tributary studies & water monitoring• support SWAT models• evaluate ecosystems• fill some data gaps
Hannah M. Voss, Meaghan E. VanWert, James R. Polega, Jacob W. VanHouten, Arthur L. Martin, and David S. Karpovich. "Implications of hypoxia on the North Branch of the Kawkawlin River." Journal of Great Lakes Research40 (2014): 28‐34. http://0‐dx.doi.org.library.svsu.edu/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.01.006
Project Connections
GLRI funded projectsGLRI funded projects • Five projects connected to the focus watersheds
MDEQ Nonpoint Source Program 319• Approved watershed management plans
MDEQ Clean Michigan Initiative• Kawkawlin River water quality monitoring• Kawkawlin River water quality monitoring
NRCS along with Bay County and Huron Soil Conservation Districts • Access to land use and BMP information
US Geological Survey• Water and ecosystem evaluation in Saginaw Bay
NOAA Multiple Stressors Project• Saginaw Bay information and the SAGEM2 model
Lake Huron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (The Beautiful Lake)• informed conservation planning in the Saginaw Bay Watershed
Project Outputs
• Idealized Optimization Decision Model (ODM) decision process and tool kit
• Gap analysis for data, knowledge, model & decision tools
• Realized ODM (version 1.0) with associated set of available data, models, and decision tools
• Integrated priorities for watershed & sub‐watershedsIntegrated priorities for watershed & sub watersheds
• Field‐scale tools to optimize selection and placement of BMPs for ecological and socioeconomic benefits to riverine and nearshore systems
• Proposed riverine & nearshore indicators and monitoring recommendations to help improve the ODM
• Assessment of the effectiveness of targeted conservation actions resulting fromAssessment of the effectiveness of targeted conservation actions resulting from the application of the ODM