Clean Water Act EPA Training Conference- Martha’s Vineyard May 2022

As part of the Clean Water Act, the EPA provides training on clean water management. The EPA has focused on improving training they provide to Native American Tribes and Nations. Organizers for EPA regions one and two contacted the Cornell Biological Field Station Great Lakes Lab to assist in freshwater invasive species identification training for Native American Tribes and Nations in those regions. Elizabeth Whitmore-Stolar worked with other collaborators from the Lake Champlain Basin Program and the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center to create and present a half day training seminar. The training provided by Elizabeth Whitmore-Stolar was on the identification of invasive fish and invertebrates in EPA regions one and two. Resources on freshwater invasive animals and plants were also provided by New York State Sea Grant.