North American
Lake Management Society
PO Box 5443
Madison, WI 53705-0443
Phone (608) 233-2836
Fax (608) 233-3186
info@nalms.org
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CLM / CLP Bios
Frederick
Amalfi |
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Dr. Amalfi has over 30 years experience in chemical and biological
analysis of surface waters of the southwestern United States. He
has been involved in many environmental studies including identification
and quantification of priority pollutants in urban reservoirs; identification,
enumeration, and virus testing of mosquito vectors; storm water
runoff studies, and predictive modeling for determining the environmental
fates and biotic impacts of aquatic toxicants.
Dr. Amalfi has a strong background in analytical chemistry and
biology. He has served as a senior chemist and as a laboratory director
at several commercial environmental laboratories and at a U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation test facility. He is knowledgeable of USEPA protocols
for stream and reservoir sampling and the analysis of chemical and
biotic components. Dr. Amalfi was a member of the U.S. delegation
that provided recommendations on the protection, restoration, and
commercial development limits of Lake Baikal, Russia. As a part?time
Faculty Associate at Arizona State University, he investigated the
chemical and health related impacts of priority pollutants entering
small urban reservoirs via storm water discharges. He participated
in a USEPA grant to determine the best management practices for
the Santa Cruz River ecosystem. Dr. Amalfi has been invited to serve
on a number of technical committees including: NALMS Region IX representative,
State of Arizona Environmental Laboratory Advisory Committee, Arizona
Urban Lake Task Force, State Reclaimed Wastewater Advisory Panel,
and AZPDES General Pesticide Permit. He received the 2004 award
for Laboratory Analyst Excellence by the Water Environment Federation.
He is also licensed by the Arizona Pest Control Commission as an
aquatic and public health pesticide applicator. Dr. Amalfi is Laboratory
Director at Aquatic Consulting & Testing, Inc. where he is responsible
for State?certified analyses of water and wastewater, including
biotoxicity testing and State Clean Lakes and TMDL limnological
investigations. |
Thomas
L. Broadwell |
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Tom is a Senior Environmental Analyst at Georgia Power Company,
where he has worked since 1983. His primary responsibilities include
monitoring water quality and aquatic plant management in 15 reservoirs
across the state. Tom is a licensed commercial aquatic pesticide applicator
in Georgia. Prior work experience (1972-1983) includes establishing
and operating biological monitoring networks in rivers and reservoirs
for the South Carolina State Department of Health and Environmental
Control, and serving as operations manager for Enwright Associates
Environmental Laboratory in South Carolina. |
Michael
Chimney |
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Mike Chimney earned a B.S in biology from the University of Dayton, a M.S. in zoology from Miami University and a Ph.D. in zoology from Southern Illinois University. His expertise is in applied limnology, statistics and computer science applications and has been a NALMS member since 1984. Over the past 27 years, Mike has conducted numerous research and monitoring projects throughout the Midwest and Southeast U.S. Mike joined the South Florida Water Management District in 1993 and is currently a Lead Environmental Scientist investigating the use of large-scale constructed wetlands and other treatment technologies as part of Everglades restoration. Before joining the District, he spent 9 years (1984-1993) as a senior scientist with two environmental consulting firms that specialized in aquatic habitat and water quality assessments related to Clean Water Act requirements for both private and government clients. Mike has been an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University and the University of South Carolina at Aiken and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University. He has authored over 160 journal publications, technical reports, conference proceedings, book chapters and meeting abstracts and is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the Ecological Society of America, the Florida Academy of Sciences, the Florida Lake Management Society, the International Society of Limnology, the North American Benthological Society and the Society of Wetland Scientists. In addition to NALMS certification, Mike holds certifications as a Senior Ecologist (ESA) and a Professional Wetland Scientist (SWS). He served on the NALMS Board of Professional Certification from 1997 to 2006. |
Kelly
DiNatale |
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Kelly DiNatale is a principal with CDM, a global, full-service consulting,
engineering, construction, and operations firm helping public and
private clients improve the environment and infrastructure. He recently
served as the technical director for CDM for the Colorado Statewide
Water Supply Initiative. He is also working on several water supply,
reservoir management and water quality projects for other clients.
