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2019 Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention 

and Water Action Volunteers Symposium Archive

April 10-12, 2019

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Convention Packet Materials 

The Full Agenda (PDF)

Business Partner Guide (PDF)

Highlight Videos

Pay it Forward with Native Plants digital production shown prior to the Thursday morning keynote (link to YouTube)

Thursday Keynote Dr. Kate Brauman: Valuing Ecological Services to Make Smarter Water Decisions

Friday Keynote Dr. Douglas Tallamy: A Guide to Restoring the Litting Things that Run the World

Videos created for Lake Stewardship and Volunteer Stream Monitoring Award Winners and photos from the ceremony 

101 Sessions:

Lake, River and Watershed Capacity 101 (Eric Olson)

In-lake Ecology 101 (Susan Knight)

Water and Land Health 101 (Rebecca Power)

Fisheries 101: Fishes in Your Lake (Justin Sipiorski)

Civics 101 (Mike Engleson)

Ecology 101 - Our Living Ancestors: The History and Ecology of Old-growth Forests in Wisconsin (John Bates)

Water and Land Health 101 (Dan Zerr)

Lunch speakers:
Adrian Stocks, Director of Water Quality Program, Wisconsin DNR

Todd Ambs, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin DNR

Other Materials 

Photo Contest Winners

Wisconsin Lake Leaders Brochure (PDF)

Wisconsin Lake Stewardship and Volunteer Stream Monitoring Award Winners (PDF)

Agenda At-a-glance  Find PDF versions of presentations by clicking through the agenda to a specifc session. Wednesday, April 10
​8:00 am	​Registration Desk Opens
​9:00 am - 4:00 pm	​All Day Workshops (click here for details)
​9:00 am - 12:00 pm	​Morning Workshops (click here for details)
​12:00 pm - 6:00 pm	​Exhibits Open
​12:00 - 1:00 pm	​Lunch on your own or pre-register to purchase lunch on-site
​1:00 - 4:00 pm	​Afternoon Workshops (click here for details)
​2:30 - 3:00 pm	Refreshment Break
​​4:45 - 5:45 pm	​Special Technical Sessions (click here for details)
​5:45 - 7:00 pm	Networking Time - dinner on your own
7:00 - 11:00 pm	​Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention Welcome Reception (click here for details)
Thursday, April 11  ​ ​
​6:30 - 7:15 am	​Sunrise Yoga (click here for details)
​7:30 am	​Registration Desk Opens
​8:00 am - 6:00 pm	​Exhibits Open
8:00 - 8:50 am	​Concurrent Session 1 (click here for details)
​9:00 - 10:30 am	​Welcome and Kickoff Keynote Speaker Dr. Kate Brauman (click here for details)
​10:40 am - 12:00 pm	​Concurrent Session 2 (click here for details)
​12:15 - 1:30 pm	​Lunch ~ Speaker Adrian Stocks, Water Quality Program Director, Wisconsin DNR (click here for details)
​1:45 - 2:25 pm	​Concurrent Session 3 (click here for details)
​2:35 - 3:15 pm	​Concurrent Session 4 (click here for details)
​3:15 - 3:45 pm	​Refreshment Break and 15-minute afternoon stretch/chair yoga
​3:30 - 5:00 pm	​Poster Presentations & Visit the Exhibitors & Educational Displays (click here for details)
​5:00 - 5:30 pm	​Networking Time (click here for details)
​5:30 - 8:00pm	Wisconsin Lake Stewardship and Volunteer Stream Monitoring Banquet Awards Ceremony (click here for details)
​8:00 - 11:00pm	​Lakes Partnership After Hours (click here for details)
Friday, April 12 ​
​6:30 - 7:15 am	​Sunrise Yoga (click here for details)
​7:30 am	Registration Desk Opens
​8:00 am - 12:00 pm	Exhibits Open
​8:00 - 8:50 am	​Concurrent Session 5 (click here for details)
​9:00 - 10:15 am	​Friday Plenary Speaker Dr. Douglas Tallamy (click here for details)
​10:15 - 10:45 am	​Author's Corner (click here for details) Refreshment Break
​10:45 - 11:45 am	​Concurrent Session 6 (click here for details)
​12:00 - 1:15 pm	​Closing Lunch ~ Speaker Todd Ambs, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin DNR (click here for details)
​1:30 - 2:30 pm	​Concurrent Session 7 (click here for details)
​2:30 - 2:45 pm	​Refreshment Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm​	​Concurrent Session 8 (click here for details)

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