During the webinar hosted by Sustain Our Great Lakes on January 25, 2012 (webinar recording found here), the presenters discussed some of the critical issues that must be addressed during the planning and implementation of aquatic connectivity restoration, including:  1) community engagement and support; 2) invasive species; 3) contaminants; 4) project prioritization; and 5) funding.  This page offers links to additional information on these issues as well as general reference materials on aquatic connectivity. 

General

• American Rivers dams and rivers web page
• Dam removal - a citizen's guide to saving rivers
• Dam removal:  a new option for a new century 
• Dam removal success stories
• Dam removal research status and prospects
• Design for fish passage at roadway stream crossings:  synthesis report 
• Great Lakes aquatic connectivity project website 
• Michigan DNR dams and dam removal web page  
• Restoring the flow:  improving selective small dam removal understanding and practice in the Great Lakes states
• River Alliance of Wisconsin fact sheet:  selective dam removal
• River Care fact sheet:  restoring connectivity and habitat in the Upper Great Lakes
• The ecology of dam removal:  a summary of benefits and impacts

• Wisconsin DNR dam removal web page 

Community Engagement and Support

• Boardman River - a river reborn website:  example of how project information can be shared
• Boardman River conceptual design report:  used to facilitate local team decisions 
• Boardman River settlement agreement:  a model for engaging agencies following surrender of hydropower license
• Does small dam removal affect local property values?  An empirical analysis
• Hot Dam!  Restoring rivers through citizen action and education on dam removal (video) 
• Lessons from the trenches:  how to win friends and influence dam removals (video)
• Taking a second look:  communities and dam removal (video)

Invasive Species

• Michigan Sea Grant viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) fact sheet
• Michigan Sea Grant zebra mussel fact sheet 
• Minnesota Sea Grant aquatic invasive species website
• USFWS sea lamprey fact sheet 
• USFWS Sea Lamprey Management Program website
• Wisconsin DNR round goby fact sheet
• Wisconsin DNR sea lamprey fact sheet 

• Wisconsin DNR zebra mussel fact sheet

Contaminants

• Contaminants in fishes from Great-Lakes influenced sections and above dams of three Michigan Rivers - implications for health of bald eagles
• Contamination of stream fishes with chlorinated hydrocarbons from eggs of Great Lakes salmon
• Effects of contaminants on the shovelnose sturgeon as a surrogate for the endangered pallid sturgeon 
• EPA fact sheet - PCBs update:  impact on fish advisories 
• Great Lakes salmon polluting Michigan's stream fish
• Opening rivers to Trojan fish:  the ecological dilemma of dam removal in the Great Lakes

• The impact on reproduction of an orally administered mixture of selected PCBs in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Inventory and Prioritization

• Fish Xing:  software and learning systems for fish passage through culverts 
• Great Lakes road stream crossing inventory instructions
• Great Lakes road stream crossing inventory data sheet

• Great Lakes basin dam inventory data form

Funding Opportunities

• Great Lakes Basin Fish Habitat Partnership
• Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Restoration Act 
• National Fish Passage Program 
• NOAA Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Program 
• Sustain Our Great Lakes

• Wisconson DNR Dam Removal Grant Program