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