NALMS Achievement Awards
The Secchi Disk Award
The Secchi Disk Award is given annually to recognize and honor the NALMS member who has made the most significant contributions to the goals and objectives of the society.
Award Recipients
2021 – Julie Chambers
2020 – Ann Shortelle
2019 – Linda Green
2018 – Gertrud Nürnberg
2017 – Al Sosiak
2016 – Jack Jones
2015 – Gene Welch
2014 – Dennis Cooke
2013 – Mark Hoyer
2012 – Harry Gibbons
2011 – Dick Osgood
2010 – Roger Bachmann
2009 – Steve Heiskary
2008 – Tom Conry
2007 – Tom Davenport
2006 – Ann St. Amand
2005 – Jeff Schloss
2004 – Steve Colvin
2003 – Ken Wagner
2002 – Greg Searle
2001 – Chris Holdren
2000 – Bill Jones
1999 – Jim Flynn
1998 – Lisa Conley
1997 – Jim Vennie
1996 – Bruce Wilson
1995 – Dan Canfield
1994 – Jay Sauber
1993 – Jim LaBounty
1992 – Virginia Garrison
1991 – Richard Wedepohl
1990 – Bob Kirschner
1989 – Garth Redfield
1988 – Bill Funk
1987 – Donna Sefton
1986 – Eben Chesebrough
1985 – Bob Johnson
Nomination should articulate how an individual member is considered to have contributed the most to the achievement of NALMS’ goals. Award recipient must be a NALMS member. How to nominate?
Jim Flynn Outstanding Corporation Award
The Jim Flynn Outstanding Corporation Award is given annually to recognize and honor the corporation considered to have made the most significant contributions to NALMS goals and objectives.
Award Recipients
2021 – Aquarius Systems
2020 – SOLitude Lake Management
2017 – HAB Aquatic Solutions
2016 – Abraxis, Inc.
2009 – Hach Hydromet
2008 – USACOE, Waterways Experiment Station
2007 – ENSR Corporation
2006 – AW Research
2005 – Osgood Consulting
2004 – Princeton Hydro, LLC
2003 – Sweetwater Technology
2001 – YSI, Inc.
2000 – F.X. Browne, Inc.
1999 – PhycoTech
1998 – Ecosystems Consulting Service
1997 – Hydrolab Corporation
1996 – Aquarius Systems
1995 – TVA
1994 – Coastal Environmental Services
1993 – ACRT, Inc.
1992 – Aquarius Systems
1991 – Baystate Environmental Consultants
1990 – Judith Taggart & Associates
1989 – General Chemical
1988 – Aqua Technique
1987 – Living Lakes
1986 – Hydrolab
1985 – Mudcat
Nomination should recognize how an organizational member is considered to have contributed the most to NALMS’ goals. Recipient must be a NALMS corporate member. How to nominate?
Friends of NALMS Award
The Friends of NALMS Award is given annually to recognize and honor individuals or corporations making major contributions to NALMS. Recipients do not have to be NALMS members, and “contributions” extend beyond monetary donations.
Award Recipients
2019
Dr. Imad Hannoun
2018
Bob Carlson
Amina Pollard and the EPA NLA Team
2017
Anne Weinberg
2016
Pennsylvania Lake Management Society
SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station
2015
Lake George Association
2014
Linda Green
2012
Doug Knauer
2011
AMEC I&E, Inc.
Jody Connor
Tom & Elinor Eberhardt
2010
Associate Editors of Lake and Reservoir Management
2009
Marty Kelly
2008
Bev Clark
Jim LaBounty
2007
Florida Lake Management Society
2006
Jeff Schloss & Philip Forsberg
2005
Mary-Arthur Beebe
2004
Cynthia Mahigian Moorhead
2003
New England Water Pollution Control Commission
2002
Will Young, Aquatic Research Instruments
1998
Kelly DiNatale
Lawrence Enterprises
1997
US Environmental Protection Agency
1996
State of Minnesota
1995
Jim Vennie
1994
Aquarius Systems
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
University of Florida
1993
Kramer, Chin and Mayo
Tennessee Valley Authority
1992
Jim LaBounty
Vince Williams
Unknown Dates
Dan Canfield
William Jones
Steven McComas
Laura Taggart
Bob Humphrey
Lynn Moore
Tom Davenport
FTN Associates
Ohio Lake Management Society
Pat Tobin
Frank Lapensee
US Bureau of Reclamation
American Fisheries Society
Wisconsin DNR
Rep. Les Aspin
Rep. J. Oberstar
Rep. T. Lewis
Rep. A. Strangeland
Rep. R. Roe
Sen. Patrick Leahy
Sen. D. Durenberger
Sen. William Proxmire
Nomination should detail major contributions of an individual or team to NALMS. Contributions extend beyond monetary donations. How to nominate?
