13th Annual Regional Lakes Conference

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The 13th Annual Lakes Conference will be held from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Spokane Community College Student Union Building in the Lair.  N. 1810 Greene Street, Spokane, WA 99207.  2014 Regional Lakes Conference_Flyer

The 2014 conference title is “Collaborative Efforts in Lake and Watershed Management”.  The Conference is free due to the generosity of the sponsors but seating is limited so please register with Jeremy Jenkins 509-922-5443 extension 230; jjenkins@libertylake.org

Program Topics and Speakers

9:00 am   Sign in

9:20 am   Welcome – Jeremy Jenkins

9:30 am   Does Hypolimnetic Oxygenation Effect Fish Feeding Ecology? – Megan Skinner, WSU

10:00 am  Connecting With Our Community: New Outreach Strategies for the Coeur d’Alene Lake Collaborative – Laura Laumatia, Coeur d”Alene Tribe and Jamie Brunner, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

10:45 am   New Developments with Invasive Species – Tom Woolf, Idaho Department of Agriculture

12:15 pm   Lunch Presentation – A Slow, But Dramatic Recovery of Lake Spokane following Waste Water Phosphorus Reduction – Shannon Brattebo, Tetra Tech, Inc.

1:00 pm   IdaH2O Master Water Stewards Volunteer Water Monitoring Program: A Case Study – Jim Ekins, University of Idaho – Extension

1:30 pm  Toxic Cyanobacteria in Washington State – Joan Hardy, Washington Department of health