2020 Convention Archive
All workshops and presentations given at the online 2020 Michigan Inland Lakes Convention are listed below. The majority were recorded. Click on underlined session titles to view the recordings. Click on an underlined presenter's name to contact them via email.
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Workshops
The best conservation tools: You and your lake association
Melissa DeSimone, Paul Sniadecki, and Lon Nordeen, Michigan Lakes and Streams Association
Brian Roth, Michigan State University
Workshop handout: Fish Identification Workshop Syllabus and Resources
Changing the subject (weaving climate topics into your communications)
Eric Eckl, Water Words That Work, LLC
Workshop handout: Changing the subject
Aquatic plant identification: Part 1, Part 2
Erick Elgin, Michigan State University Extension, and Jo Latimore, Michigan State University
Workshop handout: Aquatic Plant Identification Resources
Gaining Control of Harmful Algae Blooms (this session was not recorded)
Patrick Goodwin, Vertex Water Features; Tom Buckowski, Lake Mission Viejo Association; and Patrick Simmsgeiger, Diversified Waterscapes, Inc.
Communicating through Conflict (this session was not recorded)
Jordan Burroughs, Lindsey Gardner, and Bindu Bhakta, Michigan State University Extension
Handout: Workshop References and Resources
Make the Most of Mass Media (Part 1, Part 2)
Eric Eckl, Water Words That Work, LLC
Handout: Make the Most of Mass Media
Ann St. Amand, PhycoTech
Handout: Freshwater algae information and resources
Eric Eckl, Water Words That Work, LLC
Handout: Social skills of social media
An update on critical aspects of the forty-year starry stonewort bio-Invasion
Scott Brown, Michigan Waterfront Alliance, David Carr, Finger Lakes Institute - Hobart and William Smith College, and Wesley Glisson, Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center
Presentations
Michigan inland lakes: Their different origins and why this matters for lake managers (keynote address)
Robert Thorson, University of Connecticut
Handout: Beyond Walden - Excerpts and Ideas
Lessons learned from LAGOS: Creating and using big data to understand lakes at broad scales of space and time (keynote address)
Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Michigan State University
Handout: Keynote slides
Building lake organization capacity the Wisconsin Way: 50 years of the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership
Eric Olson and Sara Windjue, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
Bloom or bust: long- and short-term drivers of cyanobacterial blooms on Muskegon Lake, Michigan – a Great Lakes estuary: Part 1, Part 2
Jasmine Mancuso, Grand Valley State University
Controlling invasive aquatic species with ProcellaCOR on Big Pine Island Lake, Kent County, MI
Jason Broekstra, PLM Lake & Land Management Corp., and Rick Buteyn, Progressive AE
Using floating plants in a constructed wetland for phosphorus removal from tile drain runoff
Lois Wolfson and Jeremiah Asher, Michigan State University
MI Shoreland Stewards: Becoming an Ambassador
Julia Kirkwood, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy & Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership; and Jennifer Buchanan, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Come HABs or high water: Local government roles in protecting water quality, property, and place
Brad Neumann, Mary Reilly, and Erick Elgin, Michigan State University Extension
Understanding the itch: New findings on swimmer's itch in Michigan Lakes
Ronald Reimink, Freshwater Solutions, LLC; Thomas Raffel, Oakland University; Patrick Hannington, University of Alberta; and Deanna Soper, University of Dallas
Aquatic Invasive Species (includes all 3 presentations below)
(0:00) State management Aquatic Invasive Species updates
Sarah LeSage, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(33:15) Value of early detection and response
Sarah LeSage, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(58:45) Responding to European frog-bit in West Michigan
William Keiper, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Communications (This session was not recorded.)
Leave space, add images: Visualizing the future of science
Holly Wright, Northwestern Michigan College, and Taylor West, Great Lakes Environmental Center
Thinking outside the report: Using ArcGIS web apps and Story Maps to share data
Caroline Keson, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Facebook use by lake associations: Social media trends and tips
Jo Latimore, Michigan State University
Handout: Facebook use by lake associations - slides
Invasive Plants (includes all 3 presentations below)
(0:00) Integrating genetics and herbicide studies to improve watermilfoil management outcomes
Ryan A. Thum and Gregory M. Chorak, Montana State University; Jo Latimore, Michigan State University; and Erick Elgin, Michigan State University Extension
(30:30) European Frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.): Collaborative efforts towards an adaptive management framework
Blake Cahill, Central Michigan University
(1:00:00) Monitoring and management of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) in Wisconsin lakes.
Michelle Nault, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Natural Shorelines (includes both presentations below)
(00:00) Michigan inland lakes shorelines: The good, the bad and the ugly
Ralph Bednarz, Retired from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (now EGLE)
(28:10) Are you a Shoreland Steward?
Julia Kirkwood, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy & Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership
Fish and Wildlife (includes all 3 presentations below)
(00:00) Native bivalve mollusks in Duck Lake, Muskegon County
Tom Tisue, Muskegon Community College
(27:40) Discovering dragonflies
Emily Heald, North Lakeland Discovery Center
(58:04) Great Lakes fisheries heritage and the Coregonus group of fish
Stewart McFerran, Freshwater Reporter
Jennifer Jermalowicz-Jones, Restorative Lake Sciences, and Stephen Gasteyer, Michigan State University
Online boater-led check-in/check-out alternative to in-person inspections: A COVID-19 response pilot
Edgar Rudberg, CD3 General Benefit Corporation
Nathan Griswold, Inhabitect, LLC
Stacy Daniels, Benzie County River Improvement Co.