Appreciation Awards

John McCoy receives the 2018 Lake Management Success Stories Award on behalf of the Columbia Association.
The Lake Management Success Stories Award is awarded to an individual or team who has demonstrated improvement in lake/reservoir condition or watershed management in a cost-effective manner. The Advancements in Lake Management Technologies Award is awarded to an individual or team who have completed research projects that contribute to the science of lake management.
Award Recipients
2021
Advancements in Lake Management Technologies
CD3, General Benefit Corporation
Lake Management Success Stories
Lake Hopatcong Commission
2020
Advancements in Lake Management Technologies
Jeffery Pasek, City of San Diego Public Utilities
Lake Management Success Stories
Water Quality Committee of the Normanoch Association, Inc.
2019
Lake Management Success Stories
Mélanie Deslongchamps, APEL
2018
Lake Management Success Stories
Columbia Association
Deal Lake Commission
Deep Creek Lake POA & partners
Rice Creek Watershed District & Wenck Associates
2017
Lake Management Success Stories
Dr. Stephen Souza, Princeton Hydro
Jim LaBounty Best Paper Award
The Jim LaBounty Best Paper Award, established in 2003, is given annually to recognize and honor the best paper published in the Lake and Reservoir Management journal.
Award Recipients
2021
Low sediment redox promotes cyanobacteria blooms across a trophic range: implications for management.
Lewis A. Molot, Sherry L. Schiff, Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Helen M. Baulch, Scott N. Higgins, Arthur Zastepa, Mark J. Verschoor, and Daniel Walters.
2020
This year’s honor went to a collection of three papers by Alex Horne and colleagues in the 2019 themed issue (35:3). The three winning papers are:
Hypolimnetic oxygenation 1: win-win solution for massive salmonid mortalities in a reservoir tailwater hatchery on the Mokelumne River, California.
Alex J. Horne.
Hypolimnetic oxygenation 2: oxygen dynamics in a large reservoir with submerged down-flow contact oxygenation (Speece cone).
Alex J. Horne, Rodney Jung, Hubert Lai, Bill Faisst and Marc Beutel.
Hypolimnetic oxygenation 3: an engineered switch from eutrophic to a meso-/oligotrophic state in a California reservoir.
Alex J. Horne, Rodney Jung, Hubert Lai, Bill Faisst and Marc Beutel.
2019
Prioritizing lakes for conservation in lake-rich areas.
Paul Radomski and Kristen Carlson
2018
Historical phosphorus dynamics in Lake of the Woods (USA-Canada) – does legacy phosphorus still affect the southern basin?
Mark Edlund, Shawn Shottler, Euan Reavie, Dan Engstrom, Nolan Baratono, Peter Leavitt, Adam Heathcote, Bruce Wilson and Andrew Paterson
2017
Managing lake trout lakes in a warming world: a paleolimnological assessment of nutrients and lake production at three Ontario sites
C. Nelligan, A. Jeziorski, K. M. Rühland, A. M. Paterson and J. P. Smol
2016
Deriving nutrient criteria to minimize false positive and false negative water use impairment determinations
Eric Smeltzer, Neil C. Kamman, and Steven Fiske
2015
Regional distribution of Secchi disk transparency in waters of the United States
Dana L. Bigham Stephens, Robert E. Carlson, Christine A. Horsburgh, Mark V. Hoyer, Roger W. Bachmann & Daniel E. Canfield Jr.
2014
Lakeshore and physical habitat structure in a national lakes assessment
Philip R. Kaufmann, David V. Peck, Steven G. Paulsen, Curt W. Seeliger, Robert M. Hughes, Thomas R. Whittier, and Neil C Kamman
2013
Landscape factors influencing lake phosphorus concentrations across Minnesota
Timothy K. Cross and Peter C. Jacobson
2012
Phosphorus, nitrogen and the designated uses of Florida lakes
Bachmann, Bigham, Hoyer and Canfield
2011
Variations in the aluminum: phosphorus binding ratio and alum dosage considerations for Half Moon Lake, Wisconsin
William F. James
2010
Phosphorus reduction by dilution and shift in fish species in Moses Lake, Washington
Gene Welch
2009
Relative influence of lake age and watershed land use on trophic state and water quality of artificial lakes in Kansas
E. Carney
2008
Monitoring periphyton in lakes experiencing shoreline development
D. Lambert and A. Cattaneo
2007
Whole-lake herbicide treatments for Eurasian watermilfoil in four Wisconsin lakes: Effects on vegetation and water clarity
K.I. Wagner, J. Hauxwell, P.W. Rasmussen, F. Koshere, P. Toshner, K. Aron, D.R. Helsel, S. Toshner, S. Provost, M. Gansberg, J. Masterson and S. Warwick
2006
Determining ecoregional reference conditions for nutrients, Secchi depth and chlorophyll a in Kansas lakes and reservoirs
W.K. Dobbs, E. Carney and R.T. Angelo
2005
Long-term changes in iron and phosphorus sedimentation in Vadnais Lake, Minnesota, resulting from ferric chloride addition and hypolimnetic aeration
D.R. Engstrom
2004
Artificially induced Planktotrix rubesces surface bloom in a small kettle lake in Southern Ontario compared to blooms world-wide
Gertrud K. Nürnberg, Bruce D. LaZerte and Daniel D. Olding
2003
For four papers published in LRM Volume 19-2
John R. Jones
Leadership & Service Awards
NALMS Leadership & Award Awards, formerly known as the Technical Merit Awards, are given annually to recognize and honor individuals or groups for Successful Projects, Volunteer Actions, Research Efforts, and Public Education/Outreach.
Award Recipients
2021
Community Education & Outreach
Alberta Lake Management Society
2020
Community Education & Outreach
Lake Champlain Committee
2019
Community Education & Outreach
New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Inc. (NYSFOLA)
Lake Management Advancements
Dr. Dale Chess, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
2018
Community Education & Outreach
Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy
Holly Hudson
Michigan Shoreline Stewards Program
Lake Management Advancements
William (Bill) James
Volunteer
Friends of Deep Creek Lake
Stephen McCord
2017
Community Education & Outreach
Introduction to Lakes Online Certification Course Team, Michigan State University Extension
Parker Water & Sanitation District (PWSD) and the Rueter-Hess Recreation Authority
SOLitude Lake Management – John Phelps
2016
Lake Management Advancements
Harvey Harper, Environmental Research and Design, Inc.
Public Education/Outreach
Beaver Watershed Alliance
Successful Projects
Ducks Unlimited-Iowa
Lake Wallenpaupack
2015
Public Education/Outreach
Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association
Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership
Penn State Extension Water Resources Team
Successful Projects
Deer Lake Conservancy
Town of Barnstable, MA
Volunteer Actions
Indiana Clean Lakes Aquatic Invasive Volunteer Monitoring Program
2014
Public Education/Outreach
Clean Lakes Alliance
Research Efforts
Dr. John Little
Successful Projects
Lake Griffin Nutrient Restoration Project
Volunteer Actions
Wabash River Watershed Sampling Blitz
2013
Public Education/Outreach
Clear Choices Clean Water
Successful Projects
Chicago Botanic Garden
Deal Lake Commission
2012
Public Education/Outreach
Extension Volunteer Monitoring Network
Successful Projects
Paradox Lake and Adirondack Ecologists LLC
Volunteer Actions
Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation
2011
Public Education/Outreach
Fairfax County Watershed Plan
Research Efforts
Dr. John (Jack) Jones – University of Missouri
Successful Projects
Dr. Barry Moore – Washington State University
Volunteer Actions
Ontario Lake Partner Program
2010
Public Education/Outreach
Dana Rizzo & Susan Boser – Pennsylvania State Coop. Extension
J. Clark, B. Swistock, T. McCarty & M. Barkley – Penn State Cooperative Extension
Dr. Robert Doyle
Successful Projects
Wetland & Hydrologic Restoration of the Grand Prairie Site, Flying Eagle Wildlife Management Area, Southwest Florida WMD
Volunteer Actions
The Sugar Lake Association, Wright County, Minn.
2009
Successful Projects
Long Pond, Towns of Brewster & Harwich, Mass.
Town of Warrenton, Va.
