NALMS Achievement Awards
2024 – Matthew Scott 2023 – Imad Hannoun 2022 – William F. James 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 2023 Secchi Disk winner, Dr. Imad Hannoun (center) in Erie, PA. Also pictured: Deena Hannoun (left) and Kareem Hannoun (right). 2024 – Aquarius Systems 2023 – Arion Consultants 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 2024 Jim Flynn Award Recipient, Aquarius Systems. Accepting award is Jane Dauffenbach. 2024 2019 2018 Amina Pollard and the EPA NLA Team 2017 2016 SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station 2015 2014 2012 2011 Jody Connor Tom & Elinor Eberhardt 2010 2009 2008 Jim LaBounty 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 1998 Lawrence Enterprises 1997 1996 1995 1994 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency University of Florida 1993 Tennessee Valley Authority 1992 Vince Williams Unknown Dates 2024 Appreciation Award winner, Inventive Resources. Accepting are Evangelina Paoluccio and John Paoluccio. 2024 Lake Management Success Stories 2023 Lake Management Success Stories 2022 2021 Lake Management Success Stories 2020 Lake Management Success Stories 2019 2018 2017 2023 Best Paper Award (left to right): Andrew Paterson (LRM co-editor and paper co-author), Andrea Smith (LRM editor), Liz Favot, and Anna DeSellas. 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Hypolimnetic oxygenation 1: win-win solution for massive salmonid mortalities in a reservoir tailwater hatchery on the Mokelumne River, California. Hypolimnetic oxygenation 2: oxygen dynamics in a large reservoir with submerged down-flow contact oxygenation (Speece cone). Hypolimnetic oxygenation 3: an engineered switch from eutrophic to a meso-/oligotrophic state in a California reservoir. 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2024 Appreciation Award winner, Keri Green. 2024 Volunteer 2023 Volunteer 2022 Volunteer 2021 2020 2019 Lake Management Advancements 2018 Lake Management Advancements Volunteer 2017 2016 Public Education/Outreach Successful Projects 2015 Successful Projects Volunteer Actions 2014 Public Education/Outreach Research Efforts Successful Projects Volunteer Actions 2013 Successful Projects 2012 Successful Projects Volunteer Actions 2011 Research Efforts Successful Projects Volunteer Actions 2010 Successful Projects Volunteer Actions 2009 Volunteer Actions 2008 Research Efforts Volunteer Actions 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Research Efforts Successful Project 2002 Volunteer Actions 2001 Successful Project Volunteer Actions 2000 Research Efforts Successful Project Volunteer Actions 1999 Research Efforts Volunteer Actions 1998 Research Efforts Volunteer Actions 1997 Volunteer Actions 1996 1995 Volunteer Actions 1994 Successful Project Volunteer Actions 1993 Successful Project Volunteer Actions 1992 1991 Successful Project 1990 Volunteer Actions 1989 Successful Project 1988 1987 1985 Hydrology and oxygen addition drive nutrients, metals, and methylmercury cycling in a hypereutrophic water supply reservoir Potential contribution of differential cooling to winter mixing and reoxygenation in deep oligotrophic lakes (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Characterizing Changes in Water Quality and Fish Communities in Two Connected, Adirondack Lakes Partitioning Methane Flux Pathways From Reservoirs in Mediterranean Climates (Honorable Mention) Phytoplankton Dynamics in a Large, Semi-arid Reservoir Using Macroinvertebrates to Assess Aquatic Macrophyte Restoration in Austin, Texas Reservoirs Post Hydrilla Invasion (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Tracking Long-Term Effects of Aerially Deposited Silver Mining Contaminants Along a Spatial Gradient on Traditional Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation Territory, Yukon Evaluating Round Goby’s Use of Lake Erie’s Tributaries Using Otolith Elemental Analysis (Honorable Mention) Strategic Floating Treatment Wetlands Arrangement Provides Improved Surface Water Quality Measuring Dissolved Silica to Better Understand Water Quality in Indiana Lakes (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Comparison of Human and Digital Algal Bloom Identification via Digital Microscopes and Artificial Intelligence Across Eight States Relationships Between Chloride and Conductivity Across Diverse Lake Types in Minnesota (Honorable Mention) Design and Development of a Water Observatory: An Autonomous Environmental Sampling System for In situ Sensing of Lakes and Rivers Shifting Baselines: Fish Presence Reduces Food Web Stability by Altering Consumer Diet Composition (Honorable Mention) Growth and Ionome-Wide Responses of Phytoplankton to Relative Supplies of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Trace Metals: From Chemostats to Grand Lake (Honorable Mention) Clearly Contaminated: BMAA and Non-bloom Forming Cyanobacteria in Oligotrophic Lakes Line Diffuser Hypolimnetic Oxygenation: A Pyrrhic Victory for DO? (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Can an Interactive Data Visualization Tool Change Waterfront Property Owners’ Behavior? Using Satellite Imagery to Identify Relationships Between Water Color and Water Quality Parameters for Minnesota Lakes (Honorable Mention) Diatom and Chironomid Assemblage Shifts Over Several Centuries and Their Relation to Recent Cyanobacteria Blooms in Callander Bay, Lake Nipissing, Ontario Multi-Decadal Assessment of Reservoir Nutrient Dynamics Using Bayesian Mechanistic Modeling (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Low Dissolved Oxygen in Stratified Stormwater Ponds Causes Release of Phosphorus Evolution of Plankton Community Structure Following a Large Alum Treatment: A Case Study from East Pond (Maine) (Honorable Mention) Some Stormwater Ponds Release Phosphorus Structural Changes to Lake Ecosystems Resulting from Long-Term Browning (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Neither Wolf nor Dog: P-Management in a Quasi Polymictic Lake The Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide Within the Hypolimnion of a Dystrophic and Eutrophic Lake on Zooplankton Survival and Vertical Distribution (Honorable Mention) Spatial Relationship Between Nutrient Availability and Sediment Particle Size in Willow Creek Reservoir, Heppner, Oregon The Importance of Lake-Specific Characteristics for Water Quality Across the Continental United States (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Long-Term Endothall Control of Curly-Leaf Pondweed in Half Moon Lake, Wisconsin (Poster) Reduced Snowpack May Compound Effects of Climate Warming on High-Elevation Lakes (Honorable Mention) Comparing Predictive Modeling Techniques for Cyanobacterial Abundance, Microcystin, and Geosmin in a Eutrophic Midwestern USA Drinking Water Supply Reservoir Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Microcystin Congeners in Response to Environmental Change: Potential Impact on the Bioamplification of Cyanotoxins (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Cold Spots and Cold Moments: The Potential for Sediment Freezing to Depress Denitrification in Wetland Sediments Understanding How Stakeholders Value Scenic Views and Incorporate Viewshed Management into Environmental Decision Making: Lessons from the Lakes Region and White Mountains of New Hampshire (Honorable Mention) 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? Alternative States of Cyanobacteria Dominance (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Three Lakes, One Management Plan Exploring Thermal Stratification and Mixing of Lake Nipissing Embayments: An Analysis of High Frequency Buoy Data (Honorable Mention) Paleolimnological Assessment of Atmospheric Heavy Metal Deposition in Eastern Washington Lakes: Phase 1 – Chemical Analyses of Sediment Cores Estimating Methane and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Three Gorges Reservoir, China (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Determining Bioavailable Phosphorus in Lake Whatcom (Washington) Stormwater Using Dual Culture Diffusion Apparatus Bioassays Lake Diefenbaker Hydrodynamic Model (Honorable Mention) Feeding Ecology of a Mixed Cold- and Warm-Water Fish Community Following Hypolimnetic Oxygenation in Mesotrophic Twin Lakes, WA Evaluating the Efficacy of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds for Wildland Firefighting Equipment Exposed to Dreissenid Adults and Veligers (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Sediment Properties Affecting Methane Storage and Ebullition in Southern California Lakes Feeding Ecology of a Mixed Cold- and Warm-Water Fish Community Following Hypolimnetic Oxygenation in Mesotrophic Twin Lakes, WA (Honorable Mention) Detection and Quantification of the Cyanotoxin, Microcystin, in Fish Muscle Tissues Examining Zebra Mussel Habitat Preference and Population Dynamics within and among Lakes in Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Rapid Response to Control Myriophyllum spicatum in Blackhawk Lake, Wisconsin Applying Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Water Resources Management: The Case of Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan, Canada (Honorable Mention) Remediation of Eutrophic Lakes: Is Iron Treatment Safe for Aquatic Invertebrates? Alteration of Nutrient Regimes in Large-scale In-situ Enclosure Experiments to Reduce Cynanobacterial Biovolume and Toxicity (Honorable Mention) Influence of Macrobenthos on the Cycling of Mercury at the Sediment-water Interface of Lakes (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation The Role of Insects in the Nutrient Budget of Spirit Lake, Mount Saint Helens, Washington Growth and Development Performance of the Milfoil Weevil on Various Ecotypes and Hybrids of Eurasian Watermilfoil Present in Ontario, Canada (Honorable Mention) The Impact of Alum Based Advanced Nutrient Removal Processes on Phosphorus Bioavailability Using Real-Time qPCR to Detect Spatial Patterns in Prymnesium parvum in Subtropical Watersheds and Predicting Future Patterns Using Associated Water Quality Variables (Honorable Mention) What Determines Nutrient Concentrations in Florida Lakes: Natural Factors or Human Activities? (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Integrating Major Factors Influencing Nutrient Concentrations to Set Nutrient Standards in Florida Lakes The Impact of Alum Based Advanced Nutrient Removal Processes on Phosphorus Bioavailability (Honorable Mention) Long-term Trophic State Indicator Trends in Florida Lakes Potential for Stocked Watermilfoil Weevils to Sustain Populations in Candlewood Lake: A Possible Biological Control of Invasive Eurasian Watermilfoil (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Veliger Abundance and Distribution in Four Reservoirs of the Colorado River Aqueduct Determination of the Allelopathic Ability of Reed Canary Grass Grown With and Without Tussock Sedge in Three Different Soils (Honorable Mention) Macroinvertebrate and Waterfowl Communities of Rotationally Grazed Temporary Prairie Pothole Wetlands Dying to Find the Source – Using Rhodamine WT as a Proxy for Point Source Pollutants in Urban Lake Systems (Honorable Mention) Development of Multi-dimensional Littoral Zone Habitat Fingerprints for Classification and Management of Lakes (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Food Web Shift in Boreal Foothills Lakes Stocked with Trout Determination of Methylmercury Flux from Lake Sediments Using Flow-through Reactors (Honorable Mention) The Use of On-lake Hyperspectral Remote Sensing to Measure Water Quality in New England (USA) Lakes Preliminary Data from a Survey of Microcystin in Florida Lakes (Honorable Mention) Boating Impacts on Water Clarity in Clark Lake, WI (Honorable Mention) Poster Presentation Visible/Near-infrared (VNIR) Reflectance Spectroscopy for Field Prediction of Sediment Properties from Lake Okeechobee, Florida Alum Treatment for the Removal of Chemical Warfare Agents in Natural Waters (Honorable Mention) Paleolimnological Assessment of Lake Geneserath, Beaver Island, Charlevoix County, Michigan Using Fossil Diatom Assemblage, Total Phosphorus and Chlorophyll Poster Presentation The Development of a Remote Sensing Technique for Measuring Lake Water Quality in New England (USA) Epilimnetic Bacterioplankton Communities Exhibit Interannual Patterns of Composition and Succession in a Eutrophic Lake Poster Presentation Estimating Sediment and Nutrient Loads in Three Western Lake Superior Streams: Continuous Turbidity Monitoring Versus Spot Sampling and Modeling Productivity and Growth Rates of Egeria densa in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Poster Presentation Laboratory Investigation of Aluminum Solubility and Solid-Phase Properties Following Alum Treatments Ecology of Lake Griffin, a Hypereutrophic Cyanobacteria-Dominated Lake in Central Florida Trophic State and Plankton Nutrition Along a Terrestrial Dominant Gradient in New England Lakes Poster Presentation Defining Reference Conditions for Measuring the Effects of Shoreline Development in Lakes in Maine Phenology and Impacts of Egeria densa in a Drinking Water Reservoir Poster Presentation Growth of Indicator Bacteria in Surface Waters High School Poster Presentation A Study of Bacterial Contamination in Ponds and Rivers in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Atmospheric Deposition of Phosphorus to Lake Tahoe Poster Presentation Lake Classification in the Sand Hills Region of Nebraska High School Oral Presentation Students can Protect Lakes through Political Influence and Communications Potential Biological Removal Mechanisms of Pathogens in Constructed Wetlands
Award Recipients
Award Recipients
Award Recipients
Mussel Dogs
Dr. Imad Hannoun
Bob Carlson
Anne Weinberg
Pennsylvania Lake Management Society
Lake George Association
Linda Green
Doug Knauer
AMEC I&E, Inc.
Associate Editors of Lake and Reservoir Management
Marty Kelly
Bev Clark
Florida Lake Management Society
Jeff Schloss & Philip Forsberg
Mary-Arthur Beebe
Cynthia Mahigian Moorhead
New England Water Pollution Control Commission
Will Young, Aquatic Research Instruments
Kelly DiNatale
US Environmental Protection Agency
State of Minnesota
Jim Vennie
Aquarius Systems
Kramer, Chin and Mayo
Jim LaBounty
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
Award Recipients
Advancements in Lake Management Technologies
Inventive Resources, Inc.
John Jablonski III
Advancements in Lake Management Technologies
Living Lakes Canada
Floyd Schmidt
Advancements in Lake Management Technologies
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Bureau of
Freshwater and Biological Monitoring
Lake Management Success Stories
The Black Hawk Lake Watershed Project, The City of Lake View, and the Black Hawk Lake Protective Association
Advancements in Lake Management Technologies
CD3, General Benefit Corporation
Lake Hopatcong Commission
Advancements in Lake Management Technologies
Jeffery Pasek, City of San Diego Public Utilities
Water Quality Committee of the Normanoch Association, Inc.
Lake Management Success Stories
Mélanie Deslongchamps, APEL
Lake Management Success Stories
Columbia Association
Deal Lake Commission
Deep Creek Lake POA & partners
Rice Creek Watershed District & Wenck Associates
Lake Management Success Stories
Dr. Stephen Souza, Princeton Hydro
Award Recipients
Environmental DNA for assessing impact and recovery of aquatic communities in an invaded mountain lake.
Julien Beaulieu, Matthew C. Yates, Louis Astorg, Daphné Trépanier-Leroux, Hyung-Bae Jeon, Sydney P. Rudko, Shelly Humphries, Dylan J. Fraser, Melania E. Cristescu, Alison M. Derry.
Cyanobacterial blooms in Ontario, Canada: continued increase in reports through the 21st century.
Elizabeth J. Favot, Claire Holeton, Anna M. DeSellas and Andrew M. Paterson.
Estimates of internal loading of phosphorus in a western US reservoir using 3 methods.
Sarah H. Burnet and Frank M. Wilhelm.
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.
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:
Alex J. Horne.
Alex J. Horne, Rodney Jung, Hubert Lai, Bill Faisst and Marc Beutel.
Alex J. Horne, Rodney Jung, Hubert Lai, Bill Faisst and Marc Beutel.
Prioritizing lakes for conservation in lake-rich areas.
Paul Radomski and Kristen Carlson
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
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
Deriving nutrient criteria to minimize false positive and false negative water use impairment determinations
Eric Smeltzer, Neil C. Kamman, and Steven Fiske
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.
