39th Annual

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

Annual Conference

March 16 – March 18, 2020

DoubleTree by Hilton, Reid Park ~ Tucson, AZ.

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Past WAPMS Meetings Sites and Presidents

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

San Diego, CA (joint meeting with APMS)

Reno, NV

Coeur d’Alene, ID (joint meeting w/ WSWS)

San Diego, CA

Portland, OR

Reno, NV

Coeur d’Alene, ID

San Diego, CA

Andrea Sealock

Amy Ferriter

Scott Nissen

Joseph Vassios

Patrick Akers

Cody Gray

Mark Sytsma

Toni Pennington 2011 Westminster, CO Thomas Moorhouse 2010 Seattle, WA Robert Leavitt 2009 Honolulu, HI Tom McNabb 2008 Tahoe City, CA Scott Shuler 2007 Coeur d’Alene, ID Ross O’Connell/ Lars Anderson 2006 San Diego, CA (25th Meeting) Jenifer Parsons 2005 Denver, CO George Forni 2004 Bellevue, WA Terry McNabb 2003 Sacramento, CA Shaun Hyde 2002 Coeur d’Alene, ID Mike Mizumoto 2001 Las Vegas, NV Ron Crocket 2000 Bozeman, MT Valerie Van-Way 1999 Reno, NV Stuart Perry 1998 San Diego, CA Kathy Hamel 1997 Seattle, WA Mark Sytsma 1996 Portland, OR Vanelle Peterson 1995 Sacramento, CA Fred Ryan 1994 Coeur d’Alene, ID Paul Beatty 1993 Tucson, AZ Lars Anderson 1992 Salt Lake City, UT David Spencer 1991 Seattle, WA Richard Thiery 1990 Sparks, NV Tom McNabb 1989 Honolulu, HI Barbra H. Mullin 1988 Fresno, CA Fred Nibling 1987 Boise, ID Winn Winkyaw 1986 San Diego, CA Randall Stocker 1985 Phoenix, AZ Nate Dechoretz 1984 Spokane, WA Les Sonder 1983 Las Vegas, NV Terry McNabb 1982 Denver, CO First Business Meeting

Terry McNabb (President); Paul

Beaty (VP) 1981 Formation Interest meeting, San Diego, CA - Floyd

Colbert and Lars Anderson (Co-chairs)

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2020 WAPMS Meeting Sponsors Thank you for your continued support!

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Cygnet Enterprises, Inc.

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Silver Sponsors, continued

Bronze Sponsors

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Board of Directors

Tom Warmuth

President

BioSafe Systems LLC

Kure Beach, NC

Cory Greer

Vice-President

UPL-NA

Truckee, CA

Andrea Sealock

Past-President

Cygnet Enterprises, Inc.

Concord, CA

Toni Pennington

Treasurer

Environment Science

Associates

Bend, OR

Andrew Skibo

Secretary

Alligare, LLC

Missoula, MT

Juraj Juricevic

Director

City of American Canyon

American Canyon, CA

Paul Pratt

Director

Invasive Species and

Pollinator Health Research

Unit

Albany, CA

Rick Purcell

Director

Keycolour

Phoenix, AZ

Ajay Jones

Director

SePRO

Sacramento, CA

The objectives of the Society shall be to:

1. Establish a forum for the exchange of information on aquatic vegetation management

techniques, strategies, and research through periodic meetings and other appropriate

means.

2. Cooperate with local, state, regional, and national agencies, both public and private, in

the identification of and solution to aquatic vegetation problems.

3. Promote uniformity and coordination of activities among agencies concerned with the

regulatory aspects of aquatic plant management.

4. Encourage scientific research and assist in promoting the control and management of

aquatic plants through scientifically sound procedure.

5. Recognize and promote scientific advancement of the members and facilitate the

education of aquatic plant scientists through scholarship and other assistance programs.

6. Extend and develop public interest in, and understanding of, aquatic plant management

problems and solutions.

7. Cooperate with local chapters and other organizations with similar and related interests.

The Western Aquatic Plant Management Society geographic region includes the states of:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana,

Utah, Washington, and Wyoming

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39th Annual

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

Annual Conference

March 16 – March 18, 2020

DoubleTree by Hilton, Reid Park ~ Tucson, AZ

PROGRAM

Monday, March 16

4:00 – 5:30 Registration – Grand Ballroom Foyer

2:00 – 5:30 Exhibitor Setup – Grand Ballroom, Salon A-D

6:00 - 8:00 President's Reception, hosted by Tom Warmuth, President, WAPMS

The 1925 Bar and Grill - across the street at Randolph Dell Urich Golf

Course

Tuesday, March 17

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast – Grand Ballroom, Salon A-D

Session I

Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

Moderator: Cory Greer (Vice-President WAPMS), UPL-NA, Truckee, CA.

