2024 Fall Meeting and Scientific Symposium
Protecting the Health of Communities and Ecosystems in a Changing Climate
Welcome
Symposium Chair Welcome Message – Melissa Puchalski, EPA
Keynote Speaker – Kate Knuth, PhD, – Climate Director, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
NADP 2024 Proceedings (PDF)
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The Inn on Lake Superior
Parking
Inn on Lake Superior Floor Plan
The meeting rooms are located on the 1st floor of the Inn on Lake Superior
350 Canal Park Dr, Duluth, MN 55802
Mon Nov 4, 2024
Technical and Science Committee Meetings
Monday November 4, 2024 – The Inn on Lake Superior
07:30-16:00
Registration
08:30-9:30
Joint Committees Meeting
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
09:30-10:00
Break and New Attendee Welcome
10:00-12:00
Critical Loads of Atmospheric Deposition (CLAD)
Room Northern Lights 2 (NL2)
10:00-11:30
Aeroallergen Monitoring Science Committee (AMSC)
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
11:30-12:30
PFAS Panel
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
12:00-14:00
Lunch (On your own)
CLAD – 12:00-13:30 and NOS – 12:30-14:00
13:30-15:15
CLAD Work Group
Room Northern Lights 2 (NL2)
14:00-15:10
Network Operations Subcommittee (NOS)
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
15:10-15:30
Break (Beverages and snacks)
15:30-17:00
CLAD Work Group
Room Northern Lights 2 (NL2)
15:30-17:00
Network Operations Subcommittee (NOS)
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
Tues Nov 5, 2024
Technical and Science Committee Meetings
Tuesday November 5, 2024 – The Inn on Lake Superior
07:30-16:00
Registration
08:00-9:00
Education and Outreach Subcommittee (EOS)
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
09:00-10:30
Total Deposition Science Committee (TDep)
Room Northern Lights 2 (NL2)
09:00-10:15
Mercury in the Environment and Links to Deposition (MELD)
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
10:15-10:30
MELD Break (Beverages)
10:30-12:00
Mercury in the Environment and Links to Deposition (MELD)
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
10:30-10:45
TDep Break (Beverages)
10:45-12:00
Total Deposition Science Committee (TDep)
Room Northern Lights 2 (NL2)
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch (On your own)
13:30-15:15
Joint Committees Meeting
Room Northern Lights 1 (NL1)
15:15-15:30
Break (Beverages and snacks)
15:30-18:00
Executive Committee Meeting
Room Northern Lights 2 (NL2)
Wed Nov 6, 2024
Scientific Symposium
Wednesday November 6, 2024 – The Inn on Lake Superior
07:30-16:00
Registration
Atrium
08:00-08:15
Welcome, Introductions
08:15-08:45
The State of the NADP – Dr. David Gay, NADP Coordinator
08:45-09:30
Keynote Address – Dr. Kate Knuth, Climate Director, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
09:30-09:40
Introductory remarks and cultural history of the Duluth area – Trent Wickman, USDA Forest Service
09:40-10:00 – Break (Beverages and snacks)
10:00-12:00
Session 1: Protecting the Great Lakes region and coastal ecosystems from air pollution
Co-Chairs: Trent Wickman, USDA Forest Service and Alex Frie, University of Minnesota – Duluth
12:00-13:30
Lunch (On your own)
13:30-15:10
Session 2: New tools to communicate air quality and atmospheric deposition results
Co-Chairs: Beck Dalton, U.S. EPA and Noel Deyette, U.S. Geological Survey
15:10-15:30 – Break (Beverages and snacks)
15:30-17:10
Session 3: Health and environmental changes driven by shifts to cleaner energy
Co-Chairs: Sara Lance (University of Albany) and Marilyn Wurth (NYS DEC)
Poster Session
Scientific Symposium
Poster Session:
Wednesday November 6, 2024: 18:30-20:30
Atrium
Cash(less) Bar and light food
– Student
Jayde Alderman, WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Inc.
