Love Your Columbia: 12/15

• WHAT: Join us for our webinar, “Microplastics & the Columbia River,” featuring research scientist Kirsten Kapp. Learn about microplastic pollution in the Columbia, how microplastics impact the river, and what we can do about it.
• WHO: Kirsten Kapp is a researcher and professor of biological sciences and math at Central Wyoming College. Her research focuses on microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems and includes a study on microplastic hotspots on the Snake and Columbia rivers. Notably, she co-authored the recent groundbreaking study that identifies laundry dryer vents as a significant source of plastic microfiber pollution. Her research findings were featured in Forbes Magazine.
• WHEN: December 15, 2021, 12 p.m. 
• HOW: RSVP required. 
• COST: Free! All registrants will receive a discount coupon code for Cora Ball* and be automatically entered to win a free microplastic-catching Cora laundry ball. 

*Once registered, you will receive an email confirmation with details on how to join the webinar via Zoom. Even if you can’t attend live, sign up and we’ll send a video recording after the event. 

This webinar has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement RB 01J73501 to Columbia Riverkeeper. The contents of this webinar do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency.