An agenda-at-a-glance for the Climate Intersections Conference is below. The conference was held at the Harbor Side Convention Center at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022
1:00PM – 3:00PM – Half-day Tour*
4:00PM – 6:00PM – Happy Hour Reception for the Climate Intersections Conference**
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2022
8:30AM – 10:30AM – Conference Welcome and Morning Plenary Session
- Indigenous Rights, Reconciliation, and Climate Change – View slides
- Keynote presentation from Kyle Whyte, George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan
10:30AM – 11:00AM – Break: Exhibit Hall and Poster Presentations Open
11:00AM – 12:30PM – Concurrent Sessions
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- Creating Resilient Agricultural Systems
- Building resiliency across Minnesota agriculture. View slides
Authors: Brad Jordahl Redlin and Danielle Isaacson, Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Water Quality Certification Program - Landscapes as a vehicle for communicating regional place-meanings. View slides
Authors: John Strauser, University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension; and William Stewart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - A regenerative farmers story on how we fix this! View slides
Author: Rod Sommerfield, Sunnyfield Farms Partnership
- Building resiliency across Minnesota agriculture. View slides
- Adapting Communities to Extreme Weather
- One block at a time: Equitable adaptation through green infrastructure. View slides
Authors: Madison Rodman, Minnesota Sea Grant; Kara Salazar, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue Extension; and Sara Stahlman, Pennsylvania Sea Grant - Watershed and community-based climate resiliency and adaptation strategies in Wisconsin. View slides
Authors: Tim Asplund and Catherine Hein, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Climate survey of Illinois extension professionals. View slides
Authors: Shibu Kar, Lisa Merrifield and Duane Friend, University of Illinois-Extension
- One block at a time: Equitable adaptation through green infrastructure. View slides
- Working in Watersheds in Times of Change
- Growing a surface water research program in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan. View slides
Authors: Andrew Kozich, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College; Gene Mensch and Patrick LaPointe, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Natural Resources Department - Are you comfortable offering technical assistance about climate-smart agriculture? What we learned in the inaugural Conservation Practitioner Poll. View slides
Authors: Catherine DeLong, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach; Clare Lindahl, Soil and Water Conservation Society; J. Arbuckle and Chris Morris, Iowa State University - Preparing the next generation of extension water stewards. View slides
Author: John McMaine, South Dakota State University
- Growing a surface water research program in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan. View slides
- Creating Resilient Agricultural Systems
12:30PM – 1:30PM – Lunch with a Special presentation by invited Indigenous Water Protectors
1:30PM- 3:00PM – Concurrent Sessions
- Creating Resilient Agricultural Systems
- Farmer-led testing of novel corn varieties for groundwater quality improvement and greenhouse gas reduction. View slides
Author: Micheal Travis, University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension - Roadmap to water resilience – Valuing water as a resource for improved agricultural land profitability and reduction of downstream flood risk. View slides
Authors: Philip Adalikwu and John McMaine, South Dakota State University; Kristen Blann, The Nature Conservancy; and Kristen Almen, South Dakota State University - One Good Idea: The not-quite-YouTube for conservation farming practices. View slides
Author: Jenny Seifert, University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension
- Farmer-led testing of novel corn varieties for groundwater quality improvement and greenhouse gas reduction. View slides
- Adapting Communities to Extreme Weather
- Adaptation stories from the 2021 Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts Assessment Report. View slides
Authors: Natalie Chin and Titus Seilheimer, Wisconsin Sea Grant - A community planning approach to green infrastructure and hazard mitigation. View slides
Authors: Kara Salazar, Purdue Extension and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant; Lisa Merrifield, University of Illinois-Extension; and Hans Schmitz, Purdue Extension - Engaging with communities through hazard mitigation plans: Opportunities and insights from Dane County, Wisconsin. View slides
Author: Sara Husen and Ken Genskow, University of Wisconsin–Madison; J. McLellan, Dane County
- Adaptation stories from the 2021 Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts Assessment Report. View slides
- Working in Watersheds in Times of Change
- Watershed Engagement Programming (WEP) Hub: Building a virtual toolbox for water resource practitioners. View slides
Authors: Anne Sawyer and Anne Nelson, University of Minnesota Extension - Mapping climate resiliency in Duluth, Minnesota.
Authors: George Masson and Ryan Granlund, City of Duluth. Contact George directly for more information on their GIS methodology, etc. - Curriculum development for informal youth audiences.
Author: Natalie Carroll, Purdue Extension. Contact Natalie directly for more information and access to the presentation slides.
- Watershed Engagement Programming (WEP) Hub: Building a virtual toolbox for water resource practitioners. View slides
3:00PM – 3:30PM – Break: Exhibit Hall and Poster Presentations Open
3:30PM – 5:00PM – Concurrent Sessions
- Creating Resilient Agricultural Systems
- SYMPOSIUM
Creating regional climate services that translate to state-specific actions to support agriculture and water in a changing climate.
