October 23, 2025 |
| The College Union at Oregon Tech |
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration |
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Welcome, logistics, and Scholarship Award |
| 9:00 – 10:00 |
John Vradenburg
US Fish and Wildlife Service |
Keynote Address: Klamath Basin Watershed and Human Impacts |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Break + Poster set up |
Session 1: Klamath, Abert, and Crater Lakes |
| 10:20 - 10:40 |
Gwen W. Bury and R. Bruce Bury,
(Emeritus) U.S. Geological Survey |
Northwestern Pond Turtles in the Upper Klamath River: Information Needs and Management Challenges |
| 10:40 - 11:00 |
Ron Larson
Oregon Lakes Association |
Klamath Basin Lakes: How are they affected by climate change and other human impacts? |
| 11:00 - 11:20 |
Genesis Bishop and Travis Owen, Oregon Institute of Technology |
The role of rotational wetlands in supporting waterfowl and agriculture in the Klamath Basin |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Todd Jarvis,
Institute for Water & Watersheds, Oregon State University |
The Lake Abert Springshed |
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Scott F. Girdner, Crater Lake National Park |
Filamentous algae blooms in pristine Crater Lake: The influence of warming water and invasive crayfish on shoreline greening |
| 12:00 - 1:20 |
Lunch on campus |
Session 2: Harmful algal blooms |
| 1:20 - 1:40 |
Theo Dreher, Connie Bozarth, Jonathan Shepardson, Norman Buccola, Kurt Carpenter, Ryan Mueller, Elijah Welch, Claudia Meier,
Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University |
Two dueling Dolichospermum strains in Detroit Lake determine occurrence of cyanotoxic blooms |
| 1:40 - 2:00 |
Mark Rosenkranz, Rob Annear, Zoe Rodriguez del Rey,
Aquatic Insight |
Emerging Trends for Harmful Algal Bloom Management in Lakes of the Pacific Northwest |
| 2:00 - 2:20 |
Trajan Bitner,
Portland State University |
A Comparison of Plankton Communities Before and After Alum Treatments in an Urban Lake |
| 2:20 - 2:40 |
Alexis Fischer, Ryan Van Goethem, Scott Shuler, Terry McNabb,
EutroPHIX |
Integrating external and internal phosphorus controls to improve water quality in a 6,800-acre lake in Washington State |
| 2:40 - 3:40 |
Break + Poster session |
Session 3: Lake ecology and management |
| 3:40 - 4:00 |
David Ballenger, John Harrison,
Washington State University Vancouver |
Rates and Controls of Methane Emission from Four Reservoirs with Contrasting Management Regimes |
| 4:00 - 4:20 |
Robert Annear, Noah Benitez-Nelson, Zoe Rodriguez del Rey, Alex Bell, Jack McLaren,
Annear Water Resources, LLC |
Hydrodynamic and Temperature Modeling of a Linked Reservoir-River System to Support TMDL Development in Southeastern Idaho |
| 4:20 - 4:40 |
Robert Annear, Zoe Rodriguez del Rey, Noah Benitez-Nelson, Mark Rosenkranz, Brian Monnin
Annear Water Resources, LLC |
Adaptive Monitoring and Management of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lacamas Lake System |
| 4:40 -5:00 |
Bill Mann; Annmarie Delfino,
In-Situ |
A New Era for Lake Health: Continuous Data Backs Innovative Treatments |
| 5:00 - 5:30 |
Oregon Lake Association Business Meeting |
| 6:00 - 9:00 |
Evening social and silent auction at Growler Guys |
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