11-02-2006, 09:30 AM
With the state's lakes facing complex issues such as invasive plants and shoreline development impacts, Indianapolis is a fitting host for the 26th North American Lake Management Society's International Symposium, Nov. 8-10, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Union Station.
This is the first visit to Indiana for the annual event, which attracts 500 top lake and watershed management professionals from all around the world. The Indiana Lakes Management Society is hosting. Bill Jones, a professor from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, will chair the event.
This year's symposium theme, "Making Connections -- Land, Water, People," recognizes the importance of watershed activities on water quality and the role people play in those activities.
"The (symposium's) strong suit is bringing together citizens, scientists and managers representing diverse interests and experiences to work together to help make our lakes better places to live, work and play," said Mark Mongin, ILMS president.
Plenary speaker Todd Thompson of the Indiana Geological Survey will entertain conference participants with a tour through the transformation of the Great Lakes region via glaciation, global warming and other long term processes. Sandra Poikane from the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Italy will explain how these nations are working together to track changes in water resources to help society anticipate and shape the future.
Both of international stature, these speakers will attend the conference opening, Nov. 8, at 8 a.m.
Other presenters hail from Canada, Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, New Zealand and South Korea.
The symposium's technical program will focus on many current issues in lake and watershed management, including harmful algal blooms (HABs), aquatic nuisance species, watershed planning and management, recreation management, new lake assessment techniques, use of remote sensing technology and public education.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct a half-day session on its plans to conduct a national lakes survey.
The first-hand contact with world-class experts the symposium provides is timed perfectly with the concurrent re-establishment of the Indiana Lake Management Work Group, according to Gwen White of the DNR Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program staff. This 26-member group has been statutorily created to develop proposed solutions to problems affecting Indiana's public freshwater lakes. The ILMWG will meet Nov. 13 in the Indiana Government Center.
In addition to benefiting from the world class sources, DNR staff will also present during the symposium. Subjects will include the ILMWG, the Lake Wawasee glacial stone seawall habitat project, ecological protection zones, Riverwatch volunteer monitoring and shoreline development impact on fisheries. The DNR also partially funded IUPUI research on remote sensing to map noxious bluegreen algae and JFNew's lakeshore bioengineering and watershed improvement projects at Chapman Lakes.
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This is the first visit to Indiana for the annual event, which attracts 500 top lake and watershed management professionals from all around the world. The Indiana Lakes Management Society is hosting. Bill Jones, a professor from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, will chair the event.
This year's symposium theme, "Making Connections -- Land, Water, People," recognizes the importance of watershed activities on water quality and the role people play in those activities.
"The (symposium's) strong suit is bringing together citizens, scientists and managers representing diverse interests and experiences to work together to help make our lakes better places to live, work and play," said Mark Mongin, ILMS president.
Plenary speaker Todd Thompson of the Indiana Geological Survey will entertain conference participants with a tour through the transformation of the Great Lakes region via glaciation, global warming and other long term processes. Sandra Poikane from the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Italy will explain how these nations are working together to track changes in water resources to help society anticipate and shape the future.
Both of international stature, these speakers will attend the conference opening, Nov. 8, at 8 a.m.
Other presenters hail from Canada, Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, New Zealand and South Korea.
The symposium's technical program will focus on many current issues in lake and watershed management, including harmful algal blooms (HABs), aquatic nuisance species, watershed planning and management, recreation management, new lake assessment techniques, use of remote sensing technology and public education.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct a half-day session on its plans to conduct a national lakes survey.
The first-hand contact with world-class experts the symposium provides is timed perfectly with the concurrent re-establishment of the Indiana Lake Management Work Group, according to Gwen White of the DNR Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program staff. This 26-member group has been statutorily created to develop proposed solutions to problems affecting Indiana's public freshwater lakes. The ILMWG will meet Nov. 13 in the Indiana Government Center.
In addition to benefiting from the world class sources, DNR staff will also present during the symposium. Subjects will include the ILMWG, the Lake Wawasee glacial stone seawall habitat project, ecological protection zones, Riverwatch volunteer monitoring and shoreline development impact on fisheries. The DNR also partially funded IUPUI research on remote sensing to map noxious bluegreen algae and JFNew's lakeshore bioengineering and watershed improvement projects at Chapman Lakes.
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