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.

Free

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 […]

Free

CALMS Photo Contest Deadline

Please participate in our 2nd Annual CALM WATERS Newsletter Photo Contest! You can check out last year's winners in the 2020 CALM WATERS Newsletter. Each participant can submit up to 2 photographs, with 1 entry per category: scenic photo of a lake photo with people working or playing in the lake Email your entries to CALMSPhotoContest@gmail.com by Tuesday, […]

Libraries Love Lakes Info Session

July is Lakes Appreciation Month! Join us June 2nd at 2 pm (Eastern Time) for a free, virtual information session to learn about an exciting initiative, Libraries Love Lakes, an outreach project pairing libraries with lake scientists to provide collaborative programming emphasizing the importance of lakes in our everyday lives. The new librarieslovelakes.org website is a toolkit of online resources for […]

Free

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 […]

Free

CASS Panel Discussion

Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) will host a panel discussion for leaders of the Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies (CASS) during our 2021 Annual Meeting.  Leaders of the nine societies will discuss and engage the audience on two focal topics:  1) building cross-society collaborations and 2) fostering diversity, inclusion, and equity.  All members of the nine […]

Free

ALMS Scholarship Application Deadline

Aquatic sciences form the basis of the sound management of lakes and their watersheds. ALMS has created a scholarship to encourage and support students in disciplines related to lake or watershed management. Full time senior undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at Canadian universities or colleges are eligible to apply. The scholarship is intended to support students in […]

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.

Free

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.

Free