Nuisance Algae in Lake Michigan Public Forum

Lakeshore Technical College, Cleveland, Wisconsin

February 18, 2005, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

This forum drew 150 people from along the entire Wisconsin Lake Michigan coastline, demonstrating the strong concern regarding this issue. Approximately one third of participates were from municipalities, a quarter were concerned citizens, and the remainder were researcher, managers, and politicians. The pdf links included here are the materials presented and submitted by the speakers. The full agenda is also available to download as a .pdf document.

Welcome Charles Ledin, DNR Office of Great Lakes

Cladophora at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee Mary Ellen Bruesch, Milwaukee Public Health

A Sea of Green Russ Tooley, Centerville Cares

Cladophora Basics and the Ecosystem Context Victoria Harris, UW Sea Grant, Water Quality and Restoration Specialist

Cladophora in the Great Lakes: Current perspectives from the research community Erica Young and John Berges, UWM, Department of Biological Sciences

Survey of Cladophora and Water Quality on Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Coast Paul Garrison, Steve Greb, Shaili Pfeiffer, DNR

Cladophora Biomass and Nutrient Status on Lake Michigan Erica Young, John Berges, Harvey Bootsma, UWM

The Abundance of Escherichia coli in Cladophora mats along Lake Michigan Erika Jensen, Sandra McLellan, UWM WATER Institute

Managing the Problem: What’s Been Tried John Masterson, DNR

Improving Beach Management to Reduce the Impacts of E. coli Julie Kinzelman, City of Racine Health Dept.

Reducing Phosphorus Loads to the Great Lakes Gordon Stevenson, DNR

Discussion/Next Step – Facilitator, Debbie Beyer, UW Extension