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MACOLAP’s 28th ANNUAL
LAKE and POND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 4, 2015
8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast (Included)
8:30—10:15 Plenary Session
Policies, Practices, Regulations, Legislation & Issues Affecting Massachusetts Lakes & Ponds
Senator Anne Gobi
EEA Secretary Matthew Beaton invited
Kenneth J. Wagner, Ph.D., CLM, Water Resources Services, Wilbraham, MA---BIG PICTURE II: THE BOAT ANALOGY AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF A LAKE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Jane Peirce, DEP 319 Program, and Robert Hartzel, CLM, CPESC, Geosyntec---A STATEWIDE APPROACH TO WATERSHED-BASED
PLANNING; THE MASSACHUSETTS WATERSHED-BASED PLAN TOOL.
Mass Lakes and Ponds Update & NALMS update,
Jim Straub and Tom Flannery, Mass DCR Lakes & Ponds Program
Business Meeting
10:15—10:30 Break and Exhibit Time
10:30-11:30 CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS
A,B,C,D (Choose one)
A. For new people LAKE & POND RESTORATION TECHNIQUES, including DRAWDOWN to CONTROL AQUATIC INVASIVE
SPECIES
Will Stevenson, ACT (Aquatic Control Technology
B. Cyanobacteria Issues and Controls---Kenneth J. Wagner, Ph.D., CLM, Water Resource Manager, Water Resource Services, Inc.
C. Update on Aquatic Invasive Species in Massachusetts--- Marc Bellaud, ACT (Aquatic Control Technology)
D. Funding that revolves around Dams and Water Quality, including Case Studies—Steven Bonavista, Rural Development, USDA
11:30—11:45 Break
11:45—12:45 Repeated CONCURRENT SESSIONS A,B,C,D
(Choose one of above)
12:45—1:45 LUNCH BREAK, EXHIBITS & NETWORKING
1:45—2:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS E, F, G, H (Choose One)
E. Major Fed and State Laws affecting Surface Water Quality with examples of Where Volunteers have supported these, in particular, Webster
Lake and tributaries to lakes and ponds in Massachusetts—Therese Beaudoin, Mass DEP DWM Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
and Jean Pillo, CPESC, The Last Green Valley Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
F. Dynamics of DREDGING---Jerome Davis, Aquaclean Environmental
G. LAKE and WATERSHED Features and Processes – A Brief Introduction—Carl Nielsen, CLM. ESS Group, Inc.
Lake MONITORING and MANAGEMENT—PROS, CONS, and COSTS—Carl Nielsen, CLM, ESS Group, Inc.
H. Massachusetts DEP Wetlands and Waterways updates
2:45—3:00 Raffle and END
Session Topics are subject to change
Attention: CONSULTANTS AND LAKE GROUPS with DISPLAY MATERIALS (EXHIBITS) such as posters, brochures, dioramas, signs,
etc. You are welcome to set up a Display. For particulars, and to reserve a display spot, please call
Carol Hildreth (508-429-5085) by March 30.