NALMS Notes

A Publication of the North American Lake Management Society

September /
October 2015

Its NALMS Election Time!

In this issue ...

Along with cooler weather, getting kids back to school and leaves changing color, its time
for NALMS annual elections.

Philip Forsberg, Director of Programs and Operations | forsberg@nalms.org

1 Its NALMS Election

Time!

The NALMS Board is comprised of five officers (President, Past President, PresidentElect, Secretary, and Treasurer) who make up the Executive Committee and 12 Regional
Directors. Each director represents a specific geographic area. Additionally, there is an
At-Large director and a Student director position to round it all out.

2 Presidents Message
3 NALMS News

News from Our

Affiliates

4 Conferences & Events

6 Lake News &
Information
8 Lake Photo of the
Month
10 Welcome New
Members!

Each position on the NALMS board is filled by a volunteer who has been elected to serve
the Society. Directors typically serve a three-year term except for the Student Director,
who only serves one year. The Secretary and Treasurer both serve two year terms. The
President Elect serves in that position for one year before moving on to become President
for a year and Past President the following year. The executive committee members are
elected by the full membership and regional directors are elected by the region they
represent.

Thank You to Our

Renewing Members!

Each fall, NALMS holds elections to fill a handful of open positions. This year, those
positions include: President-Elect; Treasurer; Directors for Regions 2, 6, 10 and 12; and
the Student Director. The nominations committee works with outgoing officers/directors
to identify potential candidates. Each candidate must be nominated and seconded by an
active member. Positions are staggered so that not all directors are new to the process, and
the business of NALMS can be managed smoothly while transitioning new members to
the Board. The balloting period for this year will run from September 17 November 1,
dont forget to cast your vote!
New officers and directors will be introduced at the annual membership meeting in
Saratoga Springs, New York on November 18.

VOTE

Have you voted?

Login to the Members-only section of the NALMS website

to cast your vote. Voting ends November 1.

VOTE

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Editor: Steve Lundt
NALMS
PO Box 5443
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Board of Directors
Reed Green President
Julie Chambers President-Elect
Terry McNabb Past-President
Mike Perry Treasurer
Sara Peel Secretary
Wendy Gendron Region 1
Chris Mikolajczyk Region 2
Nicki Bellezza Region 3
Jason Yarbrough Region 4
Melissa Clark Region 5
Brad Hufhines Region 6
George Antoniou Region 7
Mike Eytel Region 8
Todd Tietjen Region 9
Frank Wilhelm Region 10
Anna DeSellas Region 11
Ron Zurawell Region 12
Vacant At-Large Director
Ted Harris Student Director

Staff
Philip Forsberg
Director of Programs & Operations
Greg Arenz
Director of Membership & Marketing
If you are having a conference, have a lakerelated question, need advice, are looking
for similar lake problems/solutions, have an
interesting story to share, or just want to be
heard throughout NALMS, please send your
material to Steve Lundt at slundt@mwrd.dst.
co.us. All newsletter material is due by the
last Friday of each month to be considered
for inclusion in the following months issue.
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represent or imply the endorsement of any
specific commercial product or service by
NALMS.

2015 North American Lake

Management Society.

Presidents Message
Reed Green, President | nalmspres1415@gmail.com

Wow, how fast a year goes by!

