Building Partnerships
Protecting Indiana's Aquatic Resources

ILMS/IAFS Conference Agenda

“Building Partnerships: Protecting Indiana’s Aquatic Resources”

January 29-31, 2009 v Sheraton Indianapolis Centre City v Indianapolis, Indiana

Track I: Fisheries Technical Session I (Meridian West)

• Welcoming Remarks; Logistics of the Conference

• Change in largemouth bass populations associated with minimum size limits in Indiana natural lakes – Jed Pearson, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Using radio telemetry to investigate seasonal movement of walleye and increase angler success in Monroe Reservoir, Indiana – Sandra Clark-Kolaks and Bob Ball, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Effects of hydrologic alterations on fish diversity in the Wabash River from 1974-2007 – Mark Pyron and Thomas Lauer, Ball State University

• Effects of hydrology on substrate variation and subsequent fish assemblages for four years in the Middle Wabash River – Jennifer Pritchett and Mark Pyron, Ball State University

• River Connectivity and floodplain lake fish communities in a large river-floodplain ecosystem – Sandra Clark-Kolaks, Indiana Department of Natural Resources; John Jackson, Arkansas Tech University; Steve Lochman, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Track II: Resources for Your Lake and Watershed (Meridian East)

• Welcoming Remarks; Logistics of the Conference

• Natural Resources Education Center (NREC): Aquatic education for all!! – Kacie Ehrenberger and Lisa Ritter-McMahan, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Greenbacks for clean lakes: How lake associations raise funds – Lyn Crighton, Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation

• Planning with POWER (Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources) – Bob McCormick, Planning with POWER, Purdue University

• Lakes and Streams Leadership Network: Supporting watershed leaders in Kosciusko, Noble, and Whitley Counties – Eileen Boekestein, Kosciusko Lakes and Streams, Grace College

• Aquatic invasive species: What’s around the corner? – Patrice Charlebois and Kristin TePas, Illinois/Indiana Sea Grant

Track I: Fisheries Technical Session II (Meridian West)

• Impacts of glaciation on contemporary fish assemblages – Stephen Jacquemin and Mark Pyron, Ball State University

• Changes in sex ratios with age of yellow perch in the Indiana waters of Lake Michigan – Caleb Bollman and Thomas Lauer, Ball State University

• Hybridization between silverjaw minnow (Notropis buccatus) and bigmouth shiner (Notropis dorsalis) in the Upper Kaskaskia River Basin, Illinois – Clinton Kowalik, University of Illinois

• Spatial and temporal variation of lake whitefish maturation schedules in the Upper Great Lakes – Thomas Hook, Purdue University; Hui-Yu Wang, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research; Mark Ebener, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority; Lloyd Mohr, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Philip Schneeberger, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

• Evaluating and forecasting effects of hypoxia on yellow perch habitat suitability in central Lake Erie –  Kristen Arend and Thomas Hook, Purdue University; Stuart Ludsin, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory The Ohio State University; Daniel Rucinski and Joseph DePinto, LimnoTech; and Donald Scavia, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources

Track II: Lessons Learned from the 2008 Floods (Meridian East)

• 2008 Indiana Flooding Overview – Scott Morlock, U.S. Geological Survey

• June flooding disaster: A natural resources perspective (Part I) – Jane Hardisty, Natural Resource Conservation Service

• June flooding disaster: A natural resources perspective (Part II) – Jane Hardisty, Natural Resource Conservation Service

• Dam Safety: Lessons learned from the June 2008 flood - Brian McKenna, Christopher B.Burke Engineering, Ltd.

• Changing land uses and impacts on lake and dam management – Shawn Arden, ms consultants, inc.

Track I: Fisheries Technical Session III/
Water Quality Monitoring I (Meridian West)

• Putting grants to work – Gary Armstrong, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Advanced-fingerling walleye stocking evaluation in Indiana glacial lakes – Angela Grier, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Impingement Studies at multiple power plants along the Ohio River – Greg Seegert and Joe Vonduska, EA Engineering and Doug Dixon, EPRI

• Three dimensional modeling of Lake Maxinkuckee: Internal seiches, upwelling, and transport – Sultan Ahmed, Cary Troy, and John Newton, Purdue University

• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) water quality mapping in Indiana lakes – Cary Troy, Sultan Ahmed, and John Newton, Purdue University

Track II: Watershed/Shoreline Management (Meridian East)

• Conservation practice implementation in watersheds – Tony Bailey, Natural Resource Conservation Service

• Shoreline protection with glacial stone – Jeremy Price, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Public perceptions and preferences for future management and development of reservoir waterfront – Jarka Popovicova and Amy Gregg, Ball State University

• So you want to be lawn phosphate free? – Bill Schmidt, Steuben County Lakes Council, Inc.

• Indiana Wildlife Federation: Wildlife-friendly certification program – Ben Reinhart, Indiana Wildlife Federation

Track I:  Water Quality Monitoring II (Meridian West)

• Developing performance measurements of management for Indiana watersheds – Lindsay Birt, Jane Frankenberger, and Laura Esman, Purdue University

• A regional approach to improved water resource planning: The Upper White River Watershed Alliance – Lenore Tedesco, VP UWRWA and Director IUPUI Center for Earth and the Environment and Jill Hoffmann, Watershed Coordinator UWRWA

• Forest canopy cover analysis for watershed and water resource planning – Jennifer Gulick, Ana Burns, and Deborah Sheeler, Davey Resource Group

• Water quality assessment and ecoregional comparison of a reservoir in east-central Indiana – Jarka Popovicova, Ball State University

• Indiana Water Monitoring Inventory: A tool for locating water monitoring information in Indiana – Laura Esman, Jane Frankenberger, and Jae Sung Kim, Purdue University

• Lake Maxinkuckee thermal structure during the 2008 stratified season: Model results, measurements and consequences – John Newton, Nam Nguyen, Sultan Ahmed, and Cary Troy, Purdue University

Track II:  Invasive Aquatic Plant Management (Meridian East)

• Advances in products and technology for managing Eurasian watermilfoil – Robert Johnson and Tyler Koschnick, SePRO

• Early season control of curly-leaf pondweed in Webster and Backwaters lakes – Nathan Long, Aquatic Control, Inc.

• Weeds or habitat: The first five years of the IDNR LARE lake plant mangement program – Angela Sturdevant, Gwen White, and Doug Keller, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Progress toward eradication of hydrilla at Lake Manitou – Doug Keller, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Centralized access to lake monitoring data using a web atlas: An example from Lake Manitou, Indiana hydrilla eradication monitoring program – Richard Dirks and Doug Henderson, ReMetrix LLC

• Can Plants Be Used to Assess Lake Quality? A comparison of four plant based lake assessment techniques – John Brittenham an Paul Rothrock, Taylor University and Mitch Alix, Purdue-North Central

• 6:00 pm ILMS Silent Auction and Social

• 7:00 pm Banquet and Dinner

Saturday, January 31st