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Category Archives: Announcements

Lake Advocates Co-Founder’s Major Award

24 Tuesday Oct 2017

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Congratulations to Harry Gibbons, awarded the Washington State Lake Protection Association’s (WALPA) Secchi Disk Award.

Citation:

“In 2017 the Board is honored to present the Secchi Disk Award to Harry Gibbons! Harry’s long career in lake and reservoir restoration and management (not to mention all the stream and river restoration work) has been devoted to bettering the science of lake management and advocating for lake protection in Washington State and across the United States. Harry was a founding member of WALPA and has served on the WALPA board both as a director and President in 1990. Harry also served on the NALMS (North American Lake Management Society) board of directors for three different terms, one as President Elect, President and Past President. In 2012, Harry was recognized by NALMS and given their Secchi Disk Award for his outstanding technical contributions and service to help promote lake management. This year WALPA is proud to follow suit and Harry was unanimously voted to be the recipient of our annual award of recognition.”

Welcome

20 Friday Oct 2017

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To Lake Advocates Strategic partners – HAB Aquatic Solutions (HAB Website: http://habaquatics.com).

 

New Board Members

11 Thursday May 2017

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Lake advocates is pleased to welcome two new board members – Ann St. Amand and Dana Stephens. Both bring a breadth of knowledge and skills. Welcome!

Phosphorus Inactivation Workshop

09 Friday Sep 2016

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Harry Gibbons and Dick Osgood, Lake Advocates founders, are leading a workshop titled, “Lake & Pond Phosphorus Inactivation & Interception.” This is the 14th year we have presented this workshop.

Workshop Description:

Phosphorus management through mitigating excess phosphorus loading to lakes from its watershed may be difficult, expensive and require many years before lake water quality is observed. Inactivation of phosphorus has been one of the most effective lake management tools and may be used to safely, quickly and efficiently eliminate water quality problems. The most effective phosphorus inactivation tool to date is aluminum sulfate (alum), although other precipitants are available and will be discussed. Alum’s use will be presented in the form of planning, design, application, and monitoring. Case studies will be discussed from a lessons learned and potential future use perspective. In addition to discussing partial and whole lake alum applications, alum use to remove phosphorus from the water column, to inactivate sediment phosphorus or intercept phosphorus in stormwater runoff and alum use in ponds; other inactivation and flocculant alternatives approaches will also be presented and discussed. Participants will learn about alum technologies and strategies through published literature overviews, third-party assessments, real-world data, case histories and participant interaction. Topics include internal and external phosphorus sources, alum precipitation chemistry (and other flocculant chemistry), application technologies and strategies, dose determination, phosphorus interception, effectiveness, longevity of phosphorus inactivation, and project examples. Techniques for evaluating the timing and magnitude internal and external phosphorus inputs will be reviewed in the context of designing alum application strategies. Differences between thermally stratified versus unstratified (polymictic) lakes will be discussed relative to application strategy. Regulations and permitting will be also be outlined and discussed. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences during the workshop. Workshop includes a workshop manual with worksheets and a detailed bibliography.

The day-long workshop is help in association with the North American Lake Management Societies’ annual symposium on Tuesday, November 1st in Banff, Alberta.

For registration information, see: http://www.cvent.com/events/nalms-2016-banff-alberta/custom-37-3d639d2e05714862882984724ee00229.aspx

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