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
Landscape factors influencing lake phosphorus concentrations across Minnesota
Timothy K. Cross and Peter C. Jacobson
Phosphorus, nitrogen and the designated uses of Florida lakes
Bachmann, Bigham, Hoyer and Canfield
Variations in the aluminum: phosphorus binding ratio and alum dosage considerations for Half Moon Lake, Wisconsin
William F. James
Phosphorus reduction by dilution and shift in fish species in Moses Lake, Washington
Gene Welch
Relative influence of lake age and watershed land use on trophic state and water quality of artificial lakes in Kansas
E. Carney
Monitoring periphyton in lakes experiencing shoreline development
D. Lambert and A. Cattaneo
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
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
Long-term changes in iron and phosphorus sedimentation in Vadnais Lake, Minnesota, resulting from ferric chloride addition and hypolimnetic aeration
D.R. Engstrom
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
For four papers published in LRM Volume 19-2
John R. Jones
Award Recipients
Community Education and Outreach
Clean Lakes Alliance
Keri Green
Community Education and Outreach
Alberta Lake Management Society
Gary Bodeutsch
Community Education and Outreach
Candy Ramsay
Gabriel Jabbour
Community Education & Outreach
Alberta Lake Management Society
Community Education & Outreach
Lake Champlain Committee
Community Education & Outreach
New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Inc. (NYSFOLA)
Dr. Dale Chess, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Community Education & Outreach
Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy
Holly Hudson
Michigan Shoreline Stewards Program
William (Bill) James
Friends of Deep Creek Lake
Stephen McCord
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
Lake Management Advancements
Harvey Harper, Environmental Research and Design, Inc.
Beaver Watershed Alliance
Ducks Unlimited-Iowa
Lake Wallenpaupack
Public Education/Outreach
Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association
Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership
Penn State Extension Water Resources Team
Deer Lake Conservancy
Town of Barnstable, MA
Indiana Clean Lakes Aquatic Invasive Volunteer Monitoring Program
Clean Lakes Alliance
Dr. John Little
Lake Griffin Nutrient Restoration Project
Wabash River Watershed Sampling Blitz
Public Education/Outreach
Clear Choices Clean Water
Chicago Botanic Garden
Deal Lake Commission
Public Education/Outreach
Extension Volunteer Monitoring Network
Paradox Lake and Adirondack Ecologists LLC
Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation
Public Education/Outreach
Fairfax County Watershed Plan
Dr. John (Jack) Jones – University of Missouri
Dr. Barry Moore – Washington State University
Ontario Lake Partner Program
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
Wetland & Hydrologic Restoration of the Grand Prairie Site, Flying Eagle Wildlife Management Area, Southwest Florida WMD
The Sugar Lake Association, Wright County, Minn.
Successful Projects
Long Pond, Towns of Brewster & Harwich, Mass.
Town of Warrenton, Va.
Jane & Carroll Johnson
Woodridge Lake Property Owners Association (WLPOA)
Public Education/Outreach
Bow River Basin Council
Dick Lathrop
Alberta Lake Management Society
Research Efforts
Brian Kotak & Ron Zurawell
Doug Larson
St. Johns Water Management District & Southwest Florida Water Management District
Public Education/Outreach
Cobbossee Watershed District
Tennessee Valley Authority Stream, River & Tailwater Assessment
Public Education/Outreach
Lake Hopatcong Commission (LHC)
LakeSuperiorStreams.org
Tennessee Valley Authority Spring Sportfish Survey
Volunteer Actions
Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee
Public Education/Outreach
Champlain 2000
Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute
Tennessee Valley Clean Marina Initiative
Gertrud Nürnberg
Lake Mohawk Lake Community
Successful Project
Chocorua Lake Project
Mount Arab Preserve Association
White Meadow Lake Property Owners Association
Public Education/Outreach
Michael Martin
Bhoj Wetland Project, India
Third Lake Project – Mark Pfister, Leader
TVA Clean Marina Initiative
Hartford Union High School Environmental Club
Public Education/Outreach
Gordon Davis
Sidney Post
Scott Williams
WOW/Lake Access Team at University of Minnesota-Duluth
Peter Siver
Stafford Pond
Lionel Dallas
Public Education/Outreach
Steve LaMere
John Holz
Bass Bay/Big Muskego Lake Management District and Wind Lake Management District
Madeleine Ducham
Public Education/Outreach
Robert Korth
Paul Garrison
James LaBounty
Pine Lake Restoration Society, Alberta, Canada
Successful Project
Upper Tippecanoe Water Quality Project
Oster Creek Community (Tex.) Environmental Action Network
Successful Project
Lake Bemidji Watershed Management Project
Lake Shaokatan Restoration
Research Efforts
Steve Effler
Friends of Menotomy Rocks Park
Research Efforts
Patricia Chambers
Tom Murphy
Interactive Lake Ecology
Terry Bovee
Wally Christiansen
Craig Heaton
Research Efforts
John P. Smol and the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment & Research Laboratory
John Barko
Florida Lake Watch
Vadnais Lake/Lambert Creek Watershed Improvement Project
Joanna Buehler
Successful Project
Little Rock Lake, Whole Lake Acidification
Ellie Prepas
Research Efforts
Corps of Engineers WES
Bruce Wilson
Lake Delavan
Research Efforts
Newroth/Welch/Peterson/Cooke
Joe Shapiro
Robert Munyon
Research Efforts
David Sutton
Lake Morey, VT
Lake Summerset
Research Efforts
Bob Carlson
Ken Reckhow
Bill Walker
Successful Project
Lake Jackson, Fla.
Successful Project
Lake Geneva, Wis.
Award Recipients
2024
Oral Presentation
Naivy Dennise Rodal Morales, University of California – Merced
Julie Critchfield, UC Davis
Elijah Creedon, SUNY Oneonta
Corrin Clemons, UC Davis
2023
Oral Presentation
Charlotte van der Nagel
Katie Vasquez
Jamie Would
Greg Lemke
2022
Oral Presentation
Molly Landon
Lindsey Rasnake
Danara Dormaeva
Mayra Velasquez
2021
Oral Presentation
Muwanika Jdiobe
Katherine Low
Yetkin Ipek
2020
Oral Presentation
Katherine Low
Mark Seelos
Nicole Ward
Martha Burket
2019
Oral Presentation
Liz Favot
Matthew Aupperle
Vinicius Taguchi
Charlie Cobb
2018
Oral Presentation
Vinicius Taguchi
Rachel Pilla
Hayden Henderson
Keiko Wilkins
2017
Oral Presentation
Sarah Burnet
Jennifer Brentrup
Heidi Lieffort
Kyle Christianson
2016
Oral Presentation
Ted Harris
Zophia Taranu
Kimberly Gilmour
Carolyn Greenough
2015
Oral Presentation
Trea LaCroix
Nicole Alfafara
Maxine Verteramo
Megan Prescott
2014
Oral Presentation
Andrew Child
Lindsey Yasarer
Jonnel Deacon
Amir Sadeghian
2013
Oral Presentation
Megan Skinner
Ashlie Watters
Jacob Shiba
Megan Skinner
2012
Oral Presentation
Ellen Preece
Maureen Ferry
Laura Sefton
Jania Chilima
2011
Oral Presentation
Lindsey Wilson
Ted Harris
Suzanne Cox
Katie Royer
Kyle Borrowman
2010
Oral Presentation
Bo Li
Rich Zamor
Dana Bigham
Dana Bigham
Bo Li
2009
Oral Presentation
Dana Bigham
Andrew Oguma
Nicole Reid
Jordy Veit
2008
Oral Presentation
Carly Silver
Conor Mines
Sara Schmidt
Justin Hanisch
G.A. Galicinao
2007
Oral Presentation
Shane Bradt
Dana Bigham
Darrin Hoverson
Justin Vogel
Lindsey Bloodworth
2006
Oral Presentation
Jane Schild
Shane Bradt
2005
Oral Presentation
Ashley Shade
Elaine Ruzycki
2004
Oral Presentation
Toni Pennington
Jacob Berkowitz
2003
Oral Presentation
J. Frost
Jay Lennon
Kristen Ness
2002
Oral Presentation
Toni Pennington
Kristal Davis
R. Cromer
2001
Oral Presentation
Marie Liu
Aris Severn
2000
Oral Presentation
Elena F. Proakis