Mr. DiNatale was previously the Water Resources and Treatment Manager
for the City of Westminster, Colorado where he was involved with water
supply planning and development, reservoir construction, reservoir
water quality protection and management, and water treatment, wastewater
treatment and reclaimed water treatment issues for the past 23 years.
He has been qualified as an expert and testified in Colorado Water
Court and at the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission and has
developed water supply and water quality and reservoir models that
have been used in court and water quality proceedings. He has a Master’s
Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder,
a Bachelor’s in Urban and Regional Planning from the University
of Illinois and is a registered professional engineer and certified
lake manager. He previously served as president of the Colorado Lake
and Reservoir Management Association, NALMS Region VIII Director and
is currently chair of the NALMS Nominations Committee. |
Charles
Druckrey |
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Chuck Druckrey holds a B.S. in Science and Environmental Change
with an emphasis in Aquatic Studies from the University of Wisconsin
- Green Bay. He had four years of experience with the Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources working in the fisheries and lake management
programs. For the past 11 years he has been the county Water Resources
Specialist with the Marinette County Land & Water Conservation
Department. As a water resource specialist Chuck is responsible for
water quality investigations, development of lake and watershed management
plans, working with the public on pond and lake management issues,
grant writing and implementation of numerous state and federal grant
programs to protect and improve local lakes and streams. Chucks specialties
include aquatic plants, identification and management of runoff pollution
sources, and shoreline and aquatic habitat restoration. He is a member
of the North American Lake Management Society, Wisconsin Association
of Lakes and the American Fisheries Society. |
Joseph
Eilers |
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Joe provides services in lake and stream water quality and habitat
delineation with specialties in hydroacoustic applications for bathymetry/morphometry,
substrate classification, macrophyte
delineation, and fisheries management. He conducts water quality monitoring,
modeling and paleolimnology for lake quality reconstruction. |
Bruce
Ellis |
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Mr. Ellis received a BS in Agriculture/Environmental Science
from Rutgers University and started his professional career with
Allied Biological, Inc., Hackettstown, New Jersey, where he was
Senior Aquatic Biologist for twenty years. In his work with Allied
Biological he managed lakes and ponds for nuisance aquatic vegetation
and algae throughout the mid-Atlantic states and New England states.
His work also included nutrient studies, watershed analysis, natural
resources, wetland delineation, wetland restoration, aeration, dredging,
harvesting, and stream biological assessments.
In 1994 he and his family packed up and moved to North Carolina.
He gained invaluable experience with an agricultural chemical corporation
where he reviewed field trials for label updates and renewals pursuant
to EPA and FIFRA regulations. He is currently the Assistant Manager
of the Office of Natural Environment. He has also held NCDOT positions
of BioTeam Supervisor and Wetland and Stream Mitigation Unit Head.
His primary duties with the NCDOT have been providing regulatory
agencies with natural resource information in accordance with the
NEPA and SEPA requirements, developing wetland and stream mitigation
sites to offset unavoidable impacts from highway projects, and permit
application development for Sections 404 and 401 of the Clean Water
Act. Aside from his regular duties, he has been co-chairman for
a multi agency Stream Functional Assessment Team, which has been
tasked to develop GIS and field methodologies to ascertain the functional
status of streams in North Carolina. Mr. Ellis has also been a member
of a multi agency team to develop mitigation strategies and alternatives
to impacts affecting submerged aquatic vegetation in the coastal
areas of North Carolina. Mr. Ellis’ is also the owner of Ellis
Aquatic Services. Ellis Aquatic Services provides lake and pond
management, wetland delineation, and stream biological assessment
services. |
Mark
Ernst |
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Mark has a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point
and a MS degree from the University of North Texas in aquatic biology.
