Saginaw Bay HAB Forecast Needs Assessment Workshop
Date: March 28, 2019
Leads: Devin Gill (CIGLR), Mark Rowe (NOAA GLERL), Meaghan Gasse (MI Sea Grant), Chiara Zuccarino-Crowe (MI Sea Grant/MSU Extension), Craig Stow (NOAA GLERL)
About: Community members in the Saginaw Bay region discussed knowledge, perceptions, and impacts to decision-making related to HABs in Saginaw Bay. Recommendations were made for the development of a Saginaw Bay HAB forecast.
Funding: This workshop was supported by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Results
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- Assessing Community Needs for a Saginaw Bay Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast, Devin Gill [Presentation]
- This work was presented at the 2019 International Association of Great Lakes Research Conference, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
- Assessing Community Needs for a Saginaw Bay Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast, Devin Gill [Presentation]
Resources
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- Agenda
- Saginaw Bay Harmful Algal Blooms – Nutrient Status, Craig Stow [Presentation]
- Saginaw Bay Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast, Mark Rowe [Presentation]
- Workshop Facilitated Discussion Questions, Devin Gill [Presentation]
Photo Gallery
Map of the Saginaw Bay area and the Saginaw River watershed. Photo Credit: USGS, Kmusser.
Saginaw Bay’s Tawas Point is a natural sand spit. Protected areas like this are important fish spawning and bird habitats on the Great Lakes shoreline. Photo Credit: USFWS by Frank Horvath.