This edition of the Algal Bloom Action Team will feature Ellen Preece, Senior Scientist for the California Department of Water Resources. Dr. Preece will share her research monitoring microcystin from 2020 to 2023, which spanned California’s driest consecutive 3-year period and one of the wettest years on record (2023).
Upcoming Algal Bloom Action Team Webinar
Tune into the first Algal Bloom Action Team Webinar of the year! This webinar will feature two presentations – Jen Wisecaver, Associate Professor at Purdue University, who will discuss extreme diversity and cryptic species in Prymnesium parvum and Barry Rosen, Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, who will discuss the secrets of freshwater cyanobacteria blooms.
4th Annual Harmful Algal Bloom Symposium Videos Out Now
The North Central Region Water Network (NCRWN) hosted the 4th Annual Harmful Algal Bloom Symposium on January 4th, and you can watch the recordings here!
Check out these videos, as well as more recordings from previous events, on NCRWN’s YouTube Channel.
New Fact Sheet Released on Harmful Algal Blooms’ Effects on Animal Health
The Algal Bloom Action Team has recently published a new fact sheet about the health-related effects that harmful algal blooms (HABs) have on animals. You can view the newly released fact sheet here!
Algal Bloom Action Team Symposium Call for Proposals – Submit by November 17th
The Algal Bloom Action Team invites you to submit an abstract to the Fourth Annual Harmful Algal Bloom Virtual Symposium by October 30th
2023 Harmful Algal Blooms Webinar Series Calendar
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
| February 1st | Donna Hill | USEPA | Toxins Associated w/ Freshwater HABs & Mammalian Health Effect |
| April 5th | Jeanine Refsnider Alba Argerich |
University of Toledo University of Missouri |
Effects of Lake Erie Harmful Algal Blooms on Wildlife Health Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Community Science- The Lakes of Missouri Volunteer Program |
| June 7th | James Cotner John Lenhart |
University of Minnesota Ohio State University |
TBD Use of Activated Carbon for Cyanotoxin Treatment |
| August 2nd | Adam Heathcote Katherine Canfield |
Science Museum of Minnesota USEPA |
TBD TBD |
| October 4th | Grace Wilkinson Ann St. Amand |
University of Wisconsin, Madison PhycoTech, Inc. |
TBD TBD |
| December 6th | Gina LaLiberte Anna Boegehold |
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research |
CyanoHAB TBD |
Upcoming Algal Blooms Action Team Webinar: Wed. February 1, 2023 at 11 AM CT
 Upcoming Webinar:Toxins Associated with Fresh Water Harmful Algal Blooms and Their Mammalian Health Effects Wednesday February 1, 2023 11:00 AM CT/ 12:00 PM ET  |
The Algal Bloom Action Team is hosting its first webinar of 2023 on Wednesday, February 1st. This webinar will feature Donna Hill with the Office of Research and Development with the US EPA. Hill will provide an overview of health effects seen in humans and animals from freshwater cyanotoxin blooms. Completed and planned cyanotoxin research in their EPA lab will also be outlined.
The Algal Bloom Action Team is a collaboration of water professionals, researchers, and educators from the national network of Water Resources Research Institutes, the North Central Region Water Network, and Cooperative Extensions from the 12 states in the North Central Region of the United States. More information at northcentralwater.org/habs/.
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Harmful Algal Bloom Symposium Recap – View slides for the 4 sessions!
The Algal Bloom Action Team’s popular Virtual Harmful Algal Bloom Research Symposium returned for its third year on January 5-6, 2023.
The event brought together over 800 water professionals from across the North Central Region to hear about the latest harmful algal bloom Research, discuss examples of effective bloom management, and learn about the latest technologies being used to tackle this global issue
View the recordings of the symposium:
- Session 1: Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring and Forecasting
- Session 2: Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Treatment
- Sessions 3 & 4: Ecology and Human Health and Case Studies
View an abbreviated version of the agenda below or find a more detailed PDF here.