This month's ILMS webinar will cover the importance of Oxbow Lakes and some work done by the Nature Conservancy. Oxbow lakes are an important habitat type found along Indiana’s major rivers in southwest Indiana. They are an integral part of a river’s ecology. Many species of riverine fish use oxbows to reproduce or rear young. Oxbow […]
The 10th Annual Lake Taneycomo Cleanup will be Saturday, September 21, 2019! Last year more than 175 volunteers filled three 20-yard dumpsters with trash weighing over 4 tons and picked up 28 tires! Volunteers were equipped with gloves and trash bags and life jackets. Cleanup teams start at one of three locations; Branson, Rockaway Beach or Forsyth at […]
2nd in a series of ten webinars on lake management. Register & view the sessions live or on-demand. All ten session for one low price! Session 2 Presentations: Jason Danaher Ph.D. The Lake County Water Authority’s Nutrient Reduction Facility: NuRF 2.0 and Potential Upgrades Lance Lumbard MS, CLP, MBA Novel Approaches to Lake Apopka Sediment […]
Phosphorus (P) loading from the watershed is a problem for many lakes, but not just during the year it enters. Long-term inputs accumulate in the sediments under lakes and can be recycled by multiple processes. These legacy P loads can be the dominant source during summer and are linked to the increasing frequency and severity […]
3rd in a series of ten webinars on lake management. Register & view the sessions live or on-demand. All ten session for one low price! Session 3 Presentations: Louise Levin Ed.D. Lessons Learned in 10 Years: Leading HOA Volunteers in a Wetlands Community Rolland Fulton Ph.D. 30 Years of Water Quality Restoration in the Upper […]
This year’s virtual WALPA conference will be held October 14th through 16th. For the first time, you can participate from the comfort of your own home! Our theme this year, which is “Lake Diversity from Ponds to Reservoirs” was chosen to highlight the vast range of waters that we manage, use for recreation, and love. There are […]
This training is intended for anyone who will conduct the Lake Vegetation Index (LVI) sampling, interpret LVI results, identify aquatic plants, or just has an interest in learning more about the LVI. The LVI is an assessment tool developed by DEP to evaluate the condition of a lake’s plant community relative to a minimally impacted […]
Attention Shoreline Cleanup Volunteers! It’s time for the 2nd Annual Bull Shoals Lake Cleanup! Ozarks Water Watch and 38 Paddle Co. would like to invite you to help keep our beautiful lake beautiful! The event starts at 9:00 a.m. on October 19, 2019 at the Hwy. K Campground near K-Dock Marina. Teams will work their way downstream and upstream, then return […]
The CALMS Board of Directors invites you to register for our annual conference, CALMS 2020: Vision Forward. Registration this year is FREE and optional donations will go directly to the student scholarship fund. Links for both registration and donating to support future lake managers can be found at the bottom. The conference will be held […]
4th in a series of ten webinars on lake management. Register & view the sessions live or on-demand. All ten session for one low price! Session 4 Presentations: Jon Dinges and Mike Britt City of Winter Haven One Water Master Plan Maira Mucci Ph.D. Managing eutrophication via phosphorus inactivation: a comparison between Phoslock® and Aluminium […]