Session Schedule
Florida Lake Management Society
31st Annual Virtual Technical Symposium
Program Theme:
Lake Management: Complex Problems, Scientific Solutions
The sessions below from our 2020 virtual symposium are available until July 1.
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
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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 |