Building a Flood Resilient Future in MI Watersheds

How do we understand flood risk? And how will climate change affect risk in the future? In this presentation, Dr. Wendy Robertson of the Institute for Great Lakes Research at Central Michigan University will talk about floods and flooding, how our rivers might experience flooding in the future, and how we can prepare ourselves, our communities, and our region to be resilient to flooding and its impacts moving forward. Meet at the Visitor Center. A part of Central Michigan University, the Institute of Great Lakes Research (IGLR) takes a multidisciplinary approach to understand the complex environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes basin. IGLR faculty members are nationally and internationally recognized as experts on coastal wetlands, conservation genetics, fisheries, invasive species, limnology, aquatic population modeling, microbial ecology, landscape ecology, and geographic information sciences. To learn more about IGLR and their research, please visit them at https://www.cmich.edu/academics/colleges/college-science-engineering/centers/institute-for-great-lakes-research. Free | Ages: 15+, under 18 w/adult