Lakes Management Society – Annual Conference Inn, , Angola, Indiana

Time Thursday, March 22, 2018 8:00am-9:00am Registration Conference Plenary – 9:00am-10:00am Welcome: Elizabeth Tompkins, ILMS President Plenary: “Harmful Algal Blooms and Dead Zones in Lake Erie and Around the World: Understanding the Problems and Solutions” Dr. Jeff Reutter, Retired, previously Director, Sea Grant College Program and F.T. Stone Laboratory 10:00am-10:15am BREAK – Lake James Track 1: State Initiatives Track 2: Status and Trends Crooked Lake Jimmerson Lake 10:15am-10:45am Indiana’s Domestic Action Plan Water quality changes as health indicators to Address Lake Erie – Marylou for Kosciusko County lakes over the last Renshaw, IDEM 100 years– Nate Bosch, Grace College

10:50am-11:20am Highlighting Indiana’s Commitment Status and Trends of Indiana Glacial to Enhance Water Quality – Julie Lakes – Matthew Linn, IDNR Harrold, In State Dept. of Agriculture 11:25am-11:55am Indiana Clean Marina Program – Steuben County Lakes: 200 Years of Statewide Expansion – Karen Teliha, Change – Pete Hippensteel, Steuben County IDEM Lakes Council 12:00pm-1:00pm LUNCH for all registered attendees – Lake James 1:00pm-1:30pm Annual Membership Meeting – Crooked Lake Track 1: Success Stories Track 2: Regulatory Crooked Lake Jimmerson Lake 1:30pm-2:00pm Pride, Power and Passion: The West Regulatory Requirements of the Lake Lakes Association – Diann Scott, West Preservation Act – Alysson Oliger, IDNR Lakes Association 2:05pm-2:35pm Fundraising with the Lake Cottage Lacustrine Wetlands: Why are they Tour – Lyn Crighton, The Watershed important and how are they regulated? – Foundation Heather Parsons, IDEM 2:40pm-3:10pm Lake Project Successes Roundtable – Clean Vessel Act: Grant Funds for • Bridget Harrison, Clear Lake Conservancy Pumpout Stations, Dump Stations, and • Lyn Crighton, The Watershed Foundation Floating Restrooms on Indiana’s Lakes and • Adam Casey, Lake Lemon Conservancy Rivers – Karen Teliha, IDEM • Diann Scott, West Lakes Association

3:10pm-3:25pm BREAK – Lake James Track 1: Restoration/Protection Track 2: Monitoring Crooked Lake Jimmerson Lake 3:25pm-3:55pm Impacts of Soil Health Management Measuring and Predicting Public Lake Systems on Water Quality and Levels in Northeast Indiana – David Quantity, Part I– Tony Bailey and Smith, IDNR Stephanie McLain, USDA-NRCS

Indiana Lakes Management Society – Annual Conference Potawatomi Inn, Pokagon State Park, Angola, Indiana 4:00pm-4:30pm Impacts of Soil Health Management Potential for real-time indication of Systems on Water Quality and blue-green algae populations and toxins Quantity, Part II– Tony Bailey and in Kosciusko County Lakes – Hayden Stephanie McLain, USDA-NRCS McCloskey, Grace College

4:35pm-5:05pm Do’s and Don’ts: Lessons Learned Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) in Water Resource Restoration and to Detect Fish, Bugs, and Plankton in Mitigation – Jacob Bannister, Davey Water and How this Information Can Resource Group Help Make Water Quality and Conservation Decisions – Greg Bright, Commonwealth Biomonitoring

5:10pm-5:40pm Saving Indiana’s only Native Salmonid Effects of Floodplain Restoration – Brad Feaster, IDNR in Agricultural Watersheds on Phosphorus Dynamics – Alex Johnson, Purdue University

5:45pm-6:45pm Hors D’oeuvres, Drinks, Silent Auction – Stillwater Lounge 6:45pm-8:30pm Dinner & Awards – Lake James Special Guest Speaker: Eugene Braig, North American Lake Management Society 8:30pm-10:00pm HOSPITALITY SUITE – Lake James and Stillwater Lounge

Time Friday, March 23, 2017 7:30am-9:00am Breakfast - Registration open – Lake James 9:00am-9:30am Legislative Update (Lake James) – Indra Frank, Hoosier Environmental Council Track 1: Education Track 2: Stormwater and Field Trip Crooked Lake Jimmerson Lake 9:35am-10:05am The Steuben County Life (formerly Stormwater Management in a Lake Lake Life) learning program for Community – Ryan Workman, City of citizens – Janel Meyer, Steuben County Warsaw SWCD

Field Trip 10:10am-10:40am Engaging the Community and Travel to downtown Angola – on your own Collecting Data with Snapshot Water Monitoring Day – Lyn Crighton, The Watershed Foundation 10:45am-11:15am Rural Sewer System Development Tour of Stormwater BMPS– Amanda Success – A Unique Collaboration – Cope, Angola MS4 Coordinator Patrick Wiltshire, LaGrange County Regional Utility District

11:20am-11:50am Lake and stream K-12 and community partnership through interdisciplinary learning at Grace College – Emily Barge, Grace College