Volunteer Actions
Jane & Carroll Johnson
Woodridge Lake Property Owners Association (WLPOA)
2008
Public Education/Outreach
Bow River Basin Council
Research Efforts
Dick Lathrop
Volunteer Actions
Alberta Lake Management Society
2007
Research Efforts
Brian Kotak & Ron Zurawell
Doug Larson
St. Johns Water Management District & Southwest Florida Water Management District
2006
Public Education/Outreach
Cobbossee Watershed District
Tennessee Valley Authority Stream, River & Tailwater Assessment
2005
Public Education/Outreach
Lake Hopatcong Commission (LHC)
LakeSuperiorStreams.org
Tennessee Valley Authority Spring Sportfish Survey
2004
Volunteer Actions
Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee
2003
Public Education/Outreach
Champlain 2000
Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute
Tennessee Valley Clean Marina Initiative
Research Efforts
Gertrud Nürnberg
Successful Project
Lake Mohawk Lake Community
2002
Successful Project
Chocorua Lake Project
Volunteer Actions
Mount Arab Preserve Association
White Meadow Lake Property Owners Association
2001
Public Education/Outreach
Michael Martin
Successful Project
Bhoj Wetland Project, India
Third Lake Project – Mark Pfister, Leader
TVA Clean Marina Initiative
Volunteer Actions
Hartford Union High School Environmental Club
2000
Public Education/Outreach
Gordon Davis
Sidney Post
Scott Williams
WOW/Lake Access Team at University of Minnesota-Duluth
Research Efforts
Peter Siver
Successful Project
Stafford Pond
Volunteer Actions
Lionel Dallas
1999
Public Education/Outreach
Steve LaMere
Research Efforts
John Holz
Volunteer Actions
Bass Bay/Big Muskego Lake Management District and Wind Lake Management District
Madeleine Ducham
1998
Public Education/Outreach
Robert Korth
Research Efforts
Paul Garrison
James LaBounty
Volunteer Actions
Pine Lake Restoration Society, Alberta, Canada
1997
Successful Project
Upper Tippecanoe Water Quality Project
Volunteer Actions
Oster Creek Community (Tex.) Environmental Action Network
1996
Successful Project
Lake Bemidji Watershed Management Project
Lake Shaokatan Restoration
1995
Research Efforts
Steve Effler
Volunteer Actions
Friends of Menotomy Rocks Park
1994
Research Efforts
Patricia Chambers
Tom Murphy
Successful Project
Interactive Lake Ecology
Volunteer Actions
Terry Bovee
Wally Christiansen
Craig Heaton
1993
Research Efforts
John P. Smol and the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment & Research Laboratory
John Barko
Successful Project
Florida Lake Watch
Vadnais Lake/Lambert Creek Watershed Improvement Project
Volunteer Actions
Joanna Buehler
1992
Successful Project
Little Rock Lake, Whole Lake Acidification
Ellie Prepas
1991
Research Efforts
Corps of Engineers WES
Bruce Wilson
Successful Project
Lake Delavan
1990
Research Efforts
Newroth/Welch/Peterson/Cooke
Joe Shapiro
Volunteer Actions
Robert Munyon
1989
Research Efforts
David Sutton
Successful Project
Lake Morey, VT
Lake Summerset
1988
Research Efforts
Bob Carlson
Ken Reckhow
Bill Walker
1987
Successful Project
Lake Jackson, Fla.
1985
Successful Project
Lake Geneva, Wis.
Jody Connor Student Awards
Each year NALMS judges student posters and presentations given at our Symposium. The Jody Connor Student Awards are given to recognize and honor the best of these presentations and posters.
Award Recipients
2021
Design and Development of a Water Observatory: An Autonomous Environmental Sampling System for In situ Sensing of Lakes and Rivers. (Presentation)
Muwanika Jdiobe
2020
Clearly Contaminated: BMAA and Non-bloom Forming Cyanobacteria in Oligotrophic Lakes (Presentation)
Katherine Low
Can an Interactive Data Visualization Tool Change Waterfront Property Owners’ Behavior? (Poster)
Nicole Ward
2019
Diatom and Chironomid Assemblage Shifts Over Several Centuries and Their Relation to Recent Cyanobacteria Blooms in Callander Bay, Lake Nipissing, Ontario (Presentation)
Liz Favot
Low Dissolved Oxygen in Stratified Stormwater Ponds Causes Release of Phosphorus (Poster)
Vinicius Taguchi
2018
Some Stormwater Ponds Release Phosphorus (Presentation)
Vinicius Taguchi
Neither Wolf nor Dog: P-Management in a Quasi Polymictic Lake (Poster)
Hayden Henderson
2017
Spatial Relationship Between Nutrient Availability and Sediment Particle Size in Willow Creek Reservoir, Heppner, Oregon (Presentation)
Sarah Burnet
Long-Term Endothall Control of Curly-Leaf Pondweed in Half Moon Lake, Wisconsin (Poster)
Heidi Lieffort
2016