He has worked for the Tarrant Regional Water District for 14 years
as a Water Quality Manager and has focused on managing the quality
of large surface water reservoirs. Management is directed toward maximizing
the use of these reservoirs for water supply, recreation and urban
development with minimal environmental impact. Efforts include a large
monitoring program of reservoir, tributary, point source and rainfall
water quality. Data analysis and modeling of streams and reservoirs
is a major activity. His interests and expertise are in the application
of stream and reservoir computer models to evaluated the assimulative
capacity of our waters and determine if future scenarios will have
noticeable impacts on our reservoirs. The majority of model applications
have used either EPA’s WASP or QUAL2E models to evaluate dissolved
oxygen and euthrophication concerns, however he has looked at modeling
cyrptosporidium, alkalintity, total dissolved solids and chloride
as well. |
Wendy
Corbin Gendron |
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Wendy is an Aquatic Ecologist with ENSR International, a full service
environmental and engineering consulting firm. Her water resources
experience includes both lotic and lentic environments, with a focus
on lake and watershed management. As an Aquatic Ecologist, her primary
responsibilities are to design, implement and oversee water quality
sampling programs and habitat assessment studies, and provide recommendations
for resource protection, restoration or enhancement. |
William
Harding |
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Dr Bill Harding has post-graduate qualifications in freshwater biology,
microbiology and chemistry. With his 25 years of applied practical
experience he offers one of the widest suites of aquatic ecology
inter-disciplinary understanding and specialization currently available
in South Africa, with a careful balance maintained between applied
consulting and research and skills development. Since 1988 Bill has
been involved with research, rehabilitation and management of wetland,
lake, reservoir and estuarine environments, particularly those that
are impacted by over-regulation and/or nutrient enrichment. His specialized
understanding of the ecological associations surrounding cyanobacteria
(=blue-green algae) has led to Bill become internationally recognized
in this field. He has recently been appointed as the Representative
for Africa for CYANONET, a soon-to-be-launched international cooperative
approach aimed at offsetting the lack of scientists working in this
field. He has also been tasked by the Water Research Commission to
develop a strategic research program for toxic algae in South Africa.
Bill Harding has been responsible for developing and establishing
two vitally-needed sets of management tools: the Nutrient Enrichment
Assessment Protocol (NEAP), a predictive management tool for assessing
eutrophication in lakes and reservoirs, and the Wetland Assessment
Protocol (WAP), a query-based iterative and fully-integrated wetland
evaluation process that embodies a truly-holistic approach to identifying
what makes a wetland work and defines its ecological importance. Both
of these approaches have superimposed Environmental Flow Requirement
(EFR) capabilities. NEAP is currently being embraced within the National
Eutrophication Monitoring Programme (NEMP), via a project funded by
the South African Water Research Commission. Bill has also developed
WETSIZE, a 'wetland sizing' tool that he uses to design artificial
wetlands such as the highly successful wetland complex at Century
City in Cape Town. He formulated the draft protocols for the Ecological
Reserve Determinations for lakes and wetlands. He is currently heading
a program to provide an additional biological monitoring protocol
for aquatic systems using diatoms. |
Chris
Holdren |
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Chris is the Manager of the Ecological Research and Investigations
Group for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Denver, CO. He also serves
as a consultant projects that do not involve Reclamation reservoirs.
Chris has particular expertise in water and sediment chemistry, water
quality modeling, and lake and watershed management. He has more than
25 years of experience in managing lake studies and restoration projects
at lakes throughout the country and for Laguna Lake (Manila, the Philippines),
where he served as a limnological consultant to the World Health Organization.
