2018 Maryland – Virginia HAB Task Force Meeting

The 2018 HAB Taskforce Meeting was held as a joint meeting between Maryland and Virginia HAB Task Force programs at the Arlington Health Department in Virginia on February 19, 2019. The meeting hosted 20 partners in addition to about 35 participants by webinar. Topics included a summary of seasonal bloom monitoring and response events, federal partner updates, and two HAB-research-based speed talks.

Meeting Documents

Meeting Agenda Maryland Marine HAB Update, Cathy Wazniak, MDNR Virginia Marine HAB Update, Todd Egerton, VDH-DSS Maryland Freshwater HAB Update, Cathy Wazniak, MDNR Virginia Freshwater HAB Update, Leah Gibala-Smith, ODU – Phytoplankton Analysis Lab D. norvegica and DSP Toxin, Jonathan Deeds, FDA
Cyanotoxin Criteria Update, John Ravenscroft, EPA CyAN, Michelle Tomlinson, NOAA Speedtalk #1- Inland freshwater cyanobacteria blooms in the Mid-Atlantic: Current and future threats, Kevin Sellner, Hood College Speedtalk #2 – Impacts of Virginia’s later summer blooms on oyster growth and health, Kim Reece, VIMS WEBINAR RECORDING

For questions about the HAB Task Force, please contact the VDH Division of Environmental Epidemiology at 804-864-8182.
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