Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can appear in water bodies across the country, are an indicator of poor water quality and can potentially cause serious environmental and human and aquatic health effects. Historically, monitoring these HABs has been labor intensive and limited due to cost, time, and logistical constraints. EPA developed the Cyanobacteria Assessment […]
Jennifer Dunn, Biologist with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Great Lakes Programs, and Mike Adam, Senior Biologist with the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center, will be presenting two case studies of recent hydrilla detections and rapid response efforts. Jennifer will present on the recent hydrilla discovery in Orchard Park, […]
This presentation will highlight a new resource that inland lake supporters can use to showcase natural shorelines. "Shoreline Living" is a new magazine (online only at the moment, though print copies are planned for the future) containing articles highlighting five families who live on natural shorelines. Beautiful photographs of each property accompany the articles, and […]
Is the threat of harmful algal blooms keeping you up at night? Are you looking to upgrade or expand your HAB monitoring program? Join surface water application expert Eric Robinson for a succinct and practical mini-course on fluorometer technology and how to make the best use of the data you collect. Eric, who has many […]
Top to bottom trophic interrogation of Michigan inland lake communities using eDNA metabarcoding Characterization of freshwater aquatic animal and plant communities across trophic levels, particularly detection of low abundance species, including threatened and endangered and aquatic invasive species (AIS), is critical for informing management decisions. Water samples (N=953) from 22 inland lakes in Michigan were […]
Recent news across the Great Lakes States has been about high water levels. Water levels on each of the Great Lakes started 2020 higher than they started in 2019. In addition, Lakes Michigan and Huron have reached monthly mean record high levels this year. While this has captured the attention of the media and all […]
The California Lake Management Society is hosting this free webinar focusing on freshwater harmful algal blooms (FHABs). FHABs impact water quality across California. Since 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board's FHABs Program has provided resources to assess the risk of FHABs to recreational beneficial uses. In September 2019, AB 834 formally established the FHABs […]
In celebration of Earth Day 2020, and to help promote wise land stewardship in an effort to protect our valuable surface waters, the New England Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society is hosting this spring webinar to focus on things you can do to help restore and promote healthy shoreland habitat. This webinar […]
Since 2015 the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has invested over $900,000 in its Healthy Lakes & Rivers initiative (www.healthylakeswi.com). This surface water grant funds installation of 5 best practices with nearly 1000 projects completed on about 100 lakes to date. Pamela Toshner will share a program overview, including technical assistance and promotional tools, and […]
1. Water Treatment Plant Evaluation Protocol for HABs. This presentation will summarize an optional protocol for water treatment plants that want to evaluate their ability to optimize treatment for cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins. The protocol was developed in partnership with Ohio EPA through the course of four pilot comprehensive performance evaluations (CPEs). Evaluations are intended to be comprehensive, […]