Session Schedule
Florida Lake Management Society
31st Annual Virtual Technical Symposium
Program Theme:
Lake Management: Complex Problems, Scientific Solutions
As we move to a virtual session format and confirm with our presenters, the session details will be added. Confirmed sessions are listed below along with the tentative future session dates and titles. Past sessions are available on demand for all registered attendees.
Plenary Session
| Session Date: | Thursday, August 27, 2020 |
| Session Sponsor: | Flatwoods Consulting Group |
| On Demand Session Link: | Taming Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes: Controlling the Symptoms vs. Controlling the Landscape Causes. |
| On Demand Q & A Link: | Extended Q & A with Dr. Mitsch |
| Keynote Speaker: | Bill Mitsch, Ph.D |
Technical Sessions
Presenters and Topics are subject to change. We will do our best to keep the schedule as up to date as possible.
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| Session 1 Date: | Friday, September 11, 2020 |
| Session Time: | 10am – 11:30am |
| Session Title: | Programmatic Lake Management |
| Session Sponsor: | Flatwoods Consulting Group |
| CEUs: | 1.5 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Lee Mullon P.E. and Claudia Listopad Ph.D. | Responding to Draft TMDLs – A Successful Approach to Municipal-led Restoration Planning for Lake Orlando |
| Dan Schmutz M.S. and Devon Moore | Explaining and Predicting Lake Levels using Multivariate Statistical Modeling of Temporally-weighted Rainfall and Spatially-explicit Groundwater Production |
| Patrick Goodwin | Developing a HAB Management Plan Using the Lake Loading Response Model |
| Session 2 Date: | Friday, September 25, 2020 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | Nutrient Removal Innovations |
| Session Sponsor: | Chemtrade Logistics, Inc. |
| CEUs: | 1 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Jason Danaher Ph.D. | Improvements Observed in Downstream Water Quality Since the Construction of the Lake County Water Authority’s Nutrient Reduction Facility. |
| Lance Lumbard MS, CLP, MBA | Novel Approaches to Lake Apopka Sediment Management |
| Chris Fagerstrom, P.E. | Pilot Study- Design, Installation and Monitoring of a Small-Scale Downflow Filtered Bioreactor on Howell Creek |
| Session 3 Date: | Friday, October 9, 2020 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | Lake Restoration |
| CEUs: | 1 DACS Aquatic Weed Control 1.5 Engineering PDH |
| Session Sponsor: | UPL Aquatics |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Mark Hoyer M.S. | Legacy Herbicides in Lake Sediments are not Preventing the Growth of Submerged Aquatic Plants in Lake Istokpoga |
| Rolland Fulton Ph.D. | 30 Years of Water Quality Restoration in the Upper Ocklawaha Basin |
| Thomas Whitmore Ph.D. | Paleolimnological Assessment of Six Lakes on the Kissimmee Chain, with Implications for Restoration of the Kissimmee–Okeechobee–Everglades System |
| Session 4 Date: | Friday, October 23, 2020 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | Nutrient Reduction Strategies |
| Session Sponsor: | Lake and Wetland Management |
| CEUs: | 1 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Sean McGlynn Ph.D. | Tracking Water Flowing from Sinkholes in Eutrophic Karst Lakes (Lakes Jackson, Iamonia, Munson and Lafayette), to Wakulla Springs with Dye Studies |
| Sean Ahearn | Isotope Tracers in Nutrient Source Tracking (NST) of Nitrate, A Different Perspective of Surface and Groundwater Remediation |
| Jon Dinges & Mike Britt | City of Winter Haven One Water Master Plan |
| Session 5 Date: | Friday, November 6, 2020 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | UAVs in Lake Management |
| Session Sponsor: | Leading Edge |
| CEUs: | 1.5 DACS Aquatic 1 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Serge Thomas Ph.D. & Dhruvkumar Bhatt | Merging Bathymetric and Photogrammetric Data to Create Orthomosaic and Digital Surface Model Maps |
