CALMS 2014 Conference Dates: October 9-10, 2014 October 9 Meeting Venue: UC Davis, MU II Themes: Mercury Management, Watershed Connections, and Quagga Mussels THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 7:30

Refreshments and Gathering

8:15

Housekeeping & Welcome

8:30 Plenary lecture: Mercury, Oxygenation, and Lake Ecosystems – Marc Beutel (Washington State University, Pullman) 9:15

Reservoir-scale Mercury Monitoring and Cycling – Maia Singer (Stillwater Sciences)

9:45 Statewide Mercury Control Program for Reservoirs Overview / Q&A – Michelle Wood (Central Valley Water Board) and Carrie Austin (San Francisco Bay Water Board) 10:30 Networking Break 11:00 Statewide Mercury Control Program for Reservoirs Study Options – Facilitated discussion to consider options for planning, designing, and conducting methylmercury production and bioaccumulation control studies and pilot tests statewide Noon – 1:10 Catered Buffet Lunch 1:10 Student Award Winner lecture #1: Methane Storage and Ebullition in Southern California Lakes – Jacob Shiba (UC Riverside) 1:30 Climate Change Impacts on Lakes and Reservoirs - Lessons from Lake Tahoe – Geoff Schladow (Tahoe Environmental Research Center) 2:00 Update on Potable Reuse to Augment San Vicente and Otay Reservoirs, San Diego – Jeff Pasek (City of San Diego) and Imad Hannoun (Water Quality Solutions) 2:30 The Triple Threat: Water Quality Improvement at Lake Hodges, San Diego Using HOS, VEM & AFW – Alex Horne (UC Berkeley) 3:00 Networking Break 3:20 Student Award Winner lecture #2: Dark Community Respiration Rates in Lakes Across a Trophic Gradient: Relative Contributions from Littoral and Pelagic Habitats – Alecia Brantley (UN-Reno) 3:40 Quagga Mussels Monitoring and Prevention – Brianne Sakata (CA Department of Water Resources) 4:05

Quagga Mussels Biological Control – Megan Weber (Maronne Bio Innovations)

4:30

Board of Directors business meeting

After-Hours Socializing 6:00

No host mixer @ Sudwerk Restaurant & Brewery

7:00

CALMS dinner @ Sudwerk Restaurant & Brewery (www.sudwerk.com) Buffet dinner included with each conference registration! Live music by the Mo’ Waters Band!

Friday, OCTOBER 10 Field Trip – Camanche Reservoir Your conference registration includes bus transport between Davis and Camanche Reservoir, and a picnic lunch. Tour led by Alex Horne (Professor Emeritus University of California, Berkeley, and former CALMS President) Schedule 8:30 – 9:00 am

Gather & depart from Mace Park & Ride (http://carstations.com/16346)

10:15 – noon Learn about the reservoir’s oxygenation system and its impacts on fisheries, turbidity, and heavy metals; visit the fish hatchery; view the shoreline hypolimnetic oxygenation system facilities (30-ft tall ice-covered evaporator, large liquid oxygen tank and control structure, and underwater pipeline). Noon – 1 pm

On-site picnic lunch

2:30 pm

Return to Mace Park & Ride

For More Information: www.california-lakes.org/upcoming-meeting-information

CALMS 2014 Conference

Agenda

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