Chris has extensive experience with analyzing, collecting, and interpreting
results from water, sediment, fish tissue and other environmental
samples. Chris is a past President of the North American Lake Management
Society (NALMS) and was also President of the Pennsylvania Lake Management
Society (PALMS), an Associate Director of the Virginia Lakes and Watersheds
Association (VLWA), the NALMS representative and Secretary of the
Council of Aquatic Sciences (CAS), and a Director of the Colorado
Lake and Reservoir Management Association (CLRMA). Chris was the lead
editor for Managing Lakes and Reservoirs, and is an associate editor
for Lake and Reservoir Management. He also served for 10 years as
a member of the Standard Methods Committee of the American Water Works
Association and Water Environment Federation. |
Jeffrey
Dee Holler |
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Jeffrey Dee Holler, CEP, CLM has over twenty (20) years of progressively
responsible and successful experience serving the private consulting,
governmental regulatory and educational sectors. Jeffrey is a proven
and innovative team player who is extremely competent, dependable,
diligent and independent, but also very flexible and loyal, resulting
in outstanding performance and pride in accomplishment in environmental
health & safety policies and procedures, training objectives,
and cost reduction. He received his M.S. in Applied Environmental
Science, 1984, from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas,
after receiving a B.S. in Resource Development in 1979 from Michigan
State University, E. Lansing, Michigan. Jeffrey became a Certified
Environmental Professional in 1993 and a Certified Lake Manager in
2002. He designs and conducts lake and watershed management studies
and limnological assessments and investigations, water resource consulting,
environmental planning analyses, laboratory testing and water quality
documentation, conservation and remediation measures. Modeling and
plannning storm water management systems and controls to limit surface
water pollution is another area of expertise. He also develops and
interprets illicit discharge detection and elimination plans (IDDEP)
through the utilization of GPS and geo-mapping techniques. |
William
Jones |
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Bill Jones is an aquatic ecologist whose specialty is lake and watershed
management. He teaches courses in limnology, stream ecology, and lake
& watershed management. He and his research group perform lake
diagnostic studies, prepare lake and watershed management plans, and
work with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in implementing
the Indiana Clean Lakes Program. |
Malcolm
Johnson III |
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Mr. Johnson holds a BA from the University of the South in Biology,
awarded in 1968, and a MS from Auburn University in Fisheries Biology,
awarded in 1971. From 1971 to 1981he was involved in the freshwater
aquaculture industry in Arkansas. Since 1982 he as been the owner
and operator of Johnson Lake Management Service, based in San Marcos,
Texas. He is a member of NALMS, the American Fisheries Society, the
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, the Aquatic Plant
Management Society, and the Texas Wildlife Association. He is a Past
President of the Texas Aquaculture Society, Past President of the
Texas Aquatic Plant Mgt. Soc., and holder of the Ducks Unlimited Distinguished
Service award. Malcolm lives in San Marcos, TX with his wife Barbara,
they have three children Edward, 28, Collins, 26, and Evelyn, 22.
He is a Vietnam veteran, U.S. Army infantry, a private pilot, a local
airport commissioner, and proud grampa. |
Christopher
F. Knud-Hansen |
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Chris has a B.A. degree in Biology from Gettysburg College, a M.S.P.H.
degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. degree in Limnology/Ecology
from the University of California, Davis. Over the years he has been
on the faculty at Michigan State University (Dept. of Fisheries and
Wildlife), a limnological consultant with Aquatic Solutions, LLC (Boulder,
CO), and since January 2004, the staff limnologist at SolarBee/Pump
Systems, Inc. (Westminster, CO). As a scientist-in-residence, Chris
has over 10 years experience conducting and supervising university-based
limnological research in El Salvador (as a Peace Corps volunteer),
Honduras, Venezuela, Indonesia, and Thailand. Research interests include
nutrient cycling and eutrophication processes in freshwater systems,
and natural food production for warmwater aquaculture (where green
water is good!). While associated with various US and international
universities, Chris has taught courses in Limnology (in English and
Spanish), Aquatic Ecology, Analysis and Simulation of Complex Systems,
Experimental Design and Analysis, and Scientific Analysis and the
Law. He has also given workshops on bio-statistics, water quality
analysis, and pond management for sustainable warmwater aquaculture.
