Recent Conferences: Environment
Rapid Detection Methods for Beach Safety: WERF Advisory Team Meeting
To convene experts on rapid detection methods for assessing fecal coliform related indicators of public health and safety at recreational beaches. This is part of a project funded by the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF).
The Outlook on Wind Power in Wisconsin and the U.S.
Featuring Jeff Anthony, American Wind Energy
How does wind energy work and what are the potential benefits it can provide to the United States? Now the largest country for wind power in the world, the U.S. is finding ways that wind energy can help drive the country towards a green economy. This briefing will give an overview of wind power in the U.S. as well as an update on what is happening in Wisconsin today.
Rapid Detection Methods: Translating a Research Agenda into an Implementation Strategy
To discuss regulation of inland and coastal recreational and waste waters via rapid fecal indicator test methods and to develop strategies to take these methods from research to implementation by the end user community for enhanced public health protection
Stormwater, Climate Change, and Wisconsin's Coastal Communities
David S. Liebl, Stormwater Specialist with UW-Cooperative Extension, spoke on the impacts climate change is expected to have on coastal communities in Wisconsin.
The Johnson Foundation 2010 Freshwater Summit
The Johnson Foundation 2010 Freshwater Summit will issue a national call to action on the top freshwater priorities. This call to action will be accompanied by a targeted list of potential innovative solutions that would create a sustainable, resilient freshwater system in our natural and built environments. These measures will be finalized at the Summit and presented to President Obama and key decision makers from all relevant and interested sectors, including the national media.
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