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NALMS 2020 Achievement Award Winners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2020 Contact: Alyssa Anderson, Marketing & Membership Director Phone: 608-233-2836 Email: info@nalms.org North American Lake Management Society Honors Members & Partners with 2020 Achievement Awards MADISON, WI – Shining a spotlight on deserving individuals and organizations who have made valuable contributions to the goals of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), or have made significant strides in lake management, NALMS Annual Achievement Award winners represent the very best amongst its members and partners. NALMS Achievement Awards are presented annually at the Society’s ...

Giving Tuesday 12/1/20

This year, on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, NALMS is proud to once again be participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. Since its founding in 2012, #GivingTuesday has inspired giving around the world, resulting in greater donations, volunteer hours, and activities that bring about real change in communities. Whether you choose to give to our general fund – the Lake Giver’s Club ...

NALMS Celebrates 40th Birthday

Thank you for helping us get here ... it's NALMS 40th birthday! On this day 40 years ago (October 9, 1980), NALMS was founded in Portland, Maine as an organization with membership open to both professionals and citizens interested in applied lake management, while other organizations focused on either one or the other. This unique niche is reflected in our mission: to forge partnerships among citizens, scientists, and professionals to foster the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs ... for today and tomorrow. While it's an unusual year to be celebrating, we still want to take a moment to express our gratitude to our ...

Shop NALMS 2020 & 40th Anniversary Apparel

To celebrate our 40th anniversary and our first-ever virtual conference, we are excited to offer some fun new apparel options for NALMS members and supporters! Choose from a variety of options depicting our special NALMS 2020 logo, or deck yourself out in our 40th-anniversary swag. Either way, you'll be attending NALMS 2020 online in style!     Make sure to take a photo of yourself sporting your official NALMS merchandise, post to social media, and use the hashtags #NALMS2020 and #NALMSat40!

World’s Leading Aquatic Scientific Societies Urgently Call for Cuts to Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Dire consequences for freshwater and marine resources without significant and fast action Bethesda, MD (September 14, 2020) In an unprecedented statement released today, the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) joined forces with 111 aquatic scientific societies representing more than 80,000 scientists across the world to sound a climate change alarm.  The societies call for drastically curtailed global greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of man-made climate change to fish and aquatic ecosystems. Unless urgent action is taken to reduce emissions, scientists predict catastrophic impacts to commercial, recreational, and ...

NALMS Statement on Racism and Equality

Dear NALMS members and friends, During the past week, NALMS' leadership collaborated in writing the following statement. Yesterday, during the June Board of Directors Meeting, members recognized the need to form a Diversity Task Force. We invite NALMS members, partners, and the broader lake management community to read this statement and learn more about our plans for action steps. We will follow up next week with additional resources from NALMS. If anyone is interested in joining the Task Force or sharing ideas, feel free to reach out to me or to the Task Force at diversity@nalms.org. Respectfully, Perry Thomas, Ph.D., NALMS President...

RESULTS: Lakes Appreciation Poster Contest

July has been Lakes Appreciation Month for the past 22 years. This spring, we invited elementary, middle, and high school students to submit posters reflecting on how important lakes are to all of us. Submitted artwork will be a big part of NALMS’ celebrations through July. With nearly 60 entries, our volunteer judges had a tough job deciding our three winners (one per grade category). Entries were judged on creativity and originality, how well they represented Lakes Appreciation Month, and overall presentation. We are excited to share the results with you! Thank you to all of the amazing artists who sent us their posters!

Celebrate Earth Day the NALMS Way!

Restoring Living Shorelands "As gardeners and stewards of our land, we have never been so empowered to help save biodiversity from extinction, and the need to do so has never been so great. All we need to do is plant native plants!" - Dr. Douglas Tallamy, University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology / NALMS 2019 Plenary Speaker You may be wondering, in these uncertain times, how you can safely and effectively celebrate Earth Day this year. To continue on the theme of our 2019 conference plenary speaker, Dr. Doug Tallamy, we'd like to share some ideas on how to start promoting biodiversity through native plantings, ...

[UPDATED] JLRM: COVID-19 Service Update

Print and distribution of journals to be resumed from 11th May We’re delighted to inform you that the print and distribution of our journals will be resumed from 11th May, with the first copies being dispatched by 18th May. We always wanted this to be the shortest pause possible, to avoid disruption to our customers and to support our print & distribution partners. After the resumption of print services, your members will receive print issues that are part of their subscription, although there may be a delay because some countries are still operating reduced or closed postal services, and international freight carriage is subject to ...

World Water Day 2020: Water and Climate Change

What is World Water Day? World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater. The theme of World Water Day 2020 is water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked. For those of us who live, work or play on lakes, we are already seeing the impacts of climate change, from rising water temperatures, loss of winter ice cover, changes in lake stratification, increased evaporation, and more extreme weather events, including droughts and intense rainstorms. Climate change is further complicating already challenging lake protection and ...