__ Sessions in room A-2 __
64th Annual MLSA Conference: Friday, April 25 & Saturday, April 26, 2025
Friday Agenda
Breakout Sessions – 10:30 AM – Noon
Location: A-2
A Lawyer, a Farmer, and a Journalist walk into a bar: Straight Talk about Dirty Water
Speakers: Carrie La Seur, Legal Director, For Love of Water, Keith Schneider, Journalist for Circle of Blue, Dennis Kellogg, Michigan Farmers Union Board Member
Breakout Sessions – 1 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: A-2
Zoning for Shorelines: Best Practices and Lessons Learned from East Bay Charter Township
Speakers: Mary Reilly, AICP, Michigan State University Extension
Claire Karner, AICP, Director of Planning and Zoning, East Bay Charter Township
Saturday Agenda
Breakout Sessions – 9 AM – 10:30 AM
Location: A-2
Leveraging Digital Optical Data for Improving Water Quality
Speakers: Rob Karner, Watershed Biologist for the Glen Lake Association
Hari Kandel, PhD, Associate Professor at Lake Superior State University
A discussion of Friday afternoon’s special session, including aerial and submersible drone and imaging technologies
Lead by: Timothy E. Tyre, PhD, Senior Scientist and Charles Luebke, Director of Field Operations, Terra Vigilis Environmental Services Group
Breakout Sessions – 11 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: A-2
Climate Considerations –
Climate Change in the Michigan Mind
Speaker: Dr. Denise Keele, Executive Director, Michigan Climate Action Network
Inland Lake Fishes and a Changing Climate
Speaker: Dr. Joe Nohner, Inland Lake Fish Habitat Biologist, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Breakout Sessions – 1:30 PM – 3 PM
Location: A-2
Pursuing Ordinance Enforcement for the Benefit of Lakes
Speaker: Ashleigh K. Russett, Municipal Attorney at Bloom Sluggett, PC
Conference Concludes at 3 PM