CPEP Seminar – Building Climate Resilience for Wisconsin Lakes

Speaker: Katie Hein, Lake Monitoring Lead, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin is getting warmer and wetter with more extreme precipitation events. These changes impact ice cover, hydrology, nutrient loading, cold-water fish, and more. To lessen the impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems, we need down-scaled climate projections and site-specific climate adaptation strategies. I will highlight examples of adaptation science in Wisconsin, from new water quality criteria aiming to preserve oxythermal habitat for cold-water fishes to a framework for evaluating impacts of altered hydrology on lakes. Furthering the science on climate solutions along with impacts is critical.

This seminar can also be viewed via our live stream.

Hosted by the Climate, People and the Environment Program (CPEP).