The North American Lake Management Society is meeting this week in Spokane. The conference center is right on the banks of the Spokane River; it is a beautiful site. (Did you remember that Spokane hosted a World’s Fair in 1974? I didn’t. The river park is a legacy of that event.)
Spent all day yesterday in sessions on lake oxygenation and alum application, with a some very interesting work on mercury mitigation thrown in for good measure.
Headlines thus far:
- Oxygen–you probably need more than you think
- Alum–a tool that works, maybe poised for a comeback, as watershed BMPs cannot help you deal with the phosphorus already in the sediments
- Mercury–nitrate applications can inhibit mercury movement from sediment to water (and thence to fish), good news for a seemingly intractable problem
Looking forward to what Day 2 may provide.
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