It’s time for the 34th annual Great Lakes Day conference: Celebrating Science and Water!

This conference consists of 7 presentations (and a Special Award Presentation). This is the presentation 2 of 7. Carolyn Foley of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant will discuss the "Status of PFAS in the Great Lakes.

Great Lakes Day presentations include emerging issues Coastal Resiliency in the Great Lakes; research about the fascinating species we find in our Great Lakes, and the challenge of marine debris, among others.

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