Barb Liukkonen, Water Resources Education Coordinator, 612-625-9256

Our Shoreland Education Program was presented as part of a special session on Great Lakes outreach at the International Association of Great Lakes Research conference held in Ann Arbor, MI, May 23-27. Our talk entitled, “University of Minnesota Shoreland Education Program - Creating Shoreland Stewards,” summarized our workshop offerings, educational materials, research and demonstration sites, highlighted the work of shoreland volunteers, and summarized the accomplishments and impacts of the program over the past several years. Cindy Hagley submitted the abstract and Barb Liukkonen prepared and gave the presentation; Eleanor Burkett and Mary Blickenderfer were co-authors.

While at the conference, Barb and Cindy attended many talks that gave us new insights and ideas for shoreland work in Minnesota. There were concurrent sessions on toxics, aquatic invasive species, bacteria monitoring and contamination, cormorants, blue-green algae and botulism, land use impacts, remote-sensing, and other outreach programs. It was an educational and energizing three days!

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