2018 Presentations

33rd Annual Program Guide

Session 1a: Algae Part 1

• Rick Twait (City of Bloomington) → Why Does Algae Always Get a Bad Wrap…. a Brief Primer on Algae
• Gare Ambrose-Igho (Illinois State University) → Spatial Patterns of Algae Blooms in Lake Bloomington
• Jill Mayes (City of Bloomington) → Lakes After Hours: Continuous Monitoring of Lakes Bloomington and Evergreen Using a Buoy

Session 1b: Nutrients

• Joseph Miller (Illinois State University) → Diurnal and Seasonal Variation in Nitrate-Nitrogen Concentrations of Groundwater in a Saturated Buffer Zone
• Paul Terrio (U.S. Geologic Service) → Developing Numeric Criteria for the State of Illinois
• Andy Hay (Tower Lakes) → Tower Lakes Bioswale/Raingarden Project

Session 2a: Algae Part 2

• Kumar Kuldip (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) → Utilizing Microalgae for Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater
• Teri Holland & Greg Ratliff (Illinois EPA) → BloomWatch, the App, and other Assorted Updates in the VLMP Program
• Rachel Steiger (Southern Illinois University) → A Living Laboratory at Southern Illinois University: Remediation and Sustainable Science for Harmful Algal Blooms Following the 2016 Dredging of Campus Lake

Session 2b: Watershed Management

• Mike Mounce (Illinois Department of Natural Resources) → The Proper Application of Fishing Regulations
• Eric W. Peterson (Illinois State University) → Transport and Fate of Chloride from Road Salt within a Mixed Urban and Agricultural Watershed: Assessing the Influence of Chloride
• Debbie Budyak (ILM) → Managing Shoreline Buffers and Cattails

Keynote Session

• Molly Flanagan (Great Lakes Alliance) → Threats and Opportunities facing the Great Lakes
• Panel Discussion (ILMA) → Where are we headed? Policy and Funding

Session 3a:

• Invasive Species Michelle E. Nault (Wisconsin DNR) → Case study: Starry Stonewort
• Greg Hitzroth (IL/IN Sea Grant) → Aquatic Invasive Species in Illinois
• Michelle E. Nault (Wisconsin DNR) → Non-native Eurasian and Hybrid Watermilfoil Ecology and Herbicide Control

Session 3b: Dredging

• Peter Berrini (Berrini and Associates, LLC) → Does My Lake Need Dredging
• Keith Alexander (City of Decatur) → Lake Decatur Dredging: Can We Dig It? Yes We Can!
• Charles Theiling (USACE) → Beneficial Use of Dredged Material: Can Soil Sales Save Illinois Lakes?

Session 4a: Developing and Sustaining HOA Lake Committees Panel discussion with representatives from Bangs Lake, Tower Lakes, Timberlake, & Lake Burlington →

• Establishing Committees, Engaging Resources, Partnering, Overcoming Challenges

Session 4b: Fish Habitat

• Leonard Dane (Deuchler Environmental, Inc.) and Trent Thomas (Illinois Department of Natural Resources) → Types of Natural and Artificial Fish Habitat for Lakes and Streams
• Mike Garthaus (Illinois Department of Natural Resources) → The Need for Fish Habitat Enhancement
• Mike Mounce (Illinois Department of Natural Resources) → Fish Habitat in action

Session 5: Climate Impacts

• Joseph Honings (Illinois State University) → Climate Impacts on Surface Inflow into Evergreen Lake and Lake Bloomington Watersheds
• Bryan Cross (Prairie Engineers) → What Does Climate Change Look Like?
• Anthony Breitenbach (Illinois State University) → Temporal Effects of Heat Waves on Sex Ratios and Gene Expression in a Freshwater Turtle