8:30 – 8:45

Welcome: Tom Warmuth (President, WAPMS), BioSafe Systems LLC, East

Hartford, CT.

8:45 – 9:00

Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation Update

Carlton Layne; Executive Director, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation,

Marrieta, GA

9:00 – 9:15

The Aquatic Plant Management Society Update

John D. Madsen; USDA ARS, UC Davis Plant Sciences, Davis, CA

9:15 – 9:30

Women of Aquatics Update

Amy Kay; Clean Lakes, Inc., Oakwood Hills, IL

9:30 – 9:50 The first year of operational use of ProcellaCOR herbicide in the Pacific

Northwest, observations and results

Terry McNabb, CLM, AquaTechnex, LLC, Bellingham WA

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9:50 – 10:15

BREAK

Session II Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

Moderator – Ajay Jones (Director WAPMS) SePRO Corp.

10:15 – 10:35

Soft Sediment Reduction using MD Pellets and MuckBiotics Deborah L. Lee, Aquafix Inc. Madison WI.

10:35 – 10:55 Estimating Lyngbya wollei Biomass Using Non-destructive Echosounding

Measures, Andrew Howell, Graduate Student, North Carolina State University,

Raleigh, NC

10:55 – 11:15

Chemical- Free Algae Mitigation with Air Nanobubbles Christian Ference, Moleaer Aeration, Torrance, CA

11:15 – 1:00 LUNCH (On Your Own),

Session III

1:00 – 1:20

Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

Moderator – Andrew Skibo (Director WAPMS) Alligare LLC., Missoula, MT.

The Role of The Southwestern Aquatic Applicator

Rick Amalfi, Aquatic Consulting, Tempe, AZ.

1:20 – 1:40

Use of Granular Copper EDA (Harpoon) for Hydrilla Control

Paul Westcott, Sigura Water, Alpharetta, GA.

1:40 – 2:00 Progress in the search for herbicides to control Brazilian egeria (Egeria

densa) in the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta, California

John D Madsen, UC Davis, Davis, CA.

2:00 – 2:20

2:20 – 2:40

Annual variations of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

populations over several years in a large Montana river system

Craig R. McLane, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Bozeman, MT.

Annual Business Meeting - Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

2:40 – 3:00 BREAK

3:00 – 3:20 Vegetation Control at Central Arizona Project (CAP) Intakes on Lake

Havasu

Scott Bryan, Central Arizona Project, Phoenix, AZ.

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3:20 – 3:40 Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Weed Mapping and Site

Specific Weed Management, Andrew Howell, Graduate Student, North Carolina

State University, Raleigh, NC.

3:40 – 4:00 From Bench Scale Trials to Field Cyanobacterial Management with PAA +

Peroxide, Tom Warmuth, BioSafe Systems East Hartford CT.

4:00 – 4:20

Preventative Submersed Aquatic Weed Control Utilizing a Preemergence

Use Pattern of Sonar® Aquatic Herbicide (fluridone). Scott Shuler, Michael

Shaner, Ajay Jones, Mark Heilman; SePRO Corporation, Carmel, IN.

4:20 – 4:40

Selection and Application of PRE/POST-Emergent Herbicides for Western

Irrigation Systems: Environmental Impacts on Both Sides of the Equation.

Andrew Skibo (Director WAPMS) Alligare LLC, Missoula, MT.

5:30 – 6:30

6:30 – 8:30

Member Reception – Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

Silent Auction bidding will close at 6:30pm.

Banquet & Silent Auction – Grand Ballroom, Salon E

Wednesday, March 18

7:40 – 8:40

Breakfast –. Grand Ballroom, Salon A-D

Session IV

Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

Moderator – Cory Greer (Vice-President WAPMS), UPL-NA.

8:40 – 9:00 Selective Control of Flowering Rush in Mesocosms and Field Sites Gray Turnage1, John D. Madsen, Ryan M. Wersal, John D. Byrd, Brent Alcott,

and Tera Guetter, 1Mississippi State University, Starksville, MS.

9:00 – 9:20 Do Cyanobacteria spill their guts when treated with an Algaecide?

John H. Rodgers, Jr. Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

9:20 – 9:40 Mechanical control of flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus L.)

Gray Turnage1, John D. Byrd, Ryan M. Wersal, and John D. Madsen, 1Mississippi State University, Starksville, MS.

9:40 – 10:00 The threat of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins

West M. Bishop, SePRO Corporation, Carmel, IN

10:00 – 10:20

BREAK

Session V Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

Moderator – Cory Greer (Vice-President WAPMS), UPL-NA, Truckee, CA.

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10:20 – 10:40 Effect of Herbicides on Sprouting Curlyleaf Pondweed Turions

Lars Anderson, Waterweed Solutions, Inverness, CA.

