Webinar: Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19

With support from In-Situ, California Lake Management Society is hosting this free webinar on wastewater monitoring for COVID-19. Wastewater monitoring for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging public health tool to understand COVID-19 spread in a community. This is because SARS-CoV-2 can be shed in the feces of infected individuals from […]

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Webinar: The Nature Gap: Racial and Economic Disparities in the Outdoors

In most states, people of color and low-income communities are far less likely to have places to get outdoors near where they live. New data from the Center for American Progress and the Hispanic Access Foundation confirms what many have long suspected or known through experience: not everyone has equal access to nature’s benefits. The […]

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Webinar: Utilities in Action

Source Water Collaborative Forestry Learning Exchange Webinar #4: This webinar will showcase the work of two drinking water utilities that are using funding to conserve and manage forests to protect their drinking water sources. Note: There will be a 30-minute Teams meeting discussion with the speakers immediately following the webinar (links will be provided in […]

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Protecting Our Lakes and Shorelands: Ice, Wind, and Waves

Protecting Our Lakes & Shorelands: A three-part VIRTUAL education and information series for those living on or recreating in our local lakes and waterways. Developed by: Friends of Spider Lake and Rennie Lake, Michigan. Hosted by: Grand Traverse Conservation District Join us on Friday, May 14th from 12:00 - 1:15pm for the first part of […]

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Webinar: Lakes as Sentinels of Climate Change

This talk will focus on multiple approaches that we use to decipher and understand how climate drives lake ecosystem features and responses over different time scales. Presented by Jasmine Soros, Associate Director, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine.

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NEC-NALMS Spring Webinar Series Part 2 – Cyanobacteria: What You Need to Know

In celebration of Earth Day 2021 and to promote awareness and action about cyanobacteria blooms in our New England Lakes, the New England Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society is hosting a two-part webinar series on “Cyanobacteria and What You Need to Know.” Please join us for one or hopefully both sessions of […]

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Empowering Citizens to Monitor and Assess Risks of Harmful Cyanobacteria

The conspicuous prevalence of harmful cyanobacteria blooms or HCBs (formerly referred to as HABs) has raised public awareness and concern over possible health risks to humans and wildlife. This presentation will examine the potential health risks associated with toxic cyanobacteria and describe new information on the pathways of exposure, including air and water. The talk […]

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Webinar: Maine Lakes Annual Meeting

Please join us for our Annual Meeting followed by a keynote address by Karen Wilson, Ph.D. of the University of Southern Maine. Karen's presentation wil focus on lakes as systems, and the input and outputs that go into figuring out the risks and impacts to their well-being, including alewives, algae and much more.

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Webinar: HAB Impacts to Drinking Water and Current Management Outlook

The USACE Invasive Species Leadership Team, in collaboration with the Aquatic Plant Management Society, North American Lake Management Society, and the American Water Works Association, will summarize the latest research and technical information on management strategies to encourage better integration and facilitation in the protection of drinking water.

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Webinar: Source Water Protection in the Watershed

The USACE Invasive Species Leadership Team, in collaboration with the Aquatic Plant Management Society, North American Lake Management Society, and the American Water Works Association, will summarize the latest research and technical information on management strategies to encourage better integration and facilitation in the protection of drinking water.

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