Blue-Green Algae Information
A special informational meeting was held on July 30, 2007 with officials from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, DNR, Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District, State Representative Dan Severson, Senator Michele Fischbach, Representative Larry Haws, Benton County Commissioner Joe Wollak, Chelle Benson - Benton County Department of Development, Jim McDermott - Benton County Emergency Management, Watab Township Board members, and others in attendance.
(Note from webmaster: My apologies if I missed anyone in this listing.)
Below are photos taken at this meeting. A special thank you to all of the officials for coming to this meeting and especially to those who spoke to those in attendance. Thanks go to the Watab Township Board as well for providing a last minute meeting place for this when the venue needed to be changed to allow for the larger audience. Thanks as well to the St. Cloud Times, KARE 11, KSTP, and KMSP TV news for the excellent coverage they have given to this issue.
Sen. Michelle Fischbach 
Rep. Dan Severson
L to R: Commissioner Wollak, Rep. Haws, Sen. Fischbach
Shannon Lotthammer - MPCA Jim Lilienthal from the DNR Gerry Maciej - Benton SWCD
Maggie Leach - Brainerd PCA
Chelle Benson - Benton County Dept. of Development
Watab Township Board Members Craig Gondeck, Brad Mcintosh at left and Pat Spence at right
Rep. Haws with Chelle Benson
Photos provided by Joan Spiczka - LRLA webmaster
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