Sessions
Two Presentations: 1) Vilas County: Watershed Protection Planning Project 2) Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department: Comprehensive Aquatic Restoration Projects
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Fri
Andrew Struck has a M.S. in Applied Ecology/Regional Planning from Indiana University-Bloomington, a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and more than 20 years of planning and restoration experience. He is the Director of the Planning and Parks Department for Ozaukee County and specializes in regional planning, natural resource planning, management, protection and restoration, education, park and open space design and implementation. He has lead collaborations with numerous governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations and private sector firms on planning and natural resource design, management, protection, education and restoration projects including: the USEPA, NOAA, USFWS, USFS, WDNR, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, WisDOT, NFWF, and other conservation organizations. He is the Program Director and main point of contact for the Ozaukee Fish Passage Program and is the Project Coordinator for all QAPP-approved activities under the USEPA/Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funded “Monitoring to Address 7 of 11 BUI’s – Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern” project and the NFWF SOGL funded “Fish Passage Restoration – Milwaukee River Watershed” project. Andrew also currently serves as a member of the WDNR Fish and Wildlife Technical Team, Project Managers Team and Management Action Implementation Team for the Milwaukee River Estuary AOC. Andrew also served as program director for the nationally recognized, USEPA-funded sustainable brownfield redevelopment of the Menomonee River Valley in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Andrew serves on several planning and environmental nonprofit organizations Board of Directors including officer positions (e.g., President, Treasurer), has completed numerous forest restoration projects, and received the Conservationist of the Year award from Gathering Waters in 2013 and the 2020 Achievement Award from Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin.