Clean Lakes Recent Additions Archives

April 26, 2006

• New links for EPA National/Regional Lakes Studies have been added to this page.

February 22, 2006

• Announcement, Agenda and Registration Form for April 25-28, 2006 Conference in Chicago, IL on "Planning a Survey of the Nation's Lakes" [BROKEN]

March 2, 2005

• Notice of FY 2005 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the National Lakes Assessment Planning Project (NLAPP) (PDF) (20 pp, 122K)

June 26, 2003

• New Outreach Materials Available for Lakes Awareness Month - July 2003

March 14, 2002

• "Managing Invasive Species in Lakes and Reservoirs" is the theme of the 15th Annual National Conference on Enhancing the States’ Lake Management Programs which will be held in Chicago, IL on April 23-26, 2002. This meeting is cosponsored by the Chicago Botanic Garden, US EPA's Watershed Branch and Region 5, the North American Lake Management Society and Conservation Technology Information Center. For more information on this conference go to: http://www.nalms.org/symposia/chicago/ [BROKEN]

December 7, 2000

• April 18-20, 2001 State Lakes Meeting on "Integrating Nonpoint Source Watershed Management with Lake Management and Protection" to be held in Chicago, IL

May 17, 1999

• Keynote address on the "Future Directions for Lake Management" [BROKEN] presented by Robert H. Wayland III, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, US EPA, at the Annual States' Lake Meeting in Chicago on April 21, 1999

November 22, 1998

• The North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) recently published a special issue of their Lake and Reservoir Management journal on the Cannonsville Reservoir in New York. This journal includes 22 technical articles summarizing scientific and related modeling efforts for Cannonsville Reservoir, which is one of 19 water supply reservoirs operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

July 14, 1998

• Guidance on Use of Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act Authorities to Address Management Needs for Lakes and Reservoirs issued by EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds on July 9, 1998.

June 1998

• 1996 305(b) lakes information

November 5, 1997

• A new Clean Lakes case study on Use of Aquatic Weevils to Control a Nuisance Weed in Lake Bomoseen, Vermont has recently been published by EPA. The initial results in Lake Bomoseen, and in several other lakes, indicate that this technique shows promise for controlling the growth of Eurasian watermilfoil and could potentially be used in other lakes with similar problems.

October 27, 1997

• EPA's Clean Lakes homepage has been redesigned to have a new look-- please check it out. New features include the addition of "What's New on Lakes" and "Other Lakes Links."