Local experts will explore the status and future of Lake Erie, focusing on such issues as algal blooms, pollution and water quality issues, invasive species, climate change effects and conservation efforts, including the restoration of Mentor Marsh and the comeback of the Lake Erie water snake. In conjunction with the Lake Erie: On the Edge exhibit. Entrées available for purchase in Exploration: A Zack Bruell Restaurant.

6pm – Doors open for an environmental fair featuring local watershed protection groups.
7pm – Panel Discussion begins in Murch Auditorium.

EXHIBITORS

• Doan Brook Watershed Partnership
• Cleveland Metroparks
• Green Ribbon Coalition
• Trout Club
• MOCA
• Sewer District
• Tetra Tech
• EnviroScience
• Alliance for the Great Lakes

PANELISTS

• Dr. Laura Johnson, Director of the National Center for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg University
• Dr. David Kriska, Restoration Ecologist at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Dr. Jeff Reutter, retired director of the Ohio Sea Grant Program, Ohio State University’s Stone Lab and the Center for Lake Erie Area Research
• Dr. Kristin Stanford, Education and Outreach Coordinator at Ohio State University’s Stone Lab

MODERATOR

• John Mangels, Science Communications Officer, Cleveland Museum of Natural History