Sponsored by Oregon Lakes Association, Oregon State University with cooperation from Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

10:00 Introduction/Welcome, Theo Dreher, Oregon State University & OLA President

PART 1: 2019 Bloom season Recap & Outlook for 2020

10:10 Rebecca Hillwig, OHA, 2019 CyanoHABs review, program updates and pilot projects (Video 0:00)

10:35 Al Johnson, US Forest Service, Forest Service HAB Monitoring and Policy  (Video 0:21)

10:50 Gregg Baird, OHA, Cyanotoxin monitoring requirements for public water supply systems in OR (Video 0:41)

11:05 Alison Minerovic, DEQ , Oregon DEQ HABs monitoring: 2019 review and future outlook (Video 1:02)

11:25 Questions on talks so far

11:35 Rochelle Labiosa, US-EPA Seattle office, US-EPA and support for CyanoHABs (No Video)

11:55 Kurt Carpenter, USGS, Benthic sources of Cyanotoxins in Three Oregon Rivers Used for Municipal Drinking-Water Supply  (Video 1:25)

12:15 Lunch break

1:00 Stakeholder experiences: 2019 bloom season and outlook for 2020

• Open participation: reports from around the state
• What HABs research projects are active in Oregon?
• Dan Sobota, ODEQ, Detection of cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms in Oregon waterbodies  (Video 1:51)
• James Watson, Mat Titus, City of Salem & The Prediction Lab.  Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms in Detroit Lake, OR.    (Video 2:01)  See also HAB Webapp Link
• Lindsay Collart & Kimberly Halsey, OSU, Exploring use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as early warning signals of HAB trajectories   (Video 2:09)
• Tina Lundell, USACoE  (Video 2:21)
• Theo Dreher Lab, OSU CyanoHAB genomes   (Video 2:28)
• Kurt Carpenter (Video 2:39)
• Desiree Tullos, Kurt Carpenter, Theo Dreher, Gerrad Jones, Ross Island Lagoon: Spring/summer 2020 HAB sampling plan   (No Video) 

PART 2: Continuing the CyanoHABs legislation discussion

Recap of 2019 Work Group discussions:

2:05 Aaron Borisenko, DEQ, Monitoring and Prediction  (Video 2:51)

2:20 Joel Cary, Tualatin Valley Water District, Prevention and Treatment   (Video 3:05)

2:35 Chris Wanner, City of Portland/Dwayne Barnes, City of Salem Response and Mitigation   (Video 3:18)

2:50 Theo Dreher, HARRNESS decadal plan of US National HAB Committee   (Video 3:42)

3:00 Misty Freeman/Patrick Brennan, OR Legislative Policy & Research Office, Oregon HABs compilation  (Video 3:48)

3:10 Rep. Ken Helm, House District 34, Chair, House Committee on Water, Vision for progress towards a more comprehensive HABs program in Oregon in context of 100-year Vision  (Video 3:56)

3:30 Theo Dreher presenting Meredith Howard (California Central Valley Regional Water Board) slides, Considering the continuum of blooms & their impact from freshwater through estuaries to coastal region  (Video 4:22)

3:45 Discussion on next steps. Proposal: Working through 2019 HB 3326 (Rep. Ken Helm) item-by item as a starting point for a 2021 bill for HABs program support.   (Video  4:43)

4:30 Adjourn  (Video 4:54)