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"Madison Lakes and Nearby Waters" Presentations

Special Session: “Madison Lakes and Nearby Waters”
Friday November 11, 2005
North American Lake Management Society’s 25th Symposium
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Madison, Wisconsin

The slides available from the Madison Lakes and Nearby Waters are listed below as they were found in the schedule. They are available in handout format (two slides per page) in Adobe Acrobat format.

8:00-8:10 Welcoming Remarks by NALMS President
8:10-8:20 Overview of Friday's Events and Introduction of Mayor Cieslewicz – Richard Lathrop, Program Chair NALMS 2005 Symposium
8:20-8:30 "Welcome to Madison and 'Madison Lakes and Nearby Waters’ Session" – David Cieslewicz, Mayor, City of Madison
8:30-8:35 Introduction of County Executive Falk – Susan Jones, Co-Chair Madison Lakes and Nearby Waters Session
8:35-8:50 "Dane County's Water Resources" – Kathleen Falk, Dane County Executive (3 MB)
8:50-9:30 Plenary: "Lakes of Liquid Silver and Green: The Intense City-Shaping Relationship between People and Water in Madison, Wisconsin" – David Mollenhoff, local historian and author
9:30-10:10 Plenary: "Eutrophication: Reversible Problem or One-Way Trip?" – Stephen Carpenter, UW-Madison Center for Limnology (1 MB)
10:40-11:00 “Could Urbanization of the Yahara Watershed Cause Both Increased Flooding and More Boat Groundings?” – Kenneth Potter, UW-Madison, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering (205 KB)
11:00-11:15 “Groundwater Interactions with the Madison Lakes, Dane County, Wisconsin” – Kenneth Bradbury, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey (1 MB)
11:15-11:30 “Effluent Reuse: Opportunities and Challenges” – David Taylor, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
11:30-11:45 “Managing Lake Levels and River Flows for Floods and Droughts on the Yahara River System” – Bruce Halverson, Baird & Associates. (300 KB)
11:45-12:00 Discussion
1:30-1:50 “A Century of Cultural Eutrophication in the Yahara Lakes near Madison, Wisconsin” – Richard Lathrop, Wis. Dept. Natural Resources & UWMadison Center for Limnology
1:50-2:10 “Urban Stormwater Management Initiatives” – Greg Fries, City of Madison Engineering Dept.; Jeremy Balousek, Dane Co. Land and Water Resources Dept. (5 MB)
2:10-2:25 “The Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Project: Enduring Benefits for Lake Water Quality” – Carolyn Betz, Wis. Dept. Natural Resources (3 MB)
2:25-2:45 “Manure Management in the Lake Mendota Watershed” – Peter Nowak, UW-Madison Dept. of Rural Sociology (2 MB)
3:30-3:45 “Madison’s Public Health Monitoring and Management of Shoreline Waters for Pathogens, Algal Blooms and Algal Toxins” – Kirsti Sorsa, City of Madison Dept. of Public Health (1 MB)
3:45-4:00 “Integrated Management of Aquatic Plants in Madison Area Lakes” – Susan Graham, Wis. Dept. Natural Resources (2 MB)
4:00-4:15 “Fishery Management in Madison Area Waters” – Kurt Welke, Wis. Dept. Natural Resources (1 MB)
4:15-4:35 “Local Water Management Actions and Partnerships” – Susan Jones, Dane Co. Land and Water Resources Dept. (2 MB)
4:35-4:50 “Community Stewardship in the Lake Wingra Watershed (Madison, Wisconsin)” – James Lorman, Edgewood College and Friends of Lake Wingra (2 MB)
4:50-5:30 Panel Discussion
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