Great Lakes Beach Association Meeting, October 3-5, Traverse City, MI -- Registration and Call for Abstracts now open

[Sheridan K Haack <skhaack@usgs.gov>]

The Great Lakes Beach Association will
hold its annual meeting October 3-5, 2007, in Traverse City, MI in conjunction
with the State of Lake Michigan (SOLM) Conference.  Please see the
SOLM website (www.miseagrant.umich.edu/SOLM2007) for the Call for Abstracts,
and for registration, lodging, and conference overview.  A detailed
agenda for the GLBA conference will be posted in about two weeks, once
all speakers are confirmed.  Some highlights of the GLBA meeting include:


On Wednesday, Oct. 3, Great Lakes
Beach Association activities will include:

An afternoon workshop on the USEPA-funded
Sanitary Survey grants, and the popular Beach 101 course 
A poster session (with the SOLM conference)
from 5:30-7:30 PM, with hors d'ouvres and cash bar

Several SOLM sessions on Wednesday afternoon
may also be of interest to the GLBA membership

On Thursday, Oct. 4, GLBA sessions
on:

Sanitary Surveys -- federal, state and
local perspectives
Approaches to Monitoring/Beach Criteria
Development -- European, Canadian, and World Health Organization approaches,
and comparison to recent considerations for the U.S. 
Government Perspective, Policy and Initiatives
-- presentations from the Government Accounting Office, the USEPA and the
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
Health Risk -- presentations on a California
non-point-source edipemiology study, avian influenza, and Cladophora at
beaches
Predictive Models -- overviews of recent
summaries on predictive modelling approaches and a presentation on physical
dynamics at beaches

On Friday, Oct. 5, GLBA sessions
on:

QPCR for Enterococci and Beyond -- overviews
of how to use this new method, how to set up a lab for this method, and
other analyses at beaches using QPCR
Septic Systems, Illicit Connections
and Groundwater Influences on Beaches -- case studies from the U. S. and
Canada 


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Sheridan Kidd Haack
USGS, Lansing, Michigan 48911
Phone: 517-887-8909
Fax: 517-887-8937