Clean Air Status and Trends Network CASTNET Seasonal Temperature Trend Analysis
Iris Bloede, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, PFAS Research Center
Measuring low-level PFAS with combustion ion chromatography
Emma Censky, National Park Service
Using iNaturalist Observations to Evaluate the Extrapolation of Herbaceous Critical Load Models
Katie Davis, U.S. EPA
EPA One Health Approach to Mercury Contamination
Noel Deyette, U.S. Geological Survey
National Atmospheric Deposition Program Data Quality is Resilient to a Changing Climate
Dakota Delong-Maxey, US EPA, Office of Air & Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Protection
CASTNET’s Emerging Role in PM Measurement
Allyson Girard, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Investigating Nitrogen Cycling in New Mexico Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems Using Stable Isotope Techniques
Conner Guidry, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Source Apportionment of PM2.5 Nitrate using Isotope Techniques Coupled with AERONET Optical Properties
Selma Isil, WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Inc.
CASTNET Ozone Monitoring Program
Sara Lance, University of Albany
Exploring the Increasing Trend of Organic Carbon in the Atmospheric Aqueous Phase in the Northeast U.S.
Abril Lunar, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Differences Nitrogen Dioxide Deposition Modeled from TROPOMI, Pandora Spectrometer Instruments, and in-situ FEM Networks Across Texas Watersheds
Jason Lynch, U.S. EPA
Are Sensitive Trees Species Protected from Ground-level Ozone Given a Changing Power Sector and Implementation of NOX Emission reduction Programs for the Power and Other Sectors Over the Past Two Decades?
Kat McKinnon, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, NADP
Assessment of a Novel Method for Determination of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus in Precipitation Collected using a Modified NADP-NTN Wet-Deposition Collector
Elizabeth (Marshall) O’Gorman, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, PFAS Research Center
Measuring PFAS in Air
Jean Steele, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, NADP
Evaluation of Updated NTN Preliminary Data Review Process
Randy Tangang, University of Albany
Individual effects and interactions between ultrafine particles and extreme temperatures on hospital admissions of high burden diseases
Thurs Nov 7, 2024
Scientific Symposium
Thursday November 7, 2024 – The Inn on Lake Superior
07:30-16:00
Registration
Atrium
08:30-08:40
Welcome Day 2
08:40-10:40
Session 4: Linking shifts in air quality, atmospheric deposition, and critical loads to climate-driven events
Co-Chairs: Jason O’Brien, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Jeremy Ash, USDA Forest Service
10:40-11:00 – Break (Beverages and snacks)
11:00-12:20
Session 5: Sustaining long-term monitoring programs
Co-Chairs: Rick Haeuber, WSLH (Visiting Researcher) and Kristi Morris, National Park Service
12:20-13:45 PM
Lunch (On your own)
13:45-14:40
Session 6: Characterizing cultural and environmental impacts of air pollution to Tribal lands
Co-Chairs: James Parson, Choctaw Tribe of OK and David Schmeltz, US Environmental Protection Agency
14:40-15:40
Session 7: Measuring emerging and toxic pollutants
Co-Chairs: John Offenberg, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Summer Streets, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
15:40-16:00 – Break (Beverages and snacks)
16:00-17:00
Session 7: Measuring emerging and toxic pollutants
Co-Chairs: John Offenberg, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Summer Streets, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
17:00-17:15
Closing
Fri Nov 8, 2024
Field Trip
Itinerary
Bus departs from The Inn on Lake Superior at 8:15 AM
A field trip is being organized to visit Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
8:15 AM – Depart The Inn on Lake Superior
9:15 AM – Arrive at Gooseberry Falls State Park.
10:15 AM – Depart Gooseberry Falls for Wolf Ridge ELC.
11:00 AM – Arrive at Wolf Ridge ELC. We arrive at the Wolf Ridge NADP NTN site MN99 for a brief presentation on how the NADP site is used in the Wolf Ridge curriculum.
After a brief presentation on MN99 participants can choose from two different tour options:
12:15 PM – Meet for lunch at the at Wolf Ridge Cafeteria.
1:15 PM – Depart Wolf Ridge ELC.
3:00 PM – Arrive at Duluth International Airport (DLH) for drop-off of those needing to catch their flight.
3:35 PM – Arrive at The Inn on Lake Superior.
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