Freshwater Collaborative Water Policy Network Meeting: Case Study and Methods Presentation – Addressing HABs in Winnebago Lakes

Dr. Stephanie Spehar and colleagues presented on a 4-year, NSF-funded project focused on developing new understandings and approaches to addressing harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Winnebago Lakes. This interdisciplinary project brings together researchers and students from UW Oshkosh and a nonprofit, the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, to study the historical, socio-cultural, ecological, and policy aspects of these blooms. This holistic understanding of HABs will be used to inform public education, outreach, and recommendations for policy. This presentation focused on the methods and general approach used in this project.

Presenters:
Dr. Stephanie Spehar, Director of Sustainability Institute for Regional Transformations and Professor of Anthropology, UW-Oshkosh
Dr. Bob Stelzer, Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Biology, UW-Oshkosh
Dr. Jim Feldman, Professor of Environmental Studies & History, UW-Oshkosh
Dr. Heidi J Nicholls, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Advisor to Inter-Tribal Student Council, UW-Oshkosh

You can view the full meeting here.