Ask An Expert Webinars
Ask an Expert is a series of free webinars providing opportunities to learn from and share knowledge with those who study the watershed and work to protect the well-being of our waters and lands.
Join us to learn and ask questions about Lake of the Woods and its Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed including topics of watershed governance, science, traditional knowledge, resource management and much more.
2024 Ask An Expert Webinar: How Rule Curves Work
Megan Garner and Alexandra Lavictoire (Environment & Climate Change Canada), Abby Moore (US Army Corps of Engineers), Phil Talmage (MN Department of Natural Resources), Ryan Maki (Voyageurs National Park)
2024 Ask An Expert Webinar: Fish Studies on Rainy Lake
Benjamin Erb and Dr. Andrew Hafs (Bemidji State University), Dr. Marianne Bachand (ECCC), Phil Talmage (MN Department of Natural Resources), Ryan Maki (Voyageurs National Park)
2023 Ask an Expert Webinar Series: International Watershed Coordination Program Year-in-Review
Ask an Expert is a series of free webinars offering viewers a chance to learn from those who study the watershed and work to protect the well-being of our waters and lands. Join us to learn and ask questions about watershed governance, science, traditional knowledge, resource management and more.
Join us for the final session of 2023 as we look back on the International Watershed Coordination program with Teika Newton, the International Watershed Coordinator and guests!
2023 Ask an Expert Webinar Series: Review of the 2023 Field Season for Rainy - Lake of the Woods
Ask an Expert is a series of free webinars offering viewers a chance to learn from those who study the watershed and work to protect the well-being of our waters and lands. Join us to learn and ask questions about watershed governance, science, traditional knowledge, resource management and more.
On November 8 at 1:00 PM CDT we hosted a session with field researchers Anna Baker (USGS), Shane Bowe (Red Lake Band Water Resources Program) and Dr. Adam Heathcote (Science Museum of Minnesota) who shared with us the field work they've done this year, looking at stream sediments in Rainy River and its tributaries, and algae toxins in the St Croix watershed, and studying wild rice in the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods.
2023 Ask an Expert Webinar Series: Climate Change in the Rainy - Lake of the Woods Basin
Ask an Expert is a series of free webinars offering viewers a chance to learn from those who study the watershed and work to protect the well-being of our waters and lands. Join us to learn and ask questions about watershed governance, science, traditional knowledge, resource management and more.
After a summer break, the 2023 Ask an Expert seminars resume this fall. Join us on September 11 at 1:00 PM CDT for a session focused on understanding how climate change is impacting the Rainy - Lake of the Woods watershed, with Dr. Scott Higgins (IISD-ELA), Dr. Clare Nelligan (Queens U.), and Dr. Leif Olmanson (U. MN) as they explore the ways in which climate change is already affecting the Rainy-Lake of the Woods basin.