Chris has been a member of NALMS since 1988, and is currently a Director
and President-elect (2005) for the Colorado Lake and Reservoir Management
Association. |
Donald
Kretchmer |
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Mr. Kretchmer holds a B.S. degree from Cornell University in Natural Resources and a M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Water Resource Management. He has over 23 years of experience in water resource investigations as a principal investigator and project manager. He is employed by ENSR International. Recent projects include: an evaluation of internal nutrient loading in St. Albans Bay on Lake Champlain, development of nutrient TMDLs for lakes in New Hampshire, a four reservoir study in North Carolina, two pilot in stream flow investigations, a storm water and CSO investigation on the Merrimack River in NH and MA, and an evaluation of the water quality implications of alternative reservoir operating scenarios on the TVA system as a part of a programmatic environmental impact statement. He has managed water quality investigations that focused on flow, bathymetry, nutrients, primary and secondary productivity, fisheries, temperature, dissolved oxygen, in stream flow and municipal and industrial withdrawals and discharges. Nationwide, he has participated in or managed water quality investigations at over 100 hydroelectric sites and numerous lakes, ponds and rivers. Other areas of investigation during his career include lake and watershed restoration, volunteer monitoring, water quality modeling, natural resource damage assessment, water resource planning, groundwater, fisheries, food web interactions and watershed management. He has published papers on applied limnology and reservoir management and given numerous public presentations of his work. He has been active in the Lake Wentworth Association (NH) for 9 years and is currently the water quality chair, volunteer coordinator and a member of the board of directors. |
Steve
Lamere |
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Mr. Lamere possesses training and expertise in the fields of limnology,
aquatic ecology, applied lake management, aquatic botany, fishery
biology, and coldwater aquaculture. He has a master’s degree
in environmental management and planning, and is a Certified Fisheries
Professional. The recipient of several Adirondack, state, and national
environmental awards for his work in studying and protecting lakes,
he has been involved in research and management projects on more than
a hundred water bodies. The primary focus of most of his consulting
projects include water quality monitoring, aquatic plant surveys and
management, zooplankton and phytoplankton monitoring, fisheries surveys
and management, and the performance of environmental impact studies. |
Steve
Lundt |
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Steve received a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science
from Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
He was a Water Quality Specialist for Oswego Lake, Oregon where he
developed and implemented an annual water quality lake management
plan. Areas of applied limnology included installing a layered aeration
system, alum applications, nuisance aquatic plant management, and
watershed and stream restoration. Currently, Steve is working for
the wastewater treatment facility for Denver and is responsible for
implementing a water quality management plan for several downstream,
irrigation reservoirs that are state-listed as impaired. |
Michael
Martin |
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Michael’s professional interests focus on the use of GIS and
other technologies to manage land use and watersheds in order to protect
and restore water quality. He is also interested in phytoplankton
and aquatic plants. Most of his work involves lake management, although
he is also involved in agricultural planning and municipal planning
assisted by GIS. He enjoys helping people -- individuals, associations,
and agencies -- address their environmental concerns through planning,
monitoring and management. He also enjoys public education about limnology,
watershed management, phytoplankton and aquatic plants and professional
education in GIS, CAD, and website development. Michael’s personal
interests are music (writing, performing -- guitar and banjo), photography
(close-up, nature, and landscape), and canoeing/kayaking with his
family, particularly in wetlands and bogs. |
Chris
Mayne |
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Chris is employed by Ecosystem Consulting Service, Inc., a full
service limnological company providing an array of services. His expertise
involves lake diagnosis and management to address eutrophication issues
such as those associated with algae, aquatic plants, changes in biological
community structure, loss of cold water fisheries habitat, internal
nutrient loading, metalimnetic and hypolimnetic oxygen depletion,
stratification dynamics, and taste and odor problems. His management
specialty is layer and hypolimnetic aeration. Clients include drinking
water supply reservoirs, ponds and recreational lakes throughout the
U.S.A. He is responsible for data collection and analysis, GIS evaluation
and mapping, project management, and report writing. |
David
Mitchell |
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Dr. Mitchell has 19 years of experience in water quality assessment,
lake and watershed assessment and restoration, and aquatic resource
management and ecological risk assessment. Dr. Mitchell received his
Ph.D. from Cornell University in Aquatic Ecology with a concentration
in Limnology (phytoplankton-nutrient dynamics). Dr. Mitchell has been
project manager for many major lake and watershed assessment projects
in the Northeast, has served as senior ecological risk assessor for
sites dealing with hazardous waste, and has worked on water quality
and permitting issues for public water supply facilities along major
rivers in the Midwest. He recently oversaw the development of several
water quality databases to support development of nutrient criteria
in New England. He has co-authored technical manuals for lake/pond
management, presented workshops to the Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Management, COLAPA, and LAPA-West, and served on the
Massachusetts Clean Water Council (co-chairperson of regulatory group).
