Lake Erie harmful algal bloom seasonal forecast to be released on June 29

Webinar followed by media Q&A session with lead forecaster
Algal bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie, as seen by aircraft during a flyover on September 2017.

Algal bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie, as seen by aircraft during a flyover on September 2017. (Image credit: Zachary Haslick, Aerial Associates Photography Inc.)

WHAT

NOAA will release its 2023 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) forecast for Lake Erie on Thurs., June 29 during a media briefing hosted by Ohio Sea Grant and The Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory. The event will feature expert commentary on the seasonal forecast, a discussion of the impacts of HABs to Lake Erie’s economy and communities, and the U.S. response. 

It will be broadcast online for the press and public. A moderated Q&A session for credentialed media and stakeholders will follow both the forecast and the talks by invited speakers.

  • In-person participation: In-person attendees will have the opportunity to meet with NOAA’s lead HAB forecaster, take a research vessel cruise to learn firsthand about HAB monitoring and see laboratory demonstrations. In-person attendance is limited. Please RSVP using this form by June 20 if planning to attend in person.
  • Virtual participation: Can’t attend in person? Reporters must register here to receive the link to the Zoom presentation in order to view graphics and ask questions. (If preferred, reporters can hear an audio feed of the webinar by telephone, but telephone users will not be able to ask questions in the Q&A session.)

Phone for audio listening ONLY:
US:  651 372 8299 
Webinar ID:985 7710 1701
Password: 045286

WHEN 

Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 11 am - 1 pm EDT

WHERE

Stone Laboratory
The Ohio State University’s Island Campus
Put-in-Bay, Ohio 43456

  • Logistics: In-person attendees should take the Miller Ferry to South Bass Island departing from Catawba Point at 9:30 am. Stone Laboratory staff will meet the ferry and transport participants to the laboratory for the briefing. A box lunch will follow.

WHO

  • Chris Winslow, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory at The Ohio State University (Moderator) 
  • Rick Stumpf, NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science 
  • Laura Johnson, National Center for Water Quality Research, Heidelberg University
  • Jay Martin, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University
  • Jon Witter, Agronomy & Soils Department, The Ohio State University

 

Media contact 

Tyler Wittkofsky, NOAA, tyler.wittkofsky@noaa.gov, 786-224-7517

Jill Jentes, Ohio State University, jentes.1@osu.edu, 614-937-0072

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