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"Managing Invasive Species in Lakes and Reservoirs" is the theme
of the 15th Annual National Conference on Enhancing the States’ Lake
Management Programs which will be held in Chicago, IL on April 23-26,
2002. This meeting is cosponsored by the Chicago Botanic Garden, US
EPA's Watershed Branch and Region 5, the North American Lake Management
Society and Conservation Technology Information Center. For more information
on this conference go to: http://www.nalms.org/symposia/chicago/
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April
18-20, 2001 State Lakes Meeting on "Integrating Nonpoint
Source Watershed Management with Lake Management and Protection" to
be held in Chicago, IL
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Keynote address on the "Future
Directions for Lake Management" presented by Robert H. Wayland
III, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, US EPA,
at the Annual States' Lake Meeting in Chicago on April 21, 1999
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The North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) recently published
a special issue of their Lake and Reservoir Management journal on
the Cannonsville
Reservoir in New York. This journal includes 22 technical
articles summarizing scientific and related modeling efforts for Cannonsville
Reservoir, which is one of 19 water supply reservoirs operated by
the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
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A new Clean Lakes case study on Use of Aquatic Weevils to
Control a Nuisance Weed in Lake Bomoseen, Vermont has recently
been published by EPA. The initial results in Lake Bomoseen, and in
several other lakes, indicate that this technique shows promise for
controlling the growth of Eurasian watermilfoil and could potentially
be used in other lakes with similar problems.
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EPA's Clean Lakes
homepage has been redesigned to have a new look-- please check it
out. New features include the addition of "What's New on Lakes" and
"Other Lakes
Links."
