2025 Watershed Forum

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2025 Watershed Forum presentation video archives

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Select an item		video Watershed Opening (Teika Newton)
Select an item		video Memorial Tribute to Nolan Baratono (Jessie Anderson)
Select an item		video IISD - Experimental Lakes Area update (Cassidy Mazur)
Select an item		video IJC / International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board Update (Jennifer Vincent and Col. Erik R. Swenson)
Select an item		video Canada Water Agency Lake of the Woods Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative Update (Daniel Rokitnicki and Kelly-Anne Fagan)
Select an item		video International Multi-Agency Arrangement – Priorities and Activities Update (Mike Kennedy)
Select an item		video Susceptibility Index for Zebra Mussels in Lakes (SIZL): A Voyageurs National Park case study of a multiple factor risk assessment method for zebra mussel establishment based on water quality (James Smith et al.)
Select an item		video Efficacy of treatment methods used in wetland restoration and control of hybrid cattail in Northern Minnesota (Haley Smith et al.)
Select an item		video Clean Your Johnson (motor) and other programs in AIS Prevention in Cook County, MN (Amanda Weberg)
Select an item		video Grand Council Treaty #3 Environmental Monitoring Initiatives (Michaela Novak, Nick Norris, and Laine Fyke)
Select an item		video On the ongoing Rainy River and Rainy-Namakan Integrated Ecosystem Response Models (IERMs) update into the Integrated Social Economic and Environmental (ISEE) system and outcomes (Marianne Bachand et al.)
Select an item		video Improving Walleye and Lake Whitefish Performance Indicators for Lake Water Level Management on Rainy – Namakan System (Benjamin Erb et al.)
Select an item		video Towards sustainability of the Shoal Lake walleye fishery – First Nation involvement in data collection and management decisions (Brian Kotak et al.)
Select an item		video Developing a phosphorus management plan for the Canadian portion of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods basin: Progress Update (Teika Newton)
Select an item		video Lake of the Woods - Southern Shore Barrier Island Erosion Investigation – Phase I Report (Zac Morris and Erv Kraft)
Select an item		video The Lake of the Woods TMDL: Understanding current and future nutrient dynamics (Adam Heathcote et al.)
Select an item		video Trends in Algal Bloom Indices in Lake of the Woods, A Comparison of 25 years of Monitored and Satellite-Derived Datasets (Caren Binding and Jesse Anderson)
Select an item		video RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE: Legacy phosphorus in Rainy River – preliminary steps toward mapping storage and understanding dynamics (Anna Baker et al.)
Select an item		video RECORDNG NOT AVAILABLE: Spatial variation in algal bloom composition and potential toxicity over a 24-hour period: A pilot study in Voyageurs National Park (James Smith et al.)
Select an item		video Little Fork Sediment Impairment Update and Progress (Mike Kennedy et al.)
Select an item		video Effects of tile drainage on stream morphology, nutrient transport, and particulate losses (Gianna Saarenvirta and Catherine Eimers)
Select an item		video Paleolimnological indicators of eutrophication in remote, low-nutrient lakes in the Superior National Forest, Minnesota (Amelia Wilson-Jackson et al.)
Select an item		video ECCC 2023/24 Water Quality Monitoring Update (Diana Fred)
Select an item		video Applying novel algal harvesting technology to restore lake ecosystems and produce a high value organic fertilizer (Matt Julius)
Select an item		video Sulfate in the Rainy River-Headwaters: downstream transport of sulfate to and through Birch Lake to the BWCAW boundary, in Lake and Saint Louis counties, Minnesota (69-0003-00) (Matt Norton)
Select an item		video Phragmites- Friend or Foe: Management Decisions Based on the Presence of Non-Native Phragmites in Voyageurs National Park (Harris Kramer and Haley Smith)

April 8, 2025

2025 Forum Presentation Recordings Available Now!

Over the two days of the 2025 International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum, we heard from nearly two dozen presenters. Missed the event or want to refresh your memory on these presentations? Now you can take in most of the talks as video recordings, available on our website at the link below!

video 2025 Watershed Forum

April 22, 2024

2025 Watershed Forum Proceedings Report - Get Your Copy Now!

The Proceedings Report of the 2025 International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum is available for download at the Foundation’s website: lowwsf.com/forum-proceedings. Held March 12-13 in International Falls Minnesota, 100 researchers, resource managers, policy makers, and members of the public put Lake of the Woods and its watershed under the microscope.

Big Announcements to Start 2025: New Faces, Same Priorities

For 20 years the Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation has brought together citizens, dozens of municipalities and Indigenous nations and state, provincial and federal governments in Canada and the USA to amass the scientific, technical and community knowledge needed to inform an international water quality plan while building the trust and capacity to implement it.

With the arrival of the new year, the Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation has some important announcements to share in our endeavour.