Doesnt seem so long ago that Terry McNabb and I, the
NALMS staff, Executive Committee and Board, were
transitioning from 2014 into 2015. Now its time to
transition into another NALMS year. Julie Chambers
will be taking over as President at the end of the annual
symposium in November. Julie and I have worked/
associated together for years. Arkansas and Oklahoma
share a common boarder, and Ive attended many
of Oklahoma Clean Lakes and Watersheds annual
conferences over the years (Julie has been involved
with many of them), and we both have attended
and participated in the Arkansas/Oklahoma Arkansas River Federal Compact
Commission meetings for many years, as well. NALMS will be in good hands
with Julie at the helm.
Along these lines, many other changes will be occurring over the next few
weeks leading up to the annual conference. By the time you read this, Executive
Committee and Regional Board member elections will have started and likely
continue to be in progress. I encourage everyone to participate in the elections.
We will also be looking for new members to participate in our NALMS programs
(Professional Certification, Student Programs, Lake Appreciation Month,
Secchi Dip-In, Inland HAB, and Job Board), as well as the many different
committees (Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Financial Advisory; Grants,
Marketing, and Fundraising; Nominating; Outreach and Education; Policy; and
Publications). We need new leaders and members in many of the Programs and
Committees. NALMS has a campaign to Get Busy at NALMS to encourage
folks to get energized in participating in the various programs and committees,
but it requires commitment. If you feel like helping and are willing to commit
some time, I encourage you to Get Busy at NALMS; we need you! The folks
that are involved and engaged are good, hard-working people and should be
commended for their contributions, but NALMS needs more of you to get
involved and engaged, to support our mission. We just need a little of your time,
and collectively, we can make a difference. Thanks to all those who are already
committed!
We had another good year at NALMS and were looking forward to the Saratoga
Springs symposium in November. I know our NALMS staff, conference advisor,
and local host committee (New York Federation of Lake Associations) have been
working hard to get the program together. We appreciate all who have submitted
talks and posters and have registered early. Also, we couldnt put on a conference
without our sponsors and exhibitors; you folks are the best! Check out the
NALMS website to see whos sponsoring the symposium; theres a rolling banner
of the different sponsors in the upper right-hand corner of the website (www.
nalms.org). If you havent registered for the symposium, you need to, soon. Hotel
rooms are filling up, and we need to have a good head count ahead of time to
make sure all the needs are met.

NALMS Notes

NALMS News
We still have a lot of work to do. Our lakes and reservoirs
continue to age and accumulate sediment and associated
nutrients and contaminants. Our internal nutrient and
contaminant loads are increasing annually and, in some
instances, as large as or more so than our external loads. We
need to educate and promote in-lake management practices
in addition to watershed practices, in order to make
substantial changes in improving our lake and reservoir
water quality. This will benefit all shoreliners, sport fishing
and recreation, source-water protection, fisheries and
wildlife, health, and wellbeing. NALMS is an organization
that is well suited in promoting and educating the cause.
Join us in Saratoga Springs, New York in November; join
us in participating in one or more of our programs and
committees. You can make a difference. See you in Saratoga
Springs.

Were Looking for a New NALMS Notes Editor

NALMS Notes has been a great success keeping NALMS
members informed on upcoming events, NALMS activities,
lake-related news items, and affiliate activities. After serving
as Editor for 10 years, Steve Lundt has decided to step down
from the position.
The Editor oversees the content of NALMS Notes and holds
the primary responsibility for compiling that content. This
includes contacting those responsible for creating pieces of
content such as the cover story and regional focus articles.
The Editor also compiles the Lake News & Information
items, with contributions from NALMS members.
If you are interested in becoming our next Editor or would
like more information, please contact us at NALMSNotes@
nalms.org. The NALMS Notes Editor is a volunteer position
and requires approximately 5-10 hours per month.

News from Our Affiliates

What are NALMS affiliates up to these days? State and
provincial lake management groups do fun things. Let
NALMS and others know what you are up to. You spend
a large amount of volunteer time to put on great events,
might as well share them.

Vote for NALMS Directors and

Officers
You may vote online using the following
directions:

VO T E

1. Go to the NALMS website at www.

nalms.org;
2. Enter your email address and password at the top of
the page (see note below);
3. Click the "Login" button to go to the Members' Only
section;
4. Click on the "Board Election" link on the member
navigation panel on the right-hand side of the page;
5. Read the Ballot Instructions carefully and cast your
vote.
Note: If you do not have a password, or cannot remember
yours, you may request a new one by entering your email
address into the email login field and clicking on the "Reset/
Request a Password" link above the password field.
If you have any questions about the election or your ballot
please contact the NALMS Office at 608-233-2836 or by
email at membershipservices@nalms.org.
September / October 2015

North Carolina Lake Management Society (NCLMS)

www.nclakemanagement.org

Formed in 1994, the North Carolina Lake

Management Society helps look over the
1,800+ lakes in the state. They put on a spring
workshop and have an annual fall meeting. Check out
their ten best management practices. It is a great list for
people to use to help with protecting lakes and reservoirs.

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Conferences & Events

Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Saratoga Springs
2015

Sustaining Sponsors
Aquarius Systems

Contributing Sponsors
Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc.

