Climate and Harmful Algal Blooms
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose a public and environmental health risk to Great Lakes communities, including Erie, PA. This forum featured HABs in the face of a changing climate with invited speakers from the Institute of Marina Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PA DCNR, the Regional Science Consortium, and more.
Agenda
- Welcome to the Forum: – Introductions and Anticipated Outcomes
Tim Bruno Chief, Office of the Great Lakes, PA DEP Amber Stilwell Coastal Outreach Specialist, PA Sea Grant - Great Lakes Updates
Tim Bruno Chief, Office of the Great Lakes, PA DEP - Harmful Algal Blooms and Climate Change Where do we go from here? Mitigating Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in a World Facing Human Nutrient Over-Enrichment and Climate Change
Hans Paerl, Ph.D. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Climate Change and Pennsylvania Climate Change and Penn’s Woods – What Does the Future Hold?
Greg Czarnecki Director of Applied Climate Science, DCNR - Harmful Algal Blooms in Erie, PA Harmful Algal Bloom Cyanotoxin Monitoring: an update on the 2021 season
Jeanette Schnars, Ph.D., Executive Director, Regional Science Consortium - GLISA Project Update
Sara Stahlman, Extension Leader, PA Sea Grant & CRANE - Master Watershed Steward Program Announcement
Amber Stilwell, Coastal Outreach Specialist, PA Sea Grant - Common Agenda Update: Climate Change and Erie Water
Jacqui Bonomo, President and CEO, PennFuture