Authors: Dennis Todey, Midwest Climate Hub; Jeff Andresen, Michigan State University; Aaron Wilson, Ohio State University; Extension; Hans Schmitz, Purdue Extension; Laura Edwards, South Dakota State University Extension; and Monica Jean, Michigan State University Extension
- SYMPOSIUM
- Adapting Communities to Extreme Weather
- SYMPOSIUM
Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad (Doing something the Anishinaabe way). View slides
Authors: Rob Croll and Bazile Panek, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission; Maria Janowiak, North Forest Climate Hub; Jerry Jondreau, Dynamite Hill Farms; Tyler Kaspar, 1854 Treaty Authority; Kristen Schmitt, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
- SYMPOSIUM
- Working in Watersheds in Times of Change
- Symposium cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience.
5:00PM – 6:00PM – Exhibitor and Poster Reception
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2022
7:30AM – 8:30AM – Coffee and Networking
8:30AM – 10:30AM – Morning Plenary
- Approaching climate change from all angles: Exploring climate mitigation and adaptation at different scales. Panelists include:
- David Bucaro, Acting Chief of the Programs and Project Management Branch, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
- Mindy Granley, Sustainability Officer with the City of Duluth
- Sam Grant, Executive Director at Rainbow Research, faculty at Embody Deep Democracy, and faculty member at Metropolitan State University
- Jerry Jondreau, member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and owner of Dynamite Hills Farm
10:30AM – 11:00AM – Break: Exhibit Hall and Poster Presentations Open
11:00AM – 12:30PM – Concurrent Sessions
- Creating Resilient Agricultural Systems
- SPECIAL 1-HOUR PRESENTATION
Climate Adaptation and Aoówahsin (Land where we get our food): Climate change response meets food sovereignty planning in the Blackfeet Nation.
Authors: Andrew Berger and Kim Paul, Piikani Lodge Health Institute; and Termaine Edmo, Blackfeet Nation Environmental Office - Tools for Climate and Soil. View slides
Author: Sarah Fronczak, Michigan State University Extension
- SPECIAL 1-HOUR PRESENTATION
- Adapting Communities to Extreme Weather
- SYMPOSIUM
Assessing your community’s environmental, institutional, and social flood resilience with the Flood Resilience Scorecard. View slides
Authors: Jackson Parr and Kate Beardmore, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; and Natalie Chin, Wisconsin Sea Grant
- SYMPOSIUM
- Working in Watersheds in Times of Change
- SYMPOSIUM
Building flood resilience and nonpoint source pollution literacy with watershed stakeholders using the new Coast Model of the Watershed Game.
Authors: Maggie Karschnia and John Bilotta, Minnesota Sea Grant and University of Minnesota Extension; and Jesse Schomberg, Minnesota Sea Grant
- SYMPOSIUM
12:30PM – 1:30PM – Lunch
1:30PM – 3:00PM – Concurrent Sessions
- Creating Resilient Agricultural Systems
- How to promote climate-smart practices in a production-predominant industry. View slides
Authors: Monica Jean and Sarah Fronczak, Michigan State University Extension - Utilizing HYDRUS 1-D models to guide farmers with fields at risk of increased phosphorus leaching due to global climate. View slides
Authors: Gregory Rouland, Doug Youngsuk, Thiramet Sotthiyapai, Jason Smith, and Steven Safferman, Michigan State University - Tools for communicating on-farm opportunities to combat climate change and generate carbon credits. View slides
Authors: Jean Brokish, Emily Bruner and Helen VanBeck, American Farmland Trust
- How to promote climate-smart practices in a production-predominant industry. View slides
- Adapting Communities to Extreme Weather
- Stronger Wisconsin: Building coalitions for climate resiliency. View slides
Author: Sarah Smith, Wisconsin Office for the Commissioner of Insurance - Drought resources and tools for producers and tribal nations in the North Central U.S. View slides
Authors: Crystal Stiles and Molly Woloszyn, NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and University of Colorado Boulder - How do you know if decision-makers are ready to act on climate change? Ask them. View slides
Author: Karina Heim, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Stronger Wisconsin: Building coalitions for climate resiliency. View slides
- Working in Watersheds in Times of Change
- SYMPOSIUM
How can we address diversity, equity, and inclusion in watershed management? View slides
Authors: Jenny Seifert, University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension; Anne Sawyer and Marcelle Lewandowski, University of Minnesota Extension; and Lisa Merrifield, University of Illinois-Extension
- SYMPOSIUM
3:15PM – 4:00PM – Conference Wrap-Up
All sessions are included with conference registration, unless otherwise noted.
*Not included in conference registration. Additional costs may be required.
**Only included with full conference registration