November 17 20, 2015

North American Lakes: Embracing Their
History, Ensuring Their Future
Online registration closes November 6!
General Conference Information and
Registration

bit.ly/NALMS2015

Sponsorship Information

bit.ly/NALMS2015Sponsorship

Exhibitor Information

bit.ly/NALMS2015Exhibitors

Freese and Nichols, Inc.

HAB Aquatic Solutions
PhycoTech, Inc.
Princeton Hydro
Syngenta
Vertex Water Features

General Sponsors
Finger Lakes Institute
Fund for Lake George
Great Lakes Research Consortium
Lake George Association
Restorative Lake Sciences
Saratoga Lake Association

Facts about Lake George

Town of Lake George

Source: Lake George Guide

www.lakegeorgeguide.com/regional-area-info/did-you-know/

Upstate Freshwater Institute

With this years symposium being in New York State, Lake

George will be a great place to visit (there is also a special
Lake George field trip that you can sign up for with the
Symposium).
Here is an interesting fact: Lake George has its own
underwater park. The Submerged Heritage Preserves is a
series of shipwrecks which lie at the bottom of the lake.
During the French & Indian War, the British deliberately
sank hundreds of their boats in Lake George in order to
avoid their capture. Today the park is a popular site for
divers. Bateau Below, a group dedicated to documenting &
researching these shipwrecks, has attained recognition for
the site as a national landmark.
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Village of Lake George

WRS, Inc.

In-kind Sponsors
Saratoga Lake Association

Register Now for NALMS

2015!
www.nalms.org

NALMS Notes

Saratoga Springs How to get there

After you register, reserve your hotel room, and look into
what workshops you are going to attend, you need to figure
out how to get to the symposium.
By Car if youre close by or far away, a road trip can be
a great way to experience the symposium in New York.
Saratoga Springs is about halfway between Boston and
Syracuse. There are plenty of interstate highways that take
you to Saratoga. Grab a map (or smart phone) and hit the
road.
By Bus There are many bus services from major cities
nearby. For example, it costs about $40 one way to take
a bus from New York City to Saratoga Springs (www.
wanderu.com/cheap-bus-tickets/saratoga-springs-ny-to-newyork-ny).
By Plane The closest international airport is 30 miles
south in Albany, New York. This is your closest major
airport but there are others slightly farther away. The
Albany airport does provide public transportation services
to and from Saratoga Springs (www.cdta.org).
By Train Amtraks Adirondack and Ethan Allen Express
lines do serve Saratoga Springs. The Ethan Allen Express
runs from New York City to Vermont on a regular schedule
(www.amtrak.com).
By Foot From the Appalachian Trail to the Catskill Scenic
Trail, there are plenty of wonderful hikes that can lead you
to Saratoga Springs. Just plan ahead please.

30th Annual California Lake Management

Society Conference
October 15 16, 2015 Ontario, California
www.california-lakes.org

New England Freshwater Fish: An Identification

Workshop
October 1618, 2015 Steuben, Maine
eaglehill.us/fall-workshops

2015 Washington Lake Protection Association

Conference
October 26 28, 2015 Walla Walla, Washington
www.walpa.org

26th Annual PALMS Conference

February 24 25, 2016 State College, Pennsylvania

www.palakes.org

The Virginia Water Conference

March 13 15, 2016 Richmond-Midlothian, Virginia

www.vlwa.org

Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention

March 30 April 1, 2016 Stevens Point, Wisconsin

www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/UWEXLakes/

10th National Monitoring Conference

May 2 - 6, 2016 Tampa, Florida
acwi.gov/monitoring/conference/

Saratoga Springs, New York Trivia:

Source: Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahican

The Mahican Indians were the first people to live in the

Saratoga Springs area. European settlers pushed the
Mahican Indians east to Massachusetts and the upper
Midwest to join with other tribes after about 1680. The
Mahicans are an Eastern Algonquian Native American
tribe that originally settled in the Hudson River Valley.
The tribes name came from where they lived: Muh-heka-neew or people of the continually flowing water. The
word Muh-he-kan refers to a great body of water (Hudson
River) that reminded them of the place of origin.

September / October 2015

NALMS Affiliate Organizations

Do You Have a Conference or Workshop Youd Like
to See Listed in NALMS Notes?
Email the details to us at NALMSNotes@nalms.org.

