The 19th Annual FLMS Conference will held at the
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, Sandestin, FL,
June 2 – 5, 2008

Conference Theme: Habitat Protection and Restoration

Meeting Info

The Florida Lake Management Society will host the 2008 NALMS Southeast Regional Conference in combination with the 19th Annual FLMS Conference and Meeting (FLMS 2008) at the beautiful Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Sandestin, Florida from June 2-5, 2008. The 2008 Conference will include a full day of workshops on Monday, June 2, covering a wide variety of lake management topics. Conference sessions begin on Tuesday, June 3 and run through the morning of Thursday, June 5. We have an exciting and informative agenda, with technical sessions held on a wide variety of topics related to water resources and lake management issues. The Conference will offer CEUs for the NALMS CLM/CLP certifications. An attendance of 200+ participants and 25+ exhibitors is expected. FLMS is hosting the Conference in cooperation with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance and the Mattie Kelly Cultural and Environmental Institute, Okaloosa-Walton College, and these groups are holding their Conference immediately preceding FLMS. Please consider participating in this event as you make your travel plans! For more information, please visit: www.owc.edu/mattiekellyinstitute/env-symposium.cfm.

When: June 2-5, 2008

Where: Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, Sandestin, FL

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Hotel Information
Location Map
Call For Papers
Workshops
Hotel Reservations
Individual Registration Form
Travel Grant Application Form
Exhibitor Registration Form
Last Year's Exhibitors
Sponsorship Opportunities
Instructions for Presenters & Moderators
2008 Program

Preliminary Session Topics

Special sessions on other topics can be accommodated – please contact the Program Chair.

Technical Workshops:

Up to nine Pre-Conference Workshops are planned for Monday, June 2, 2008, on a wide range of lake management, evaluation and restoration issues. All workshops will be one half-day in length. You can register for the workshops only or add the workshops to your FLMS Conference registration. To register, please fill out the registration form and only select the workshops that you want to attend by workshop number. All workshops are restricted to 20 attendees and will be filled on a first register basis. Morning workshop registration includes workshop and morning snack break. Full day workshop includes lunch and morning and afternoon breaks. Please provide a first and second choice for each session (Morning and/or Afternoon) for which you want to register. Morning workshops are numbers 1-4 and afternoon workshops are numbers 5-9.

Morning Workshops (8-11:45)

1. Harvey H. Harper, Ph.D., P.E. – President Environmental Research & Design, Inc.,
   Workshop: Use of Alum in Lake Management

2. John Burns and Ann Shortelle, Ph.D., MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
   Workshop: Practical Strategies for Emerging Microbial Contaminants (Fecal Coliforms and Harmful Algal Blooms)

3. Jim Peterson and Pam Bowen, St. Johns River Water Management District,
   Workshop: Using Florida's Water Birds to Monitor Wetland Restoration Success

4. Eddie Snell, Reedy Creek Improvement District and Shannon Carter Wetzel, Seminole County Public Works;
   Workshop: Shoreline Enhancement and Stabilization

Lunch (12-1:00)

Afternoon Workshops (1:15-4:45)

5. Ed Harris and Nathalie Visscher, FDEP,
   Workshop: Aquatic Plant Identification and Monitoring

6. Shailesh Patel, Dredging & Marine Consultants,
   Workshop: Planning a Dredging Project

7. Jim Griffin, Ph.D. University of South Florida – FCCDR
   Workshop: Lake Watershed Planning Using Web-Based and Open Source Spatial Tools

8. Julie Terrell, Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, Okaloosa-Walton College and Mark Hoyer, Ph.D., University of Florida, LakeWatch,
   Workshop: Unique Aquatic Habitats in the Panhandle: Coastal Dune Lakes (includes field trip)

9. Jennifer Gihring, Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
   Workshop: TMDL Implementation & BMAPs: Where to Begin

NALMS Certified Lake Manager (CLM) and Certified Lake Professional (CLP) Credits

Student Awards to Florida Residents:

The Florida Lake Management Society will award cash prizes of $300, $200, and $100 to student presenters for oral or poster presentations that most contribute to the science of lake management. Student presenters must be currently enrolled as a graduate or upper class (Junior or Senior) student at an institution of higher learning in Florida and have completed the topic research under the direction of a faculty advisor. If you wish to compete for these awards, please tell us with your abstract submittal.

Graduate Student & Teacher Travel Grants:

The Florida Lake Management Society (FLMS) will offer a limited number of conference travel grants to graduate students in Florida involved with water resource management studies and middle or high school environmental science teachers in Florida. Travel grants can be used to pay for the attendee's conference registration and room accommodations at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort June 2-5, 2008. For graduate students, we require a college or university contact (professor or other) to confirm student status. Applicants are required to submit their reasons why they would like to attend the conference, their expectations of what they will gain from the conference and their level of participation (session speaker, attendee) in the conference. If the grantee is part of a group of participants from the same college, or university and is able to share expenses, this also needs to be detailed and the applications submitted together if possible. Any graduate student or middle / high school teacher who wishes to apply for a travel grant must fill out this APPLICATION completely. The application must be signed and the hard copy mail to the following address before the March 31st deadline: Attn: Chuck Hanlon, Sponsor Chair, FLMS 2008 Conference, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406. Questions can be submitted to the Sponsor Chair at 561-682-6748 or emailed to chanlon@sfwmd.gov. Travel grants will be awarded to qualified applicants by April 15, 2008.

Conference Exhibitors & Sponsors:

This year FLMS is expanding the involvement opportunities for individuals and groups at the annual conference by offering a wider range of sponsorships. If any of these opportunities interest you please contact Chuck Hanlon at (561) 682-6748 or Shailesh Patel at (386) 304-6505.  Additional information is here.  As always FLMS thanks last years Exhibitors and Sponsors, look here for information on exhibiting or sponsoring.  

Registration Information

Here are links to the individual and exhibitor registration forms .

CALL FOR PAPERS:  ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS MARCH 7, 2008.

We have a full program and no longer can accept abstracts for platform presentations. However, we encourage additional abstracts for the poster session. Authors who submit abstracts for posters can request to be wait-listed for a platform session in case of cancellations. Poster are limited to 4' (wide) x 3' (high).

Please prepare your Abstract in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect format and submit by e-mail to Mike Coveney (mcoveney@sjrwmd.com). We will consider abstracts submitted after March 7 if space is available.

Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts on all topics for the poster session. Authors in oral sessions are required to use a PowerPoint format for their presentation. Overhead projectors and 35 mm projectors will NOT be available at the Conference. Each session room will be equipped with a computer, LCD projector, and operator. Digital copies of presentations must be submitted to the Session Chairperson prior to the Conference for insertion onto each session computer. Connection of individual computers to the session equipment will not be allowed.

All authors of conference papers will be required to submit a 2-page extended abstract for inclusion into the Conference Proceedings that will be distributed at the Conference.  Details for preparing the extended abstract will be provided with the acceptance notification.  Conference fees are NOT waived for contributing authors, and all presenters are required to register for the Conference.

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