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Join Bridge and Circle of Blue to discuss Great Lakes, climate change

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Bridge Michigan invites readers to join us from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on July 13 for a Zoom discussion about the impact of climate change on the Great Lakes and our region’s environment.

Bridge environment reporter Kelly House will moderate a discussion with Frank Ettawageshik, executive director of United Tribes of Michigan, Sapna Sharma, associate professor in the York University department of biology and Gary Whelan, program director of the Fisheries Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Sponsor

This event is in partnership with Circle of Blue and is funded by the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and the Bosch Community Fund.

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Please fill out the registration form to be sent a calendar invitation to the event, including the Zoom link. This registration form also includes an opportunity to submit questions for our guest speakers. 

How to join this live Zoom discussion

To be invited to participate in this hour discussion, please complete this form and we’ll send you the link via a Google Calendar invitation to your email inbox. You can also pre-submit your questions to our team on this form.

To learn more about how to join a Zoom meeting, click here. Zoom is free to use, and you can use the video call function on your computer, tablet or phone, or you can call into the meeting using the conference line function.

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