Climate change (includes all 3 presentations below)
(0:00) Changing weather patterns
Jeff Andresen, Michigan State University Climatology
(32:20) Predicted impacts of climate change on lakes
Joe Nohner, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
(1:01:45) Project planning and incorporating climate resiliency into projects
Brian Majka, GEI Consultants
High water levels (includes all 3 presentations below)
(0:00) EGLE’s role and response to high water
Luis Saldivia, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(22:00) Flood response information and resources
Matthew Occhipinti, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(42:20) Permitting considerations for high water projects
Eric Calabro and Brian Marshall, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Managing Michigan's Fisheries on Inland Lakes
Matt Diana, Brian Gunderman, and Joe Nohner, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Lightning Talks (includes all 5-minute presentations listed below)
- Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds (Grand Valley Metro Council): Empowering residents to protect lakes and streams in the Lower Grand River Watershed
Eileen Boekestein, LGROW Environmental Education Coordinator
- McNALMS: Promoting and enhancing the protection and management of Michigan’s inland lakes
Erick Elgin, McNALMS President
- Michigan Lakes and Streams Association (MLSA): Helping to preserve and protect Michigan waters since 1961
Melissa DeSimone, Executive Director
- Michigan State University Extension: Natural shoreline programs and water quality monitoring
Erick Elgin, Michigan State University Extension
- How to keep advocacy alive in times of apathy and anxiety
Carol Richardson, Ore Lake Preservation Association
Handout: Slides for How to keep advocacy alive in times of apathy and anxiety
- Michigan State University Extension: Introduction to Lakes Online and the Michigan Lake and Stream Leaders Institute
Jo Latimore, Michigan State University
- Environmental and morphometric drivers of zooplankton community composition in lakes across the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Jonathan P. Doubek, Samuel J. Johnston, Brady D. Slater, Kevin L. Kapuscinski, and Ashley H. Moerke, Lake Superior State University
- What can the Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership do for you?
Joe Nohner, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Michigan State University Extension: Aquatic invasive species prevention programs
Paige Filice, Michigan State University Extension
- Protecting your lake through outreach: Resources for aquatic invasive species
Kevin Walters, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
- The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay: Watershed nonprofit engages concerned citizens and lake associations in local decision-making around water
Heather Smith, TWC Grand Traverse Baykeeper
- Shoreline Living: A resource to promote natural shorelines on inland lakes
Erin Fuller, Van Buren Conservation District
- A brief introduction to the mission and goals of the Michigan Waterfront Alliance
Bob Frye, MWA President
Watersheds (includes all 3 presentations below)
(0:00) Nonpoint source pollution success stories in lake restoration
Ellie Flaherty, ORAU/EPA
(30:00) Protecting land = protecting lakes: how land trusts can help
Hilary Hunt, Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
(1:00:42) A forest landscape approach to lake habitat protection
Dan Steward, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
Lake Management (includes both talks below)
(0:00) Aquatic plant management and regulatory compliance
Peter Filpansick, LakePro, Inc.
(58:48) Some useful sampling and statistical methods for assessing potential abundance changes in aquatic plant surveys
James N. McNair, Annis Water Resources Institute - Grand Valley State University, and Ryan A. Thum, Montana State University
People and Invasive Species (includes all 3 presentations below)
(0:00) A comparison of watercraft decontamination methods: Invasive species removal, boater outreach, and cost
Maria Bleitz, Michigan State University; Kevin Walters, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; and Jo Latimore, Michigan State University
(29:23) Incorporating citizen science in a study of invasive watermilfoil
Jo Latimore, Michigan State University; Erick Elgin, Michigan State University Extension; Ryan Thum, Montana State University; and Syndell Parks, Grand Valley State University
Handout: Incorporating citizen science in a study of invasive watermilfoil - slides
(52:38) Empowering pet and garden retailers to protect Michigan lakes from aquatic invasive species
Paige Filice, Michigan State University Extension, and Jo Latimore, Michigan State University
Rapidly advancing technologies for enhanced water quality assessment
Dennis Wiand, ZeroGravity Aerial, LLC; Rob Karner, Glen Lake Association; and Ronald Reimink, Freshwater Solutions, LLC
Value and Conservation of Aquatic Plants (includes all 3 presentations below)
(0:00) What's so important about "weeds"? Ecosystem services provided by aquatic plants
Joe Nohner, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
(30:42) Shallow lakes: Unique features and perceptions
Erick Elgin, Michigan State University Extension, and Eric Calabro, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(1:00:26) Permitting requirements for aquatic plant control
Eric Calabro and Ryan Crouch, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Legal aspects of the public trust doctrine as it pertains to Michigan's Lakes and Streams
William Carey, Carey & Jaskowski PLLC; and Dane Carey, Kuhn Rogers PLC
Protecting inland lakes: Septic system maintenance, policies, and treatment options
Grenetta Thomassey, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council; Larry Stephens, Stephens Consulting Services, PC; and Regina Young, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Session handout: Additional Resources for Septic System Maintenance, Policies & Treatment Options
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