NJDEP Annual HAB Summit replay

March 30, 2022| Environment

By: Lake Hopatcong Foundation

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) hosted its 3rd Annual HAB Summit on March 23, 2022, to share information, updates, and progress related to Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) science, monitoring, response, management, treatment, and communication. Government officials, lake and other environmental commissions, watershed associations, environmental nonprofits, businesses, academics, lakes management, and HAB treatment experts were just some of the attendees at the virtual summit. 

Recordings of the morning and afternoon sessions as well as speaker bios and a program booklet are all available on NJDEP's website. The videos include numerous informational presentations ranging from  "Keeping Your Pets Safe from HABs" to "The Benefit of Riparian Buffers" and "New Autonomous Surface Vehicle for NJ Lakes." A complete list of presentations along with timestamps are included below to help you easily locate each speaker. 

Morning Session

• Opening Remarks—Katrina Angarone, NJDEP 0:00:31
• Summit Logistics and Introduction of Keynote Speaker—Kerry Pflugh, NJDEP 0:07:58
• Keynote Address— Benjamin Holcomb, ITRC and Utah DEQ 0:09:05
• Moving the Governor’s HAB Initiative Forward o Funding Available to Prevent and Mitigate HABs—Larry Torok, NJDEP 0:39:00
• The Importance of a Watershed Protection and Restoration Plan—Nathaniel Sajdak, SCMUA-WRWMG 0:52:20
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in NJ Lakes—Kim Cenno, NJDEP 1:17:33
• HAB Expert Team Readout—Fred Lubnow, Ph.D., Princeton Hydro and Meiyin Wu, Ph.D., Montclair State University 1:41:02
• Facilitated HAB Discussion with NJDEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette 2:05:50

Afternoon Session

• Opening Remarks - Kerry Pflugh, NJDEP 0:00:05
• Temperature Impacts on Indicator Species—Scott Collenburg, NJDEP 0:04:04
• USGS Raritan Fate and Transport Project—Heather Heckathorn, USGS 0:16:45
• Future Precipitation Intensity Projections—Nick Procopio, Ph.D., NJDEP 0:31:17
• Keeping Your Pets Safe from HABs—Nicole Lewis, Ph.D., NJDEP 0:51:55
• Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution ▪ Stormwater Toolkit—Taylor Coppa, NJDEP 1:05:30
• Stormwater Management and the Use of Green Infrastructure—Mike Pisauro, The Watershed Institute 1:14:30
• The Benefit of Riparian Buffers—Kelly Mascarenhas and Lauren Drumm, NJDEP 1:34:03
• Florida Septic Studies—Brian LaPointe, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University 1:53:30
• Making it Happen—Honorable Michael Francis, Mayor Hopatcong Boro 2:09:00
• CyAN Project and Impacts—Bridget Seegers, Ph.D., NASA 2:21:00
• New Autonomous Surface Vehicle for NJ Lakes—Vic Poretti, NJDEP 2:31:05
• Closing Remarks—Patricia Gardner, NJDEP 2:43:08