Save the Date for the 10th National

Monitoring Conference
Working Together for Clean Water
May 2 6, 2016 Tampa, Florida
acwi.gov/monitoring/conference/2016/

Lake News & Information

12 Dams over the Next 12 Months
Source: Popular Mechanics
www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/g509/the-worlds-18strangest-dams/?slide=18

Dams illustrate both the brilliance and arrogance of human

ingenuity. They generate one-sixth of the worlds electricity
and irrigate one-seventh of our food crops. Combined they
cover a land area the size of California. One dam will be
highlighted each month in 2015. There are about 57,000
large dams world-wide but that would take 4,750 years to
highlight.
The Worlds Largest Beaver Dam (Alberta, Canada)
Google Earth found the largest beaver dam which is located
in Alberta at 850 meters long. The closest beaver dam is in
Montana at 652 meters long. The entire dam is surrounded
by wetlands.

New USGS Report

Field and laboratory guide to freshwater cyanobacteria
harmful algal blooms for Native American and Alaska Native
communities, by Barry Rosen and Ann St. Amand
pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20151164

Abstract
Cyanobacteria can produce toxins and form harmful
algal blooms. The Native American and Alaska Native
communities that are dependent on subsistence fishing
have an increased risk of exposure to these cyanotoxins. It
is important to recognize the presence of an algal bloom
in a waterbody and to distinguish a potentially toxic
harmful algal bloom from a non-toxic bloom. This guide
provides field images that show cyanobacteria blooms,
some of which can be toxin producers, as well as other
non-toxic algae blooms and floating plants that might be
confused with algae. After recognition of a potential toxinproducing cyanobacterial bloom in the field, the type(s)
of cyanobacteria present needs to be identified. Species
identification, which requires microscopic examination,
may help distinguish a toxin-producer from a non-toxin
producer. This guide also provides microscopic images
of the common cyanobacteria that are known to produce
toxins, as well as images of algae that form blooms but do
not produce toxins.

You Decide
Read this item and then decide for yourself what you think about it. Do
you believe in ghosts, paranormal events, can a lake be haunted? Many
events do occur around lakes that are hard to explain. This time of year is
a great time to see if those urban legends are real. Do you have a haunted
lake story to share?
Source: io9
io9.com/the-worlds-9-most-haunted-bodies-of-water-1679119114

There are also several books about haunted lakes covering

many stories that have been around for years. Book titles
include Haunted Lakes, Haunted Lakes II, Haunted
Lake Michigan, and Haunted Lake Superior. Grab one
of these and decide for yourself if a lake can be haunted.

Buried Treasures at the Bottom of the Lake

Source: EARTH
www.earthmagazine.org/article/trail-treasure-rocky-mountains

A modern-day treasure hunt in the Rocky Mountains,

and it might include a lake or reservoir. You decide. Read
the poem created by Forrest Fenn and see if you think it
involves a lake. For more information about this treasure
hunt and to read the poem that includes a map, go to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenn_treasure.

Invasive Species Question Best Way to Remove

Carp?
Here is a response to the June newsletter about removing
carp. Try a helicopter.
Bill Harding from South Africa provided information on
the use of a helicopter to apply rotenone to a shallow lake.
See for yourself.
Paardevlei Rotenone Application Report: http://bit.ly/1fMZim6
Paardevlei Rotenone Video: http://bit.ly/1Nn6pg7

10 Amazing Moats Around the World

Source: MSN
www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/10-amazing-moats-around-theworld/ar-AAdLTe3#page=7

Is a moat more like a lake or a reservoir? They definitely

have been around for a very long time but are still human
made. MSN.com had an article recently about moats. This
is just another example about how important lakes and
reservoirs are to our world.

