Blue-green algae can have harmful effects on humans and pets. Unfortunately, there’s no quick way to determine if an algal bloom is dangerous. Laboratory testing may take several days, and algal blooms can appear and vanish within hours, making beach closures difficult to manage. Join us for a webinar that highlights the challenges of monitoring and responding to blue-green algae blooms and their economic and public health impacts. The panel includes:
- Gina LaLiberte, Statewide Harmful Algal Bloom Coordinator and Inland Beach Monitoring Coordinator, WDNR
- Todd Miller, Associate Professor, UW-Milwaukee’s Zilber College of Public Health
- Amy Weckle, Assistant Director, Illinois Water Resources Center
- When: Septemeber 10, 2024, 12 PM to 1 PM Central Time
- Register here
This event is part of a quarterly water symposium series sponsored by the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium and Council of the Great Lakes Region. These events seek to encourage and advance collaborations, share science across borders, encourage students in research and career opportunities and present research that is solving real-world problems.
