Join your local conservation agencies in welcoming Kirsten Workman and Wendong Zhang from Cornell University as we open the conversation about the economic impacts of harmful algae blooms and what is happing on the land that's impacting local water quality.
Thursday, March 23, 2023 from 9:30 am - 3:30 pm at The Ginny Lee Cafe at Wagner Vineyards ( 9322 NY-414, Lodi)
• 9:30am: Registration at Ginny Lee Cafe with Coffee available
• 10am: Welcome and set the stage - Lisa Cleckner, Director Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• 10:30-ll:30am: Wendong Zhang, Assistant Professor, The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - The Economics of Preventing and Mitigating Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Insights from Lake Erie and the Mississippi River Basin
• ll:30-12pm: Q and A
• 12-lpm: Lunch
• 1-2pm: Kirsten Workman, Sr. Extension Associate, Cornell PRO-DAIRY Program - Landscape to Lake: A look at farming in the context of healthy watersheds
• 2:30-3:00pm: Q and A
• 3pm: Wrap up - Lisa Cleckner, Director Finger Lakes Institute