2023 Meeting Highlights

46th Annual Meeting "Reconnecting with Wisconsin's Water and Water Scientists"
Meeting Info
March 16-17, 2023, at the Chula Vista Resort in the Wisconsin Dells. 
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The 2023 Annual Meeting was in person for the first time since 2019, at the Chula Vista Resort in the Wisconsin Dells. Over 120 attendees watched 44 talks and 21 posters on water science research from across the state. Todd Ambs gave a lunchtime plenary talk discussing his many years of service in state agencies in Wisconsin and Ohio, and gave his perspective of where water policy might go in the future. In the evening, the AWRA Board and Alison Lebwohl led a membership feedback exercise with questions and prompts to get attendees’ perspective on what AWRA does well, what we could do better, and how to grow from where we are. That feedback was worked into strategic planning efforts being conducted by the AWRA board to improve the organization.

Board elections took place during the lunchtime business meeting, where Brian Mahoney was elected Director-at-Large, Eric Booth was re-elected as Treasurer, Megan Haserodt was elected President-Elect, and Matt Diebel was elected Vice President.

Sue Swanson earned the Distinguished Service Award for her distinguished career at UW-Madison, WGNHS, and Beloit College working on springs and groundwater issues. Nominators noted her capable enthusiasm and mentoring on top of her invaluable scientific research on springs across the state.