10:40 – 11:00 Recent developments in Concentration Exposure Time in lab studies for

control of Horned and Sago Pond Weed with Endothall, including field

observations. Clyde Smith, UPL-NA.

11:00 - 11:20 Endothall Translocation in Two Hydrocharitaceae species,

Scott J Nissen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

11:20 – 12:45 LUNCH (On Your Own)

Session VI Grand Ballroom, Salon D-E

Moderator: Tom Warmuth (Director WAPMS), BioSafe Systems LLC, East

Hartford, CT.

12:45 – 1:15

1:15 – 2:00

Golden Algae and General Algae round table discussion. Recent algae

issues and methods for control in Lakes, Reservoirs and Irrigation

Canals

WAPMS - Where do we go from here?

An open discussion with membership on the progress and future of the society.

Moderator – Complete Board of WAPMS with Tom Warmuth (WAPMS –

President) and Cory Greer (WAPMS – Vice-President)

2:00 – 2:30 BREAK

2:30 – 2:45 Closing Remarks

2:45 – 5:00 Exhibitor Breakdown

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Please join us next year for the joint meeting of:

Western Society of Weed Science

And

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

Grove Hotel

Boise, Idaho

March 1 – 4th, 2021

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Why WAPMS Honors the Memory of

Barbra H. Mullin

For more than ten years, WAPMS has awarded research scholarships and more recently graduate student travel grants as a memorial to Barbra H. Mullin. As the WAPMS membership “matures” and people retire, very few WAPMS members will remember Barbra Mullin’s contributions to and love for WAPMS. Barbra attended the first WAPMS planning meeting in San Diego in 1981 and was active in WAPMS until her untimely death in April of 2002. She was only 52 when she passed as a result of a brain aneurysm.

Barbra was born and raised in Helena, Montana and received a B.S. degree in Botany and Plant Protection and a M.S. degree in Plant Pathology from Montana State University. She spent her 24-year professional career working for the Montana Department of Agricultural, holding the position of state weed coordinator at the time of her passing.

Her background in botany and her interest in invasive plants both terrestrial and aquatic culminated in a CAST (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology) issue paper published in February 2000 entitled “Invasive Plant Species”. Barbra was the chair of the writing committee that included the expertise of people like Drs. Lars Anderson, Kurt Getsinger, and Joe DiTomaso.

I first met Barbra when I was a graduate student at Montana State University and grew to know her very well because of her participation in the Western Society of Weed Science. When I first started attending WAPMS meeting, I was surprised that she had been so active in WAPMS that in 2006, at the urging of Drs. Lars Anderson and Toni Pennington, a memorial scholarship was established in Barbra’s honor.

I knew Barbra was passionate about protecting Montana’s native landscapes from terrestrial invaders like leafy spurge and spotted knapweed, but I was not aware of her passion for aquatic plant management. She was a dedicated public servant for the people of Montana and the cause of environmental protection. She took advantage of every opportunity, every teachable moment to educate others about the threat of non-native, invasive plants. While her life was cut short, it was a life well lived with purpose and dedication to a noble cause. Each year when we recognize the students who receive the Barbra H. Mullin travel scholarships let us take a moment to rededicate ourselves to the pursuit of environmental protection through aquatic plant management.

Sincerely,

Dr. Scott Nissen, WAPMS Past President

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Western Aquatic Plant Management Society Code of Conduct

Final version approved by the Board on 2/14/20

The Western Aquatic Plant Management Society commits to promoting a welcoming environment while fulfilling our mission of providing a forum for members in Western North America to share interdisciplinary information related to aquatic plant and algae identification, detection, management and control. We intend to do this during daily operations, which includes the WAPMS Annual Meeting, by fostering environments that are safe, collaborative, supportive, and productive for all members and attendees, including sponsors, exhibitors, guests of members, invited speakers, students, guests and members of the media. We intend to conduct our business in a fair, honest, and ethical manner that values the diversity of views, expertise, opinions, backgrounds, and experiences reflected among our membership and all conference and event attendees.

All attendees, speakers, sponsors, guests and volunteers at our conference are required to abide by the following Code of Conduct. Organizers will be available for those that need to report an incident or concern. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone. This Code of Conduct is not intended to be a comprehensive rulebook and cannot address every situation. Always use good judgment and treat others with dignity.

Expected Behavior Treat everyone with respect. Communicate openly and thoughtfully and be considerate of varying views,

opinions, levels of experience, and backgrounds. Be respectful in your critique of ideas and avoid personal attacks directed toward

other attendees, participants, WAPMS staff, sponsors, and vendors. Respect the rules and policies of the symposium venue, hotels, WAPMS contracted

facilities, or any other venue. Be mindful of your surroundings and fellow participants. Alert a WAPMS board

or committee member or designated contact person if you notice unacceptable or offensive behavior, a dangerous situation or someone in distress.

