Great Plains and Midwest Harmful Algal Blooms Conference

Background

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) (865.46 KB, Oct 2020)
  U.S. EPA Region 7 and U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
• Cyanotoxin Occurrence in the United States: A 20-Year Retrospective (pdf) (4.75 MB)
  Jennifer Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
• Water Quality Trading for Nutrients (pdf) (823.04 KB)
  Amelia Letnes, U.S. EPA Office of Water
• The Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT) (pdf) (1.56 MB)
  Mindy Selman, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy
• Soil Health: Why Should We Care? (pdf) (6.54 MB)
  Jimmy Emmons, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Water Quality Wetlands in Iowa (pdf) (3.99 MB)
  Shawn Richmond, Iowa Nutrient Research and Education Council
• Milford Reservoir Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) (pdf) (1.01 MB)
  Andrew Lyon, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
• Building Local Partnerships to Implement Collaborative Conservation Programs: The Milford Lake Watershed Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) (pdf) (1.89 MB)
  Matt Unruh, Kansas Water Office
• Milford Lake Watershed Conservation Accomplishments (pdf) (584.8 KB)
  Dean Krehbiel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Great Plains-Midwest HABs Forum Section 319 Program: HABs Prevention, Success and Partnership (pdf) (2.96 MB)
  Lynda Hall, U.S. EPA Office of Water
• Source Water Protection: New (and Old) Opportunities for Implementation (pdf) (2.43 MB)
  Kara Goodwin, U.S. EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
• Season Riparian Area Management (SRAM) Impacts on the Big Sioux River Watershed Project (pdf) (9.74 MB)
  Barry Berg, East Dakota Water Development District
• Wading into a Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP): Utilities Collaborating with Producers (pdf) (1.05 MB)
  Michael Armstrong and Darci Meese, WaterOne
• Minnesota Efforts to Reduce Nutrient Enrichment (pdf) (1.89 MB)
  Pam Anderson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Kansas Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) (pdf) (109.01 MB)
  Amanda Reed, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
• Boysen Nutrient Initiative: Proactively Working to Reduce Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (HCBs) at a High-Priority Wyoming Reservoir (pdf) (2.87 MB)
  Jennifer Zygmunt, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
• Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms (pdf) (729.06 KB)
  Kevin Sellner, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, Hood College
• Choosing Appropriate Approach(es) to HAB Mitigation: A Real-Life Example (pdf) (1.58 MB)
  David Caron, University of Southern California and Aquatic EcoTechnologies LLC
• 2019-2020 Harmful Cyanobacterial Bloom Team (pdf) (1.56 MB)
  Ben Holcolm, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
• USACE Kansas City District Regional Research Update (pdf) (2.19 MB)
  Marvin Boyer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
• Source Water Management and Mitigation Strategies in Ohio (pdf) (1.59 MB)
  Ruth Briland, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• Building Successful Partnerships: Rowing the Same Direction (pdf) (5.98 MB)
  Ted Harris, Kansas Biological Survey; Laura Webb, U.S. EPA Region 7
• Cyanobacterial Assessment Network (pdf) (1.62 MB)
  Wilson Salls, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
• Utah Division of Water Quality (UDWQ) HAB Advisory Process (pdf) (728.91 KB)
  Ben Holcolm, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
• The Lake Superior Algal Bloom Subgroup: Partnering for Nearshore Cyanobacterial Bloom Monitoring, Research, and Public Health Outreach (pdf) (5.42 MB)
  Gina LaLiberte, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Upper Mississippi River (UMR) HAB Response Resource Manual (pdf) (834.24 KB)
  Lauren Salvato, Upper Mississippi River Basin Association
• Landscape Influences on Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms (pdf) (1.61 MB)
  Wilson Salls, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
• Dissolved Reactive Phosphorous Losses from Agricultural Fields in the Lake Erie Basin: A Synthesis (pdf) (1.92 MB)
  Yongping Yuan, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
• Do Landscape Water Storage Features Mediate Nutrient Loads in the Upper Mississippi River Basin? (pdf) (1.3 MB)
  Heather Golden, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development