State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference video webcast October 22 and 23

The State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference will be available as a "live" video webcast October 22 and October 23. There will be two full days of programming on-line at http://epa.gov/greatlakes/live

Highlights for Wednesday, October 22 "State of the Great Lakes"
(starting at 9 AM Eastern time)

• Contaminants, Biotic Communities and Invasive Species
• Coastal Zones and Aquatic Habitats
• Human Health, Land Use, Resource Utilization, and Climate Change
• Keynote Speaker - Thomas Homer-Dixon
• Impacts of Changing Land Use
• Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Coastal Wetlands
• Nearshore Waters - biological, physical, chemical features

Highlights for Thursday, October 23 "Ecosystem Status Reports: Lakes and
Connecting Channels"
(starting at 7:30 AM Eastern time)

• Lake Superior - Non-native species
• Lake Michigan - Botulism
• Lake Huron - Beaches and Recreational Water Quality
• St. Clair-Detroit River Connecting Channel - Nutrients and algal blooms
• Lake Erie - Nutrients and Harmful Algal Blooms
• Niagara River - Contaminants
• Lake Ontario - Impacts of Water Levels
• Keynote Speaker Peter Annin - "Great Lakes Water Wars"

A detailed video webcast agenda is available at http://epa.gov/greatlakes/live.