NALMS Notes

Lake Ohrid is in Trouble

By Zoya Naskova

Ancient Lake Ohrid, on

the border of Macedonia
and Albania in South
East Europe, harbors
perhaps the highest
rate of diversity of any
inland water on Earth
by surface area, but new
anthropogenic pressures may cause the largest crisis that its
two to five million years of existence have ever witnessed.
Unless prevented, a ten-year urbanization plan backed
by the Macedonian government will destabilize the lakes
unique ecosystem, which contains 1,200 native and over
300 endemic species at the latest count. Ohrid SOS, a local
citizens initiative devoted to protect the lake, is now calling
on the scientific community for support.
Formed by tectonic birth long before the last period of
glaciation, UNESCO Lake Ohrid has initiated and nurtured
unique life-forms at every level of the food chain. It boasts
startling rates of endemism that extend to 75% among
species such as freshwater snails. Not only have its longevity
and depth provided the stable conditions for a remarkable
sequence of evolution to flourish, but subaquatic springs
through which water is delivered via underground karstic
channels from sister Lake Prespa on the other side of the
adjacent Mount Galicica have also established specific water
parameters to which life has painstakingly adapted over
many thousands of years. The result is something like an
aquatic Galapagos.
Tragically, the aforementioned urbanization plan fails to
comprehend this magnificence: Studenchishte Marshthe
last of the Lake Ohrids wetlands and the natural filter for
its sublime water-qualitywill be drained, cemented and
substituted in favor of tourist accommodation; the reed belt
breeding grounds of important species such as Ohrid carp
will be cleared and destroyed; conjectured construction at
a village named Ljubanishta may tamper with the integral
subaquatic springs; natural beaches will be replaced with
artificial habitats; and non-native tree species have already
been imposed on the lake shore.
Meanwhile, Mount Galicica, the national park and
UNESCO biosphere through which karstic channels from
Prespa to Ohrid flow, will be cut apart by a European Bank
of Reconstruction and Development-financed expressway

September / October 2015

and a new-build ski-resort. In such a finely-tuned

environment, the net result will likely be an ecological
meltdown, especially when one considers the numerous
human-instigated pressures on the lake that had long been
identified by scientists even before these new developments
were posited.
Ohrid SOS opposes the urbanization plans through a
range of legal and awareness strategies and is slowly
raising the profile of the issue locally, nationally, and even
internationally. Through marsh-cleaning events and other
green activities, a growing public petition, Facebook and
Twitter channels, and an expanding media portfolio, the
initiative hopes to open the eyes of the world not just to the
dangers facing Lake Ohrid but also to the intrinsic beauty
and value of its ecosystem.
To date, over 200 experts from institutions in 30 countries,
including several leading scientists in the research of
ancient lakes, have signed an Ohrid SOS Declaration to
the Macedonian government demanding a halt to the
urbanization. Now Ohrid SOS is reaching out to NALMS
too in the hope that its members may also support the
movement to protect Lake Ohrid by adding their names to
the Declaration and perhaps even participating in future
lake-awareness projects. All cooperation, ideas and input
are welcomed.
Declaration: ohridsos.wordpress.com/declaration-on-preserving-theworld-natural-and-cultural-heritage-of-ohrid/
Petition: www.change.org/p/save-the-oldest-and-deepest-lake-ineurope-lake-ohrid-needs-your-action

The Things you learn on the Web

After visiting a water park this summer, one CLM started
to wonder how those massive waves formed in the wave
pool. Straight to the public library to Google this pondering
question how do wave pools work? In this Google quest,
lakes quickly became part of the answer. Did you know
that one of the first wave pools made was by Ludwig II of
Bavaria? The famous fantasy castle builder electrified a lake
to create breaking waves. Look it up (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria). Ludwig II also built a castle with an
ornamental lake on the roof that eventually leaked. Finally,
Ludwigs mysterious death includes a shallow lake. His body
was found in Lake Starnberg.

Lake Photo of the

Month
Convict Lake, Mammoth by Snehal Pachigar.

To be considered for NALMS' Lake

Photo of the Month please submit
your photo to the North American
Lake Management Society (NALMS)
Flickr Group. Photos should focus on
the lake and be geotagged or include
the name or location of the lake in the
title, description or tags of the photo.

