Wednesday, May 9 Schedule

 
Understanding Mercury Contamination of the Lake
Pre-Forum Session on Mercury – Free to the public

9:00 Opening remarks
Lynn de Freitas, FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake

9:10 The USEPA’s new national mercury rule; Implications for mercury cyclingand monitoring in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem
David P. Krabbenhoft, USGS, Middleton, WI (keynote)

10:10 Mercury and bacteria mediated methylation in Great Salt Lake
Ramesh Goel, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

10:30 30-minute break

11:00 Mercury in the GSL Ecosystem: A snapshot during 2008
Jodi Gardberg, UDWQ, Salt Lake City, UT

11:20 Mercury in avian wildlife – 2010 egg data
John Isanhardt, USFWS, Salt Lake City, UT

11:40 Mercury in the brine flies
Wayne Wurtsbaugh, USU, Logan, UT

12:00 One-hour lunch

1:00
A multiyear survey of mercury in Artemia biomass and cysts collected from the Great Salt Lake, UT.
Thomas Bosteels, GSL Brine Shrimp Cooperative, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

1:20 The history of metals contamination in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, revealed througha paleolimnological analysis
Wayne Wurtsbaugh, USU, Logan, UT

1:40 Mercury and nutrient transfer from the deep brine layer to Artemia franciscana,GreatSalt Lake, Utah
Erin F. Jones, USU, Logan, UT

2:00 Mercury in the waterfowl (Consumption Advisories)
John Luft, UDWR/GSLEcosystem Project, Salt Lake City, UT

2:20 Mercury in the air
Kevin Perry, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2:40 Fish advisories around the state
Jodi Gardberg, UDWQ, Salt Lake City, Utah

3:00 30-minute break

3:30 Remediation of mercury in contaminated lakes: The Newcastle Reservoir demonstration project
David Naftz, USGS, Salt Lake City, UT

Expert Panel Discussion

3:50 Addressing the mercury issue in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem

  • David Krabbenhoft, USGS
  • Wayne Wurtsbaugh, USU
  • Ramesh Goel, Univ. of Utah
  • Kevin Perry, Univ. of Utah
  • John Luft, UDWR/GSL Ecosystem Project
  • Steve Earley, Utah Waterfowl Association
  • Thomas Bosteels, GSL Brine Shrimp Cooperative

Moderated by Maunsel Pearce, Great Salt Lake Alliance, Salt Lake City UT

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