Issued by: Laura Hunt
414-229-6447
llhunt@uwm.edu
Date: July 11, 2002
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Issued by: Laura Hunt Date: July 11, 2002 |
UWM
Offers Information on Lake Algae to East Side Neighbors
MILWAUKEE - Every summer you smell it. It's the stench of rotting algae washing ashore at various spots along the Lake Michigan coast, especially at Bradford Beach and the north end of Lincoln Memorial Drive.
What is Cladophora and why does it smell so bad? And why does it seem to waft inland earlier each summer? Can anything be done? Those are some of the questions that will be answered at an informational presentation by scientists from the WATER Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).
The session, designed to inform residents, particularly those living in east side neighborhoods, about this annual nuisance, will be on Wednesday, July 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Hefter Conference Center, 3271 N. Lake Dr. It is free and open to the public.
Rep. Jon Richards will also attend. Other Milwaukee legislators, including Sheldon Wasserman, Rick Grobschmidt, and Alberta Darling, have been invited.
J. Val Klump and John Janssen, senior scientists with the Great Lakes WATER Institute, and Jack Orchard, operations director for the institute, will show a video about Cladophora and report findings on why it is flourishing in the lake.
For more information, call Karla Ashenhurst at 414-229-4451 (email: karlaa@uwm.edu).
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