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2025 Joint Conference: OLA and Oregon Tech

  • Wednesday, October 22, 2025
  • 12:30 PM
  • Friday, October 24, 2025
  • 3:00 PM
  • Oregon Tech, College Union, Klamath Falls, OR

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2025 OLA and Oregon Tech Joint Conference 

October 22 -24, 2025 

The College Union at Oregon Tech

Klamath Falls, OR


Conference Schedule

October 22, 2025
The College Union at Oregon Tech

 12:00 - 1:30 

Registration

 1:30 – 2:00 Megan Skinner,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Upper Klamath Lake water quality and ecology: past, present, and future
 2:00 – 2:30 Jacob Kann, 
Aquatic Ecosystem Sciences LLC
A retrospective of four decades of water quality research in the Upper Klamath Basin: Myths and moving the restoration needle 
 2:30 – 5:30 Field trips to Lakeside Farm or Lake Ewauna



October 23, 2025
The College Union at Oregon Tech
  12:00 - 1:30 

Registration

 1:30 – 2:00 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 Gwen W. Bury and R. Bruce Bury,
(Emeritus) U.S. Geological Survey
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
 


October 25, 2025  
Shilo Inn parking log  
8:00 - 12:00 Field trip to JC Boyle Dam site



Registration & Optional Field Trip Pricing

 

 After Oct. 1 

 1.  In-Person: OLA Member $140
 2.  In-Person: Non-Member $180
 3.  Online (Non-Student) $80 
 4.  Student: In-Person or Online $20 
 5.  Wednesday Field Trip Option 1: Lakeside Farm $25 
 6.  Wednesday Field Trip Option 2: Lake Ewauna $25 
 7.  Optional Friday Field Trip: Former J.C. Boyle Dam Site  $25


Accommodations

A block of rooms has been held for reservation by conference attendees at Shilo Inn near the Oregon Tech conference. Please call the hotel directly at 541-885-7980 and mention "Oregon Lakes Association" to get the block room rate ($110/night plus tax). Rooms at this rate cannot be guaranteed after October 1.

Meet Our Sponsors!

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 Gold Sponsors    
 AquaTechnex

 

EutroPHIX

 YSI, a Xylem brand
 Silver Sponsors  
 Aquatic Insight Cygnet Enterprises, Inc   PHYTOXIGENE™ IS A TRADEMARK OF DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY.
 Bronze Sponsors  
 Annear Water Resources  CD3  In-Situ






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