Alum in your State

New York DEC has been evaluating the regulatory status
of alum for a number of years. The existing (but unofficial)
policy has been to define alum and other related products
as pesticides, based on an interpretation of the New York
State Environmental Conservation Law which defines
[a]ny substance or mixture of substances intended
(emphasis added) for preventing, destroying, repelling, or
mitigating any pests as a pesticide. Setting aside that this
interpretation could define oxygen as a pesticide, New York
is gathering information to evaluate alternative pathways for
regulating the use of alum in the state. The New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation 9NYSDEC)
has been asked to identify how other states have been
regulating or otherwise managing the use of alum as a lake
management tool. This is of particular interest for states
with delegated NPDES authority (since some states regulate
alum through their state version of NPDES), rigorous
pesticides review (registration and permitting), and active
public or private lake management programs.
Scott Kishbaugh, with NYSDEC Division of Water, is
gathering information about the use of alum around
the country, state by state. NYSDEC is interested in the
following information as it applies to your state (or the
state(s) in which you actively provide lake management
services)- please dont hesitate to forward this request
to (or contact information for) anyone better situated
to answer these questions. Although the questions cite
alum specifically, NYSDEC is interested to learn if other
substances that precipitate algae or nutrients or inactivate
nutrients (such as PhosLock) are treated separately.
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1. Is alum (as an in-lake management tool) legal in your

state?
2. Is alum considered a pesticide in your state? If so, is it
regulated under state pesticide regulations or under
separate authority?
3. Does the use of alum in your state require a state
permit, and if so, under what program/authority is this
permit issued?
4. Do you have standard permit conditions (such
as limiting eligible waterbodies) or monitoring
requirements associated with the alum permit?
5. How often (frequently, occasionally, rarely, etc) has
alum been used as an in-lake management tool in the
last decade? Has this increased in response to HABs?
6. Has alum been used to control nutrients in shallow
(poorly or unstratified) lakes? If so, have these projects
been successful?
7. Can you provide reports (or links to reports)
summarizing specific alum projects in your state?
Please send your answers to Scott Kishbaugh at scott.
kishbaugh@dec.ny.gov.

NALMS Notes

SUNY Oneonta Offers a New Graduate Program

SUNY Oneontas unique Lake Management Master of
Science degree program, the only one in the country,
is now offering a Professional Science Masters (PSM)
degree as well as its MS degree. Nationwide programs are
currently being developed at liberal arts colleges leading
directly to employment in positions in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas. These
new PSM degrees require several weeks of cooperative
experiences, effectively employment in professional venues,
replacing the traditional thesis research required in liberal
arts masters degree programs. These programs are required
to have advisory boards made up of active professionals.
Oneontas advisory board consists of Ken Wagner, Bill
Jones, Glenn Sullivan, Mark Mobley, West Bishop, and
Steve Souza as well as single representatives from the NYS
Department of Environmental Conservation and NYS
Agriculture and Markets, and a NYS County Planner that
has been active in lake management activities.
Oneontas programs extensively utilize the facilities at
the Biological Field Station (BFS) in Cooperstown. Five
CLMs make up the faculty and staff at the BFS on Otsego
Lake, where most of the program takes place. Since its
establishment in 1967 the BFS has expanded from its
original 365 acres to over 2,600 acres including over 30
ponds, wetlands and streams utilized in the programs. A
partnership with the NYS Federation of Lake Associations
(NYSFOLA) provides access to hundreds of inland lakes.
The BFS has recently undergone $5,000,000 in renovations
while the National Science Foundation has awarded six
major grants for equipment acquisition and facilities
improvement.
Admission to either the PSM or MS in Lake Management
degree programs require a four-year undergraduate
degree, usually including courses in the natural sciences,
communication, government, and business. It is expected
applicants may have a diversity of widely varying technical
and liberal arts backgrounds. The programs include 32
hours of theory and closely-aligned field and laboratory
experiences. The PSM degree requires an 8 to 12-week
cooperative experience in a professional venue. The MS
degree requires thesis research involving the development
of a comprehensive management plan on a selected body
of water. There is a core of required courses including

