Celebrating 31 years of NC Lake Management!

North Carolina
Lake Management Society

Fall Workshop & Annual Meeting

Thursday, October 15, 2026
9am to 4pm

City of Greensboro
Kitchen Water Resources Operations Center
Steve Drew Conference Room
2602 S. Elm-Eugene St., Greensboro, NC

Registration Details

NCLMS Members $75
Non-Members $100

CEUs Available

A : 2.0 (Aquatics)
B : 2.0 (public health)
N : 2.0 (Demo and research)
D : 2.0 (Dealer)
X : 2.0 (Private Specialty)

Agenda
(Under development & subject to change
Last updated 9/29/26)

8:30 - 9:00   Registration
9:00 - 9:30   Mark Vander Borgh “Algae, what is it and what it is not”
9:30 - 10:00 Matthew Phillips “Assessing algae from a municipal perspective, tools, monitoring and reporting”
10:00 - 10:30 Linda Ehrich “Basic taxonomy of algae discerning potential HABs from the good guys”
10:30 - 10:50  Networking Break
10:50 - 11:10  Seth Mycko "NCWR Piedmont Reservoir Habitat Program"
11:10 - 11:30 Ana Agi "Considerations for Co-managing Aquatic Plants and Algae in Lake Ecosystems"

11:30-11:50 Steve Hoyle "Safety First: Guidelines for Lake Managers"
12:15 - 12:45  Lunch (provided)
12:45 - 1:30    Dr. West Bishop – "Council for Ag. & Science Technology (CAST), an Overview"
1:30 – 2:00       Green Level High School Student Presentation -  "Ranking Algaecide Treatments by Ecological Selectivity: An Open-Source Tool for Comparing Non-Target Impacts"
2:30 - 2:50   Networking Break
2:50 - 3:10   Bobby Cope - “Driving Change in Aquatic Plant Management: The Role of Citizen Science and Stakeholder Engagement"
3:10 - 3:30 Afternoon Session (Continued)
3:50 - 4:00   Closing Remarks and Adjournment