2010: 10th Great Lakes Beach Association Conference

Agenda:
Final agenda (updated 10/15/10)

Conference Materials:
Presentation and Poster Abstracts (updated 10/18/10)
Speaker Bios (updated 10/18/10)

Presentations:
Audio/Multimedia available at http://video.glnpo.net
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Welcome and Agency Updates
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

• Denise Hawkins, USEPA: Future Directions of U.S. EPA's Beach Program

• Lisa Christ, USEPA: US EPA Recreational Water Quality Criteria

• Charles Kovatch, USEPA: How Do the Great Lakes Beaches Look According to 303d and 305b Program Reporting through the ATTAINS System?

Agency Updates, continued
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Time: 10:05 AM - Noon EDT

• Tim Fletcher, Ontario Ministry of Environment: Canada Beaches and Water Quality Criteria

• Jeff Ridal, International Joint Commission: Can I Swim at the Beach? Update on the Activities and Recommendations from the IJC Work Group on Beaches and Recreational Water Quality

• Holly Wirick, USEPA Region 5: Beach projects funded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

• David Rockwell, Univ. of Mich -- CILER: Beach Health Interagency Coordination Team (BHICT)

• Jim Morris, USGS: USGS beach-health investigations throughout the Great Lakes

• David Schwab, NOAA-GLERL: Activities at NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and related research
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Time: 1:00 AM - 2:50 PM EDT

• Christine Manninen, Great Lakes Commission: Beach-related projects that GLC secured under the GLRI RFP

• Eric Wiegert, NY State Dept of Health: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and related research

• Shannon Briggs, Mich. Dept. Natural Resources and Environment: Michigan's GLRI strategy for 224 beaches

• Chris Bradley, AbTech Industries: GLRI Stormwater Remediation Project for Bryant Park Beach in Michigan

• Greg Kleinheinz, University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and related research

• Corey Schwab, Ohio Dept. of Health: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and related research

• Justin DeWitt, Illinois Dept. Public Health: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and related research

Remediation, management, and beach aesthetics
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Time: 3:10 PM - 4:50 PM EDT

• Rachel M. McNinch, Mich. State Univ.: Landuse Trends Surrounding Michigan Great Lakes Beaches: Implications for Management

• Kristopher D. Barnswell, Univ. of Toledo: Designing a constructed wetland for water quality enhancement at Maumee Bay State Park

• Dr. Allan Crowe, Environment Canada: Impact of Physical and Hydrogeological Conditions on Deteriorating Conditions at Beaches of the Great Lakes

• Jennifer Haley, St. Lawrence River Init.: Beach Health: E. coli levels and Effective Management Practices at St. Lawrence River Beaches

• Jamie Cross, Alliance of the Great Lakes: Adopt-a-Beach Volunteers Playing a Valuable Role in Beach Health Data Collection

Tools for rapid assessments and modeling
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM EDT

• Mark H. Weir, Mich. State Univ.: Developing a User Friendly Risk Tool for Nearshore and Beach Microbial Risk Forecasting

• Zongfu Ge, USGS: Numerical Simulation of bacteria trasnport and deposition processes at a Chicago beach

• Meredith B. Nevers, USGS: Does modeling E. coli improve risk protection and access for swimmers at Chicago beaches?

• Rebecca Bushon, USGS: Comparison of rapid methods and culture-based methods for bacterial indicators at Great Lakes and inland lake beach sites

• Susan Phillips, USGS: Data support for beach managers, researchers, and modelers

Sources and human health
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT

• Joanna M Pope, Mich. State Univ.: Using routine PCR and qPCR as molecular mapping tools to determine bacterial inputs into the Red Cedar River in mid-Michigan

• Asli Aslan, Mich State Univ.: Comparison of Bacteroids human markers for pollution diagnostics in recreational waters

• Sheridan Haack, USGS: Bacterial Pathogens and Microbial Source Tracking Markers at Great Lakes Beaches -- USGS Studies May-September 2010

• Brian D. Badgley, Univ. of Minn Biotech Institute: Temporal and Spatial Variation in Genotypic Composition of Cladophora-borne E. coli Populations in Lake Michigan

• Tasha Santiago Rodriguez, Univ. of Puerto Rico: Prevalence of enterophages and coliphages at selected sites across the Rio Grande de Arecibo