Comparing Predictive Modeling Techniques for Cyanobacterial Abundance, Microcystin, and Geosmin in a Eutrophic Midwestern USA Drinking Water Supply Reservoir (Presentation)
Ted Harris
Cold Spots and Cold Moments: The Potential for Sediment Freezing to Depress Denitrification in Wetland Sediments (Poster)
Kimberly Gilmour
2015
High Resolution Spatial and Temporal Data to Understand Nutrient Concentrations and Loads That Influence Algal Blooms in a Small Lake: How Much Data Do We Need? (Presentation)
Trea LaCroix
Three Lakes, One Management Plan (Poster)
Maxine Verteramo
2014
Paleolimnological Assessment of Atmospheric Heavy Metal Deposition in Eastern Washington Lakes: Phase 1 – Chemical Analyses of Sediment Cores (Presentation)
Andrew Child
Determining Bioavailable Phosphorus in Lake Whatcom (Washington) Stormwater Using Dual Culture Diffusion Apparatus Bioassays (Poster)
Jonnel Deacon
2013
Feeding Ecology of a Mixed Cold- and Warm-Water Fish Community Following Hypolimnetic Oxygenation in Mesotrophic Twin Lakes, WA (Presentation)
Megan Skinner
Sediment Properties Affecting Methane Storage and Ebullition in Southern California Lakes (Poster)
Jacob Shiba
2012
Detection and Quantification of the Cyanotoxin, Microcystin, in Fish Muscle Tissues (Presentation)
Ellen Preece
Rapid Response to Control Myriophyllum spicatum in Blackhawk Lake, Wisconsin (Poster)
Laura Sefton
2011
Remediation of Eutrophic Lakes: Is Iron Treatment Safe for Aquatic Invertebrates? (Presentation)
Lindsey Wilson
The Role of Insects in the Nutrient Budget of Spirit Lake, Mount Saint Helens, Washington (Poster)
Katie Royer
2010
The Impact of Alum Based Advanced Nutrient Removal Processes on Phosphorus Bioavailability (Presentation)
Bo Li
Integrating Major Factors Influencing Nutrient Concentrations to Set Nutrient Standards in Florida Lakes (Poster)
Dana Bigham
2009
Long-term Trophic State Indicator Trends in Florida Lakes (Presentation)
Dana Bigham
Veliger Abundance and Distribution in Four Reservoirs of the Colorado River Aqueduct (Poster)
Nicole Reid
2008
Macroinvertebrate and Waterfowl Communities of Rotationally Grazed Temporary Prairie Pothole Wetlands (Presentation)
Carly Silver
Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Food Web Shift in Boreal Foothills Lakes Stocked with Trout (Poster)
Justin Hanisch
2007
The Use of On-lake Hyperspectral Remote Sensing to Measure Water Quality in New England (USA) Lakes (Presentation)
Shane Bradt
Visible/Near-infrared (VNIR) Reflectance Spectroscopy for Field Prediction of Sediment Properties from Lake Okeechobee, Florida (Poster)
Justin Vogel
2006
Paleolimnological Assessment of Lake Geneserath, Beaver Island, Charlevoix County, Michigan Using Fossil Diatom Assemblage, Total Phosphorus and Chlorophyll (Presentation)
Jane Schild
The Development of a Remote Sensing Technique for Measuring Lake Water Quality in New England (USA) (Poster)
Shane Bradt
2005
Epilimnetic Bacterioplankton Communities Exhibit Interannual Patterns of Composition and Succession in a Eutrophic Lake (Presentation)
Ashley Shade
Estimating Sediment and Nutrient Loads in Three Western Lake Superior Streams: Continuous Turbidity Monitoring Versus Spot Sampling and Modeling (Poster)
Elaine Ruzycki
2004
Productivity and Growth Rates of Egeria densa in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Presentation)
Toni Pennington
Laboratory Investigation of Aluminum Solubility and Solid-Phase Properties Following Alum Treatments (Poster)
Jacob Berkowitz
2003
Ecology of Lake Griffin, a Hypereutrophic Cyanobacteria-Dominated Lake in Central Florida (Presentation)
J. Frost
Trophic State and Plankton Nutrition Along a Terrestrial Dominant Gradient in New England Lakes (Presentation)
Jay Lennon
Defining Reference Conditions for Measuring the Effects of Shoreline Development in Lakes in Maine (Poster)
Kristen Ness
2002
Phenology and Impacts of Egeria densa in a Drinking Water Reservoir (Presentation)
Toni Pennington
Growth of Indicator Bacteria in Surface Waters (Poster)
Kristal Davis
A Study of Bacterial Contamination in Ponds and Rivers in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (High School Poster)
R. Cromer
2001
Atmospheric Deposition of Phosphorus to Lake Tahoe (Presentation)
Marie Liu
Students can Protect Lakes through Political Influence and Communications (High School Presentation)
Lake Classification in the Sand Hills Region of Nebraska (Poster)
Aris Severn
2000
Potential Biological Removal Mechanisms of Pathogens in Constructed Wetlands (Presentation)
Elena F. Proakis