In addition to his long-term position with ENSR International, he
is an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell
teaching Limnology and serves as vice-chairperson of the Sturbridge
Conservation Commission. Dr. Mitchell was a member of the inaugural
class (1991) of Certified Lake Managers (CLM) certified by the North
American Lakes Management Society and is a member of the American
Society of Oceanography and Limnology. |
Ed Molesky |
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Ed Molesky received his B.S Degree in Biology and M.S. Degree in
Environmental Pollution Control from The Pennsylvania State University.
He has over 15-years of experience in water resources management and
has participated in lake and watershed studies in ten different states.
Ed is currently serving as the President of the Pennsylvania Lake
Management Society (PALMS), the PALMS’ newsletter editor and
web master. Ed is also a board member of the North Branch Watershed
Association and serving as Co-Chairman of Lakes Workgroup for the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PA DEP)
Nonpoint Source Liaison Committee. By day, Ed Molesky is the President
of Aqua-Link, Inc., an environmental consulting firm specializing
in water resources and watershed management. The company is located
in southeastern Pennsylvania and performs lake, stream and watershed
assessment and restoration projects throughout the northeastern and
mid-Atlantic states. He is passionate about the outdoors and enjoys
any kind of boating and fishing. Ed is married and loves spending
time with his wife, Kim, their daughter Taylor and their golden retriever,
Nikki. |
Michelle
Bodamer Nicol |
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Michelle is currently the Lake Manager for City Water, Light and
Power in Springfield, Illinois and has been with the utility since
1990. She manages Lake Springfield, a 4,200 surface acre reservoir
that serves as the City’s drinking water supply. She is a volunteer
with the Illinois Environment Protection Agency’s (IEPA) Volunteer
Lake Monitoring Program. She collects data on the lake twice a month
from May to October. These data are then published yearly in the IEPA’s
Illinois Water Quality Report. Her duties also include being actively
involved in projects within Lake Springfield’s 265-square mile
watershed, a sedimentation survey of the lake and educating the public
about limnology. Michelle served on the Board of Directors of the
Illinois Lake Management Association for six years and is Chapter
Representative. |
Carl
D. Nielsen |
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Mr. Nielsen has an M.S. degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management
from the University of Missouri School of Natural Resources and a
B.A. degree in Biology from Colgate University. He has more than 15
years of experience in the assessment and management of aquatic ecosystems.
He possesses training and expertise in the fields of limnology, phycology,
river and stream ecology, lake management, water quality modeling,
aquatic botany, freshwater and marine macroinvertebrate taxonomy and
ecology, and fishery biology. Mr. Nielsen is actively involved in
the restoration of aquatic systems and has worked to improve water
quality and aquatic habitat conditions in numerous lake and river
systems throughout New England. Mr. Nielsen specializes in lake assessment
and management, watershed-scale non-point source pollution investigation
and remediation, bio-monitoring, and environmental permitting. Mr.
Nielsen is currently employed as a consultant with ESS Group, Inc.
