Great Lakes Day 2024 What can you do -- communicating science Presentation 7

It’s time for the 34th annual Great Lakes Day conference: Celebrating Science and Water!
This is presentation 7 of 7 from the conference (plus a special Award Presentation) and discusses tips for communicating science and practical ideas of things you can do to help. Other presentations include emerging issues such as PFAS and Coastal Resiliency in the Great Lakes; and share research about the fascinating species we find in our Great Lakes.
Great Lakes Day is sponsored by Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State University Institute of Water Research, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and MSU Extension as part of ANR Week at Michigan State University.
Presentation sessions in order:
1. Welcome and Are you Great Lakes Literate?
2. Status of PFAS in the Great Lakes
3. The Michigan Coastal Management Program’s Pathway to Resilience
4. A Conservation Partnership in the Keweenaw Heartlands
5. Vegetation and marsh bird relationships with invasive Phragmites australis occurrence and management in Saginaw Bay
6. Marine Debris and the Great Lakes
7. What can YOU do? Practical ideas to help and communicate about our Great Lakes
8. Great Lakes Day Special Award presented to Dr. Lois Wolfson