Great Plains and Midwest Harmful Algal Blooms Conference
Background
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On Feb. 4-5, 2020, EPA Region 7 co-hosted a multi-regional Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Workshop with the University of Kansas. This workshop focused on discussing common issues and solutions for managing HABs and excess nutrients in the Great Plains and Midwest regions. Over 160 people attended the workshop including water quality professionals from federal, state and local governments, drinking water systems, regional watershed associations, the agricultural community, and academic institutions. Attendance included over 17 participating states. Attendees presented on, discussed and shared their experiences managing HABs and nutrients, including opportunities for source water protection and the prevention of HABs in agricultural landscapes.
Conference Documents
- Great Plains and Midwest Harmful Algal Blooms Workshop Proceedings Report (pdf)
- Cyanotoxin Occurrence in the United States: A 20-Year Retrospective (pdf)
- Water Quality Trading for Nutrients (pdf)
- The Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT) (pdf)
- Soil Health: Why Should We Care? (pdf)
- Water Quality Wetlands in Iowa (pdf)
- Milford Reservoir Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) (pdf)
- Building Local Partnerships to Implement Collaborative Conservation Programs: The Milford Lake Watershed Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) (pdf)
- Milford Lake Watershed Conservation Accomplishments (pdf)
- Great Plains-Midwest HABs Forum Section 319 Program: HABs Prevention, Success and Partnership (pdf)
- Source Water Protection: New (and Old) Opportunities for Implementation (pdf)
- Season Riparian Area Management (SRAM) Impacts on the Big Sioux River Watershed Project (pdf)
- Wading into a Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP): Utilities Collaborating with Producers (pdf)
- Minnesota Efforts to Reduce Nutrient Enrichment (pdf)
- Kansas Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) (pdf)
- Boysen Nutrient Initiative: Proactively Working to Reduce Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (HCBs) at a High-Priority Wyoming Reservoir (pdf)
- Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms (pdf)
- Choosing Appropriate Approach(es) to HAB Mitigation: A Real-Life Example (pdf)
- 2019-2020 Harmful Cyanobacterial Bloom Team (pdf)
- USACE Kansas City District Regional Research Update (pdf)
- Source Water Management and Mitigation Strategies in Ohio (pdf)
- Building Successful Partnerships: Rowing the Same Direction (pdf)
- Cyanobacterial Assessment Network (pdf)
- Utah Division of Water Quality (UDWQ) HAB Advisory Process (pdf)
- The Lake Superior Algal Bloom Subgroup: Partnering for Nearshore Cyanobacterial Bloom Monitoring, Research, and Public Health Outreach (pdf)
- Upper Mississippi River (UMR) HAB Response Resource Manual (pdf)
- Landscape Influences on Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms (pdf)
- Dissolved Reactive Phosphorous Losses from Agricultural Fields in the Lake Erie Basin: A Synthesis (pdf)
- Do Landscape Water Storage Features Mediate Nutrient Loads in the Upper Mississippi River Basin? (pdf)