The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be holding a virtual (streaming via MS Teams) Environmental Science Day on February 26, 2025.
MS Teams Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 219 221 568 149
Passcode: aC66bg6N
For more information on the event, please contact Camille Danielson (WSLH) or Becca Fahney (DNR)
Tentative Agenda (as of 12/12/24 – agenda subject to change)
Time (approximate) | Presentation Title | Speaker |
9:00 AM | Welcome to 2025 Environmental Science Day | Camille Danielson, WSLH Environmental Chemistry Director |
9:05 AM | Bald Eagles as Indicators of Emerging Contaminants in Wisconsin | Sean Strom, DNR Environmental Toxicologist |
9:25 AM | Bird and Animal Deformities Egg Project | Rae-Ann Eifert, DNR Water Resources Management Specialist |
9:45 AM | PFAS Analysis Challenges | Kristen Hannon, WSLH PFAS Supervisor |
9:55 AM | PFAS Statewide Private Well Sampling Project | Bill Phelps, DNR Hydrogeologist |
10:15 AM | Three Years of PFAS Research: Where We Have Been and What is Next | WSLH PFAS Research Center Chemist – TBD |
10:30 AM | BREAK | |
10:45 AM | From Testing to Action: Ensuring Safe Water in Wisconsin’s Child Care Centers | Madelyn Reinagel, DHS Outreach Program Coordinator |
11:05 AM | Wisconsin Diatoms for Condition Assessment | Gina LaLiberte, DNR Water Resources Management Specialist |
11:20 AM | Environmental Drivers of Cyanobacterial Abundance and Cyanotoxin Production in Backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River |
Shawn Giblin, DNR Mississippi River Water Quality Specialist |
11:40 AM | Overview of Wisconsin Wastewater-based Infectious Disease Surveillance Program | Devin Everett, WSLH Microbiologist |
12:00 PM | LUNCH BREAK (on your own) | |
12:50 PM | WellTAP- Updates to Wisconsin’s Fee-Exempt Testing Program for Private Well Users | Sarah Yang, DHS Hazard Assessment Section Manager |
1:10 PM | Environmental Phosphorus Testing at WSLH: Laboratory Methods and Impacts on Public Health | Lucy Wellso, WSLH APHL Fellow/Chemist |
1:25 PM | Water Action Volunteers and Citizen Lake Monitoring Network | Emily Heald, UW-Madison Extension Rivers Educator |
1:45 PM | Volunteer Monitoring Programs | Katherine Rynish, DNR Water Resources Management Specialist |
2:00 PM | BREAK | |
2:15 PM | Enforcement Stories | Stefan Fabian, DNR Law Enforcement Supervisor |
2:35 PM | Hazardous Waste Sampling Enforcement Stories | Ben Petrus, DNR Waste Management Specialist |
2:50 PM | DNR Asbestos Cases | Jennifer McDonough, DNR Environmental Enforcement Specialist |
3:05 PM | Zooplankton: Analysis and Application | Abigail Merrick, WSLH Environmental Toxicologist |
3:20 PM | WI Reference Springs Monitoring | Joe Rosnow, DNR Water Supply Specialist |
3:35 PM | NADP and Monitoring of the Atmospheric Environment | David Gay, WSLH NADP Program Office Coordinator |
3:55 PM | Closing and Wrap-Up of 2025 Environmental Science Day | Becca Fahney, DNR Lab Coordinator |