MESERB is proud to host featured speakers at its full membership meetings, which occur twice each fiscal year. The following is a sample of the individuals who have spoken at recent MESERB meetings, and the topics discussed.

2011 Annual Meeting - St. Cloud
Kathy Lee, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
USGS monitoring on chemicals of emerging concern

2010 Fall Meeting - Melrose
Heiko Schoenfuss, Ph.D., St. Cloud State University
Endocrine disrupting compounds in Minnesota waters

2010 Annual Meeting - St. Cloud
Mark Ferrey, Environmental Scientist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Recent MPCA research on endocrine disrupting compounds

2009 Fall Meeting - Brainerd
Keith Anderson, Process Engineer, Keystone Automotive
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and MPCA’s response

2009 Annual Meeting - Little Falls
Rebecca Flood, Assistant Commissioner for Water Policy, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Current issues at MPCA and decadal watershed biomonitoring strategy

2008 Fall Meeting - St. Cloud
Bill Cole, Water Quality Standards Unit, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Nondegradation rulemaking update

2008 Annual Meeting - Melrose
Marvin Hora, Summer Streets, and Randy Thorson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Endocrine disrupting compounds and wastewater treatment facilities

2007 Fall Meeting - Alexandria
Marco Graziani, Municipal Division, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Water quality trading update

2007 Annual Meeting - St. Cloud
Gary Kimball and Jeff Smith, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
MPCA’s interim mercury permitting strategy

2006 Fall Meeting - St. Paul
No speaker - followed up by “Troubled Waters Ahead” environmental seminar on October 5, 2006