| Bill Reynolds and Gloria Eby | The Operational Use of Unmanned Aircraft for Aerial Imagery and Aerial Herbicide Applications on Phragmites in Seminole County, Florida |
| Colin Lewis | Utilizing Drone Technology in Aquatic Plant Management |
| Ed Page | The Drones are Coming! |
| Session 6 Date: | Friday, December 11, 2020 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | Stream and Wetland Research |
| Session Sponsor: | GPI |
| CEUs: | 1.5 DACS Aquatic 1 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Mark Hurst M.S. | Determining Minimum Levels (MFLs) for Lakes within the Southwest Water Management District |
| Mary Szafraniec Ph.D. | Converting Urban Canals to Natural Streams to Improve Water Quality, Habitat, and Resilience |
| Andy Canion | Wetland Community Mapping Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning |
| Session 7 Date: | Friday, January 8, 2021 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | Algal Research |
| Session Sponsor: | SePRO |
| CEUs: | 1.5 DACS Aquatic 1 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Barry Rosen Ph.D. | Keynote Presentation: HAB |
| Paul Jones Ph.D. | Estimating Abundance of Legacy Nutrients and Dormant Cyanobacteria in Lake Okeechobee Sediments |
| Ed Weinberg P.E. | A Watershed-Wide Treatment Alternative to Restore HABs Impaired Lakes |
| Session 8 Date: | Friday, January 22, 2021 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | HAB Control |
| Session Sponsor: | Moleaer |
| CEUs: | 1.5 DACS Aquatic 1 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Patrick Goodwin | Preliminary Evaluation of Nanobubblers to Improve Water Quality and Reduce Cyanobacteria Blooms |
| Christian Ference M.S. | Air Nanobubbles as a Chemical-Free Method for Algae Control |
| Dail Laughinghouse Ph.D. | Laboratory-scale evaluation of algaecide effectiveness for control of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria from Lake Okeechobee, Florida |
| Forrest Lefler | Common bloom-forming cyanobacteria of South Florida |
| Maximiliano Barbosa | Effects of Glyphosate (Rodeo) on the Growth of Planktonic Cyanobacteria |
| Session 9 Date: | Friday, February 12, 2021 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | State Programmatic Lake Management |
| Session Sponsor: | Xylem, Inc. |
| CEUs: | 1 DACS Aquatic 1 Engineering PDH |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Nia Wellendorf M.S. | Lake Vegetation Index Survey Results for Florida DEP Reference Lakes |
| Denise Miller | Using the Watershed Information Network (WIN) |
| Jan Allyn | Using Water-CAT to Find Water Data and Make Yours More Discoverable |
| Session 10 Date: | Friday, February 26, 2021 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | Water Resource Management |
| Session Sponsor: | Syngenta |
| CEUs: | 1 DACS Aquatic 2 Engineering PDHs |
| Presenters: | Topics: |
| Erich Marzolf Ph.D. | Can Solar Farms Assist Water Resource Management? |
| Harvey Harper Ph.D., P.E. | Evolution of Sediment Inactivation in Florida Lakes–Impacts on Longevity |
| Camile Carroll | Hydrology and littoral vegetation in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes |
| Jing Guan Ph.D. | Quantifying the Effects of Water Depth on the Recovery and Regrowth of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Okeechobee |
| Andrew Hood | Optimizing Nutrient Removal from Stormwater ponds by Incorporating Innovative Bio-filtration Systems |
| Session 11 Date: | Friday, March 12, 2021 |
| Session Time: | 10am – noon |
| Session Title: | Current State of Aquatic Plant Management in Florida |
| Special Note: | This session is free to all!!!! A special link will be set up to register for this session. If you are already registered for the technical series, you DO NOT need to re-register. |
| CEUS: | 1.5 Engineering PDHs |
| Presenters: | Round Table Discussion & Q&A with focus on current trends in herbicide treatment |
| Beacham Furse | Lyn Gettys, Ph.D |
| Jason Ferrell | Mark Hoyer |
| Ron Hart | Rory Roten, Ph.D |
| Jason Dotson | Matt Phillips |