Unacceptable Behavior Harassment and intimidation, including any verbal, written, or physical conduct

designed to threaten, intimidate, or coerce another attendee, speaker, volunteer, student, exhibitor, WAPMS board or committee member, service provider or other meeting guest.

Discrimination based on sex, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, national origin, culture, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local laws.

Physical or verbal abuse of any attendee, speaker, volunteer, student, exhibitor, WAPMS board or committee member, service provider or other meeting guest.

Excessive alcohol consumption. Examples of unacceptable behavior also include but are not limited to:

inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations; threatening or stalking any WAPMS meeting participant; or sexually harassing any WAPMS meeting participant or guest.

Disruption of talks at oral or poster sessions, in the exhibit hall or at other events organized by WAPMS at the meeting venue, hotels, or other WAPMS contracted facilities is not allowed.

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Retaliation against a person who, in good faith, reports a violation of this Code of Conduct.

Consequences Anyone requested to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply

immediately. The WAPMS Board (or their designee) or security may take any action deemed

necessary and appropriate, including immediate removal from the meeting without warning and potentially without refund.

WAPMS reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting.

Reporting Unacceptable Behavior If you are the subject of unacceptable behavior or have witnessed any such

behavior, please immediately notify a WAPMS board member, organizer. or other designated contact person.

Notification should be done by contacting a WAPMS board member, organizer, or other designated contact person on-site or by e-mailing your concern to one of the designated contact persons.

Anyone experiencing or witnessing behavior that constitutes an immediate or serious threat to public safety at the symposium location or other WAPMS event is advised to either tell a security guard or locate a house phone and ask for security.

Reporting should never be done via social media.

Administration Any reports of unacceptable behavior will be handled on a case-by-case basis by

one or more of the designated contact persons. The Code of Conduct, including contact information for the designated contact

persons, will be made available to all members and conference attendees as follows: inserted into the conference program, posted to the WAPMS website, and included in the WAPMS Strategic Plan.

WAPMS Board Members and designated contact persons will be introduced at the beginning of the conference and will make every effort to be visible and available to attendees at the annual symposium.

The list of designated contact persons will be updated annually prior to publication in the conference program.

This Code of Conduct is not a contract. WAPMS reserves the right to amend or supplement this Code of Conduct without prior notice, at any time. Code of conduct adapted from North American Lake Management Society, International Marine Conservation Congress (IMMC) and Ecological Society of America (ESA). https://wapms.org/Code-of-Conduct http://conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc-2016/registration-participation/code-of-conduct/ https://www.esa.org/events/code-of-conduct-for-esa-events/

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MINUTES

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

Annual Business Meeting

July 15, 2019 Board Members Present: Amy Ferriter– Past-President (1/1 yr); Andrea Sealock –President (1/1 yr); Toni Pennington - Secretary/Treasurer (2/3 yr); Tom Warmuth–– Vice-President (1/1 yr); Mike Blankinship Director (2/2 yr); Craig Smith – Director (1/2 yr) Absent: Juraj Juricevic- Director (1/2 yr); Pratt Pratt– Director (1/2 yr) Quorum reached; meeting called to order at 17:10 Pacific Standard

AGENDA ITEM

DISCUSSION ITEM OUTCOME(S)/ACTION(S)

I. 2018 Annual Business Meeting Minutes

1. Business meeting minutes (3/27/18)

Anderson moved, Moorhouse seconded. No discussion. Approved, no further action

II. Committee Reports

a) Finance b) Membership c) Website d) By-laws and

resolution e) Meeting/Program f) Editorial g) Scholarship h) Elections

VP – Cory Greer Sec – Andrew Skibo Proposed Directors– Ajay Jones, Rick Purcell

a) Pennington to report at the post-conference meeting

b) Pennington – 123 members based on 2018 annual meeting and those memberships paid outside the 2019 joint WAPMS-APMS meeting

c) Pennington – summarized recent changes; many thanks to Cygnet Enterprises and Robertson Environmental

d) Pennington – presented primary changes to the by-laws, including D&O Insurance, uncoupling Sec/Treas positions, omission of year-long membership for Board eligibility

e) Warmuth – overview of 2019 joint WAPMS-APMS meeting but final numbers not yet available

f) No report g) Pennington – 4 students attended; each provided

$500 travel stipend (Mirella Ortiz, CSU; Giuliana Piccirilli Sourifa, CSU; Maribel “Mimi” Portilla, UCD; and Greg Chorak, MT State)

h) Sealock – slate approved by membership

III. New Business

No new business

Anderson moved to adjourn, Ferriter second, adjourned at 17:35