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News From Our Affiliates — January / February 2020

Colorado Lake and Reservoir Management Association (CLRMA) CLRMA's first event of 2020 will be the Annual Spring Luncheon on April 15. We will have a couple speakers talk about forest health, fire and snowpack projections, and a couple talks about Cherry Creek Reservoir and Rueter-Hess Reservoir. CLMRA is also making plans for an Algae ID workshop for the summer. // clrma.org   New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Inc. (NYSFOLA) The New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Inc. (NYSFOLA) is gearing up for their 37th annual conference “Restoring Our Watersheds” May 1–2, 2020 in Lake George. Registration is now open at ...

President’s Message — January / February 2020

Perry Thomas, NALMS President Hang on to your hats, NALMS members and friends! The winds are blowing strong for NALMS as we prepare to sail through the field season and toward Minnesota for our 40th International Symposium. NALMS 2020 Symposium As mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter, the call for abstracts is open for NALMS 2020. The Program Committee plans technical sessions that will do justice to the ambitious theme—NALMS at 40: Leveraging Experience to Manage Diverse Lakes, Landscapes and People. Fundraising for the conference is going well, with many sponsors and exhibitors already on board. Cyanobacterial Blooms Meanwhi...

Cyanobacteria Updates

In the October/November issue of this newsletter we announced new features on the NALMS Inland HABs Program Webpage, including an interactive Story Map featuring cyanobacteria resources. These resources are maintained by Shane Bradt and Angela Shambaugh, co-chairs of our HABs Committee. Angela Shambaugh is also co-leader of a study focused on harmful cyanobacteria blooms by a national team sponsored by the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC). Angela reports, “The final product will include sections on nutrient management, monitoring, in-lake management approaches, and communication strategies. Team membership is open now and NALMS ...

President’s Message — November / December 2019

Good tidings to all on this post-winter-solstice Monday! NALMS sends thanks for a wonderful year. Special thanks to Sara Peel for her hard work and strong leadership as president—and for continuing to serve not only as past-president but as incoming conference coordinator. In the October/November issue of this newsletter, Sara urged us all to consider telling our NALMS stories as part of our celebration of the Society’s 40th year. I want to echo her call here and urge you to send in your story, even if you only have time to send a few lines. If yours is anything like Sara’s and mine, you may find yourself remembering good times with ...

NALMS 2019: Watershed Moments

NALMS and the New England Chapter of NALMS welcomed more than 600 attendees from throughout the US, Canada and seven other countries to a snowy Burlington, Vermont November 11–15 for NALMS’ 39th International Symposium. The week started on Monday with a very full day of 15 workshops and a field trip. In addition to the traditional pre-symposium workshops, Monday’s program included a Lake & Watershed Stewards Program designed for volunteer lake leaders such as conservation commission members, lake and watershed group leaders and members, lakeside residents, as well as volunteer monitors and program coordinators. Workshops were held at the ...

Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS) 2019: Teamwork on Multiple Fronts

The Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies, or CASS, includes 9 member societies: American Fisheries Society (AFS) Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS) International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Phycological Society of America (PSA) Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) The societies believe that working together broadens our scope and strengthens our impact, particularly in the areas of promot...

Jim LaBounty Best Paper Award Nominated Papers Available Without a Subscription for a Limited Time

The papers nominated for the Jim LaBounty Best Paper Award in 2019 will be available for free from January 11, 2020 through the end of February. Normally papers published in the last 3 years are only available by subscription, but as a tribute to the quality of research and importance to the lake management community, these papers are being made freely available for a limited time. The 2019 award went to Radomski and Carlson, but all these these papers are worth a read. Included are: Anthropogenic activity in the Halifax region, Nova Scotia, Canada, as recorded by bulk geochemistry of lake sediments Dewey W. Dunnington, Ian S. Spooner, Wendy H. ...

NALMS 2019 Election Results

The annual election for officers and directors is an important way for NALMS members to provide input in the management of the Society. Our officers and directors are all volunteers who serve without pay. Thank you to all the candidates for their dedication to NALMS and thank you to all NALMS members who participated in this year’s election!   President-elect – Lisa Borre Lisa Borre has worked for 30 years to conserve and manage lakes and wetlands around the world. She began her career as an assistant state wetlands coordinator, and then from 1990 to 1997, was the Lake Champlain Basin Program coordinator and executive director of the ...

Inland HABs Program Website Revamped

The NALMS Inland HABs Program webpages have been updated and expanded! The information contained on the pages has been refocused around three key issues – providing public resources, sharing applied educational information, and featuring stories profiling approaches to understanding and managing cyanobacteria.

President’s Message — September / October 2019

As we usher in fall and the calendar year starts to wind down, we are looking ahead for the year to come. 2020 is a special year for NALMS – a year to celebrate all of the accomplishments in our 40-year history as a society fostering lake science and management. To celebrate this benchmark anniversary, we hope to share 40 years of stories with all of members about how NALMS has impacted lives over our history. To do this, we need your help! Please consider sharing your stories, photos, and memories about what NALMS means to you and how it has influenced how you manage or enjoy your lakes. Perhaps it was a talk at one of our symposiums that ...