Friday Agenda

Breakout Sessions – 10:30 AM – Noon

Location: A-1
Local Issues, Local Solutions: How Conservation Districts can help solve nonpoint source pollution issues in watersheds
Speakers: Ben Jordan and Sarah Bowman, Ottawa Conservation District
Chelsey Lawton and Emily Cooper, Muskegon Conservation District
Drain Commissioners and Conservation Districts: An Invaluable Collaboration for Water Quality
Speakers: Joe Bush, Water Resources Commissioner and Ben Jordan, Watershed Programs Coordinator

Breakout Sessions – 1 PM – 2:30 PM

Location: A-1
Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI) Student Research Reports –
Analysis of Long-Term Carbon Cycling Trends Confirms Carbon Sink Status in Muskegon Lake
Speaker: Kaylynne Dennis, Graduate Research Assistant, GVSU
Greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater estuaries across an environmental gradient along the Lake Michigan shoreline
Speaker: Jillian Greene, AWRI, GVSU
Managing Eurasian Watermilfoil with Burlap Barriers: Response of Nutrients to Barrier Deployment
Speaker: Anna Briem, Graduate Assistant, AWRI, GVSU
Cyanobacteria Dynamics of Inland Public Beaches in Muskegon Lake, Michigan
Speaker: Renee A. Tardani, Master’s Student, AWRI, GVSU
Food Web Dynamics of Grand River Estuary Wetlands
Speaker: Alyssa Smith, Biology Graduate Student, GVSU