Wisconsin Harmful Algal Bloom Stakeholder Workshop
When: March 22, 2007
Where: Regency Suites/KI Convention Center
333 Main Street Green Bay WI 54301
www.regencygb.com
The intention of this day long Focused Workshop is to bring together Wisconsin drinking water operators, public health officials, beach managers, wastewater operators, tribes, agriculturalists, and other Wisconsin residents interested in harmful algal blooms in order to determine the extent of the harmful algal bloom (HAB) issue, create a venue to understand and assess existing knowledge of HABs, and identify methods in which HABs are monitored for and reported to the public.
Workshop Agenda:
- 10-10:30 AM - Welcome, Introduction by Sonia Joseph, NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH), and workshop logistics
- 10:30-10:45 AM -Victoria Harris, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant - Use impairments from algal blooms in Green Bay.
- 10:45-11 AM- Dr. Bart Destasio, Lawrence University - Harmful Algal Blooms in the Fox Valley: Recent patterns of cyanobacteria abundance and composition in the Fox-Wolf watershed and Green Bay.
- 11- 11:20 AM - Dr. Elisabeth Harrahy, WI Dept of
Natural Resources - Blue-Green Algae in
Wisconsin: Results of a Two-Year Statewide Monitoring Program. - 11:20-11:40 PM - Dr. Juli Dyble, NOAA CEGLHH -
Detecting toxic Microcystis
in the lower Great Lakes. - 11:40- 12 PM - Ms. Dawn Perkins, WI State Lab of
Hygiene - Detection of Cyanobacteria
and Cyanotoxins: Current Methodologies. - 12- 1:20 PM- LUNCH
- 1:20-2:40 PM - Facilitated Small Group Discussions to Answer Specific Questions related to Wisconsin HABs.
- 2:40-3 PM - BREAK
- 3- 4 PM - Reconvene/ Large Group Discussion
~ 15 minute summaries from each group (3-4 groups)
~ Large group discussion of information and needs identified in small group discussions - 4:30 - Closing Thoughts, ADJOURN
Hosted by NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health and Wisconsin Sea Grant. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please RSVP to Sonia Joseph by March 12, 2007. For additional information or questions, please contact Sonia Joseph at (), or (734) 741-2283.
