ADRIAN — The 2026 State of the Western Lake Erie Basin Conference, organized by the University of Michigan Water Center, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Tuesday, June 23, at the  Adrian Tobias Center at Adrian College.

The conference will focus on tri-state progress, project updates, and community resilience in reducing nutrient pollution in Michigan’s watersheds that drain into the Western Basin of Lake Erie. The conference will include a mix of plenary, concurrent, and poster sessions where attendees will learn about:

• Domestic Action Plan (DAP) updates from the EPA and from Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
• Performance-based conservation adoption program.
• 319 watershed management plans.
• Seneca State Game Area.
• Nutrient reducing wetlands.
• Ferric chloride phosphorus reduction in wastewater.
• Edge-of-field engineering practices.
• Crop yield and water quality modeling.
• State-funded DAP project updates.

Participants can register online at graham.umich.edu/event/2026-state-western-lake-erie-basin-conference.

The registration deadline is June 17.