(offices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts) serving a variety of clients
including: federal, state and local governments, municipal water suppliers,
local lake and watershed associations, industrial and commercial facilities,
property developers, major utility companies, and golf courses. In
addition to his association with NALMS, he is an active member of
the Northeastern Chapter of the Aquatic Plant Management Society and
the North American Benthological Society. In his free time he enjoys
spending time with his family, snow skiing, and hiking. |
Todd
Olson |
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Todd Olson, Vice President and Certified Lake Manager, is responsible
for providing land and lake management services. Mr. Olson has thirteen
years of progressive responsibilities in lake management, vegetation
management, and wildlife management. Past work experience includes
fisheries biologist and consultant, installations and service consultant
for lake aeration systems, and management of 142 freshwater lakes
and brackish lagoons for a 4700-acre coastal community. In this capacity
he also coordinated the management of wildlife species within preserve
areas. |
Dwight
Osmon |
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Dwight Osmon is a Water Resources Planner with lake management experience including: watershed planning, shoreline assessment, restoration including biomanipulation, grant applications, permitting, and monitoring study design. He specializes in aquatic ecology, limnology, and using geographic information systems (GIS) as a planning tool. Dwight’s technical experience includes: aquatic plant and wetland surveys, water quality monitoring, GIS analysis, database development, and the taxonomy of freshwater invertebrates and fishes. He is a Certified Aquatic Pesticide Applicator (WI), holds a BS Degree from the University of WI-Madison majoring in Zoology, an MS Degree from Western Washington University in Environmental Science, is working towards a PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of WI-Milwaukee, and is an adjunct professor of biology at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Dwight also enjoys spending time with his family, hunting, fishing, and pretty much any outdoor recreational activity. |
David
S. Rosenthal |
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David has been Reservoir Manager for the City of Norfolk Department
of Utilities since 1990. He holds a Bachelors Degree from the University
of Akron, Akron, OH in Natural Sciences and a Masters Degree from
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT in Limnology and
Oceanography. He is currently the President of the Virginia Lakes
and Watersheds Association and is working with Virginia DEQ to develop
Freshwater Nutrient Criteria. |
Al Sosiak |
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Al Sosiak works with the Southern Region of Alberta Environment
in Calgary, Alberta. He has supervised community-based lake and watershed
restoration programs, water quality monitoring and evaluation, fisheries
management, and various aquatic impact assessment studies with the
Alberta government since 1982. |
Ann St.
Amand |
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Ann St. Amand has been involved in managing lakes across the United
States since 1990, as President of PhycoTech, Inc. PhycoTech specializes
in aquatic sample analysis, with an emphasis on algae, bacteria and
zooplankton. St. Amand has processed well over 13,000 algal samples
in her career and has co-chaired a workshop on Algal Identification
at the annual NALMS symposium since 1991. She also serves on several
technical and educational committees at the local and national level,
including the Indiana Blue-Green Algal Task Force. In November 2003,
she became the first NALMS Certified Lake Professional. Prior to owning
PhycoTech, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame
in Aquatic Ecology and completed two postdoctoral positions, one in
surface water/groundwater interactions and the other in the bioaccumulation
of PCB's in stream systems. St. Amand has been a member of NALMS since
1987 and has served NALMS in many positions, including the Administrative
Council (1992-1994), Chapters Committee (1994 to present), the President
of the Michigan Chapter of NALMS (1999-2000), and is just finishing
her term as Region V Director for NALMS (2001-2004). |
Jeffrey
A. Thornton |
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Jeff was born and raised in central Massachusetts, receiving a BS
degree in Marine Transportation from the United States Merchant Marine
Academy in 1974 and a MS in Earth Sciences from the University of
New Hampshire in 1976, before traveling to southern Africa. After
a research fellowship with the (then) University of Rhodesia and completing
the field work for a Ph.D. in 1979, he took a position with Zimbabwe
as Government Hydrobiologist, with responsibility for water quality
and pollution control in natural waters throughout the country, while
completing his dissertation. In addition to receiving a doctorate
in 1982, he completed both an MBA and Associate Degree in Theology
in the following seven years. Jeff worked for the South African National
Institute for Water and the Cape Town City Council as a Water Management
Planning Specialist and Environmental Planning before returning to
the United States in 1990 as a Lake Management Specialist with the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He returned to environmental
planning as a Principal Planner with the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional
Planning Commission in 1992. Jeff has worked with several United Nations
agencies in formulating an international waters policy for the Global
Environment Facility in his capacity as Managing Director of International
Environmental Management Services Limited, a nonprofit environmental
education corporation focusing on the developing world. He has contributed
to over 100 articles and books on the subjects of water quality, policy
and resource management, and serves on national and international
committees dealing with water resource issues, including the World
Lake Vision drafting committee. Jeff is married, has three children,
a menagerie of domestic wildlife, and currently resides in a century-old
Federalist home in Waukesha. |
Kenneth
J. Wagner |
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Ken Wagner holds a B.A. in Environmental Biology from Dartmouth
College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Natural Resource Management
from Cornell University. He had four years of experience with the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection between his undergraduate
and graduate degree programs, working primarily with the Division
of Water Resources in lake and stream assessment and management. He
has since gained 20 years of experience with northeastern US consulting
firms, working on a variety of water resources assessment and management
projects with a focus on lakes and water supplies and technical specialties
in algae and management technique selection. Ken has presented many
lectures on water resources assessment and management and is an Adjunct
Professor at Springfield College, where he teaches courses on water
quality protection, treatment and management and watershed management.
