Great Lakes Beach Association Sessions and Meetings
KI Convention Center & Regency Suites
Green Bay, Wisconsin
November 1, 2, 3, and 4, 2005
November 1, 2005
Tuesday Evening
Public Meeting for the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Review hosted by
The International Joint commission, Doug Alley
More information is available at http://www.ijc.org/rel/agree/review_glwqa_e.htm
November 2, 2005
Wednesday Morning
9:00 to 10:30 AM
Plenary for all conference attendees (Multiple Speakers)
10:30 to 11:00 AM
Break
International Perspective
Moderated by Sheridan Haack, USGS
11:00 to 11:20 AM
Predict & Protect: water quality signage for bathing waters in Scotland,
Calum McPhail, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
11:20 to 11:40 AM
Canada’s beach program, Murray Charlton, Environment Canada
11:40 to 12:00 PM
Beach programs and research in the United States, Al Dufour, USEPA,
Office of Research & Development
Noon to 1 PM
Lunch with Guest Speaker, Representative Jon Richards,
Wisconsin State Legislature, 19th Assembly District, Milwaukee, WI
Wednesday Afternoon
Pathogens and Forecasting Models
Moderated by Sharon Cook, Milwaukee Director of Intergovernmental Relations
1:10 to 1:30 PM
Waterborne viruses and other pathogens, Joan Rose, Michigan State University
1:30 to 1:50 PM
Occurrence of genetics markers for fecal indicator bacteria in Lake Michigan and
relationship to human and non-human sources of fecal pollution,
Sandra McClellan, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Great Lakes
Water Institute
1:50 to 2:10 PM
SwimCast, Greg Olyphant, Indiana University, and Mark Pfister, Lake County IL
Health Department
2:10 to 2:30 PM
Nowcasting bacteria levels and advisories at Lake Erie beaches, Donna Francy,
USGS
2:30 to 2:50 PM
Project SAFE – Lake Michigan, Richard Whitman, USGS
2:50 to 3:20 PM
Break
Discussion of State and Local Beach Issues
Moderated by Sheridan Haack, USGS
3:20 to 5:00 PM
States Report for Beach Monitoring Programs and Issues,
State representatives for beach monitoring programs
Dinner
On Own
Wednesday Evening
5:30 to 8:00 PM
Poster Reception (Posters will be displayed during conference)
November 3, 2005
Thursday Morning
Local Beach Issues
Moderated by Gary Becker, Mayor, Racine, Wisconsin
8:00 to 9:40 AM
A multi-tiered approach to beach monitoring and microbial source-tracking,
Greg Kleinheinz, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
8:20 to 8:40 AM
The impact of stormwater runoff on E. coli levels at Lake Michigan beaches,
Erika Jensen, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Great Lakes Water Institute
8:40 to 9:00 AM
The economic value of Chicago beaches, Sabina Shaikh, University of Chicago
9:00 to 9:20 AM
Health implications of beach sand bacteria, Elizabeth Alm, Central Michigan
University
9:20 to 9:40 AM
Sheridan Haack, USGS, Identifying Potential Source Areas and
Environmental Factors Associated with Variations in Concentrations of E. coli at
Selected Lake St. Clair Beaches
9:40 to 10:10 AM
Break
Beach Issues for the Great Lakes
Moderated by Bill Schuster, Door County, Wisconsin Conservationist
10:10 to 10:30 AM
NEEAR Waters Study, Al Dufour, USEPA, Office of Research & Development
10:30 to 10:50 AM
Improved water quality through Illicit Discharge Elimination, Ron Miller, St. Clair
County Health Department, Michigan
10:50 to 11:10 AM
Bay Harbor Project, Ralph Dollhopf, USEPA, Region 5
11:10 to 11:30 AM
Dynamics of fecal coliforms and sources of E. coli in epilithic periphyton
communities, Randall Hicks, University of Minnesota
11:30 to 11:50 AM
E. coli in pore water of beach sand and nearshore water at four beaches on Lake
Ontario and Hamilton Harbour, Jacqui Milne, Environment Canada
11:50 to 1:20 PM
Lunch with Great Lakes Collaboration Overview and Panel Discussion
Beach Issues for the Great Lakes continued
Moderated by Shannon Briggs, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
1:30 to 1:50 PM
Great Lakes Beach Association Meeting, Shannon Briggs, President
1:50 to 2:10 PM
Sources of E. coli at beaches along the shorelines of Georgian Bay, Ontario,
Canada, Allan Crowe, Environment Canada
2:10 to 2:30 PM
Beach monitoring in Wisconsin, Toni Glymph, Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
2:30 to 2:50 PM
Communicating Public Health Risk to Swimmers, Charles Kovatch, USEPA,
Office of Water
2:50 to 3:10 PM
Coastal Health Strategy, Julie Kinzelman, City of Racine, Wisconsin
November 4
Friday
Beach Health Workshop
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Meeting for local and state beach managers and scientists to provide
suggestions for strategic participation and support from participating federal
agencies. This information will update and extend federal research agendas.
The intent is for federal agencies to better serve the Great Lakes beach
management community. This meeting is hosted by the Great Lakes
Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA), the Great Lakes Science Center
(USGS), USEPA Region 5, and the Great Lakes Beach Association.