Find NALMS on the Web

September / October 2015

Website of the Month

www.nhc.noaa.gov

National Hurricane Center is a good one to bookmark

during the hurricane season. It has been close to a decade
since a hurricane has touched the US shores. These major
storms, even if they miss the main land, can still impact
lakes and reservoirs up and down the eastern coastline.
They are saying that over 11 trillion gallons of water fell in
the Carolinas because of hurricane Joaquin. That is a lot
of water all at once.
Lake Management, Management of the Aquatic Biota,
Limnology, Advanced Quantitative Biology (statistics), and
a Lake Management Seminar. Electives include a number of
courses in biology such as lake monitoring, phytoplankton
ecology, wetland plant identification and delineation,
biological invasions, many others as well as a business ethics
offering. There are also electives in the Earth Sciences and
more in all areas that one would expect to find at a liberal
arts college with over 6000 students.
To date the minimum financial support any student in the
MS track has received has been $7,500 annually for the twoyear program, the maximum over $20,000. It is expected
that professionals offering co-op experiences will provide
some support supplementing college fellowships. There
have been two or three teaching assistantships available that
include waiver of tuition and fees plus a stipend of $4,000
annually.
The first students receiving degrees in these programs were
employed before they finished. The majority have positions
with consulting firms that manage water bodies from
Georgia to Pennsylvania and Ohio and nearby states. When
done with the programs students will have completed all the
academic requirements to be recognized by NALMS. After a
few months of work experience, they can join an elite group
of about 100 NALMS Certified Lake Managers.
Those interested can contact Bill Harman, CLM, SUNY
Oneonta Biological Field Station, Willard.harman@oneonta.
edu; BFS.Oneonta.edu or www.Oneonta.edu/academics/
biology.

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Welcome New Members!

Nicole Alfafara
Alana Bartolai
Richard Bretz
Canadianpond.ca Products Ltd.
Chautauqua Lake Association Inc.
Walt Dawson
Betsy Dickes
Janice Douglass
Don Fisher
Kristopher Hadley
Stephanie Hummel

Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment

Darcy Karle
Leslie Matthews
Heidi McMaster
Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation
District (MLIRD)
Daniel Nitzsche
Tyler Orgon
Carmen Pedroza-Gutirrez
Alexander Pezzuoli
Keith Pilgrim

Anthony Prestigiacomo
Kristin Reardon
Robert Schindler
Rebecca Schneider
Bradley Smith
Daniel Stich
Syngenta
David Wick
Alexander Woodle
Sandra Zinninger

Thank You to Our Renewing Members!

BiJay Adams, CLM
Alberta Conservation Association
Alberta Lake Management Society
Aquatic Control Inc.
Kristen Bowman Kavanagh
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Inc.
Daniel Cibulka
Cheryl Clemens
Joseph Conroy
Tom Conry, CLM
Benjamin Cross
Deal Lake Commission
David Decker
James DeLuca
Devils Lake Water Improvement District
(DLWID)
Kelly DiNatale
Kelly Dooley
Douglas Durbin
Donna Dustin
Ecosystem Consulting Service Inc.
Greg Even
Steve Fondriest
Johnny Foster
Wendy Gendron, CLM
Luke Gervase
Stephen Hager
John Hains
Sarah Horton
Eric Howe
H. Kenneth Hudnell
Bradley Hufhines, CLM

Larry Iceman
Indiana Lakes Management Society
Jean Jacoby
Elizabeth Janes
Jeremy Jenkins
Brian Jonckheere
William Jones
Seth Jones, CLP
Elizabeth Katt-Reinders
Philip Kaufmann
Brian Kling
Jonathan Knight
George Knoecklein, CLM
Christopher Knud-Hansen, CLM
Dorte Koster
Donald Kretchmer, CLM
Chris Kuhn
Lake George Association
Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability
Foundation
Jan Larkin
Heather Leschied
Jason Luce, PLM
Erich Marzolf
David Matthews
Robin Matthews
Chris McCann
Bradley Meredith
Mobley Engineering Inc.
Margaret Modley
Brian Murphy
Russell Nemecek

Joni Nuttle
Jenifer Parsons
Jeffery Pasek
Ellen Petticrew
Matthew Petty
Princeton Hydro LLC
Renaissance Lac Brome
Dennis Ross
Gary Schafran
Steve Schreiner
Matthew Scott
Todd Sellers
Bradford Sherman
Ann Shortelle, CLM
Jonathan Simpson
Andrew Smolders
Barbara Speziale
Anna Thelen
Daniel Tufford
Turner Designs Inc.
Nancy Turyk
James Tye III
Pat Tyler
Erin Vennie-Vollrath
Voyageurs National Park
Heidi Walsh
Anne Weinberg
Gustavious Williams
Keith Williams
John Wilson
Jason Yarbrough, CLP
Norm Zirnhelt

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