He has served as an officer of the North American Lake Management
Society and the Northeastern Chapter of the Aquatic Plant Management
Society, and is a member of the American Fisheries Society, the American
Water Works Association, and the American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal
of Lake and Reservoir Management. |
Barbara
S. Wiggins |
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Barbara Wiggins has been involved with water quality, lake and watershed
issues since 1980. She was certified as a Lake Manager in 1992. She
has her own business, Wiggins Environmental Services, Inc., which
develops watershed plans and grant applications for North Carolina
clients. She also has worked part-time for other firms and agencies
for seven years as a consultant on various environmental projects.
Her background also includes fourteen years working in regulatory
and monitoring activities at the Mecklenburg County Department of
Environmental Protection, Charlotte, NC. Barbara has been an active
member with the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) since
1987. Her activities with NALMS includes past Region IV Director,
NALMS Treasurer and various committee participation. She has been
active in the NALMS conferences in the southeast region. She is currently
Treasurer for NCLMS and has been president, interim editor and provided
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Bruce A. Richards |
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Bruce A. Richards serves as the Northeast Regional Manager of SolarBee since the summer of 2004. His current position encompasses technical sales and applications engineering of SolarBee units from Virginia to Maine. The SolarBee uses solar powered circulation technology to combat water quality problems in estuaries, lakes, ponds, wastewater facilities and potable drinking water tanks. Prior to this position Richards served as the Executive Director of the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (National Estuary Program) in Lewes, DE from 1995 before joining SolarBee in the summer of 2004. Richards also served as the chair of the Delaware Invasive Species Council (2001-2004) and is currently a commissioner with the Delaware Lagoon Commission (2003-2009). Prior to this position, Richards served as a Senior Extension Agent for Penn State University, College of Agriculture in southeast Pennsylvania. Richards has a Masters and PhD in Agriculture and Extension Education from Penn State University, a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and a Masters in Oceanography both from the University of Delaware. In the summer of 2006, Richards became a Certified Lake Manager (CLM) from the North Atlantic Lake Managers Society (NALMS), one of 55 CLMs in North America. |
Brian D. Wood |
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Brian D. Wood has a B.S. in Natural Resource Management Engineering, with a concentration in Water Resources from the University of Connecticut. He is an elected member of the Town of Bethlehem, Inland Wetlands Commission, and appointed as the Vice Chair, of the Long Meadow Lake Management Committee. He is accredited as a Certified Lake Manager and Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (In Training). As the Field and Operations Manager of the Candlewood Lake Authority he has been cooperatively working with landowners, engineers, consultants, Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the five municipalities that surround the Lake for several years. He has provided hundreds of site-specific recommendations for land use decision makers and facilitates the permitting of projects in order to protect Candlewood Lake; it’s watershed and resources. He has produced two sub-watershed reports for Candlewood Lake major basin including the “Sawmill Brook Watershed Study 2004” and “Atchison Cove Watershed Study 2005”. He has an extensive management experience dealing with water resource protection, aquatic plant management, water quality data collection and analysis. He also previously owned and operated a construction company.
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Reesa Evans |
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Reesa is the Lake Specialist for Adams County Land & Water Conservation Department, Friendship, WI. She advises and assists 23 lakes with public access on various aspects of lake health and management, as well as supervises citizen monitoring programs, drafting lake management plans, presenting various educational programs, and designing shoreland restoration and buffers. She received a B.S. in 2002 in Natural Resource Management from UW-Stevens Point and completed the Wisconsin Lake Leaders program. Other education includes a J.D. from Indiana School of Law (Bloomington), M.A. in English from Southern Illinois University, and B.A. from Northern Illinois University. Before coming to her senses, she was a college English instructor and a trial lawyer.
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