2025 Joint Conference: OLA and Oregon Tech

Start
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
12:30 PM
End
Friday, October 24, 2025
3:00 PM
Location
Oregon Tech, College Union, Klamath Falls, OR

Registration

(depends on selected options)

Base fee:

3. In-Person or Online: Student – $20.00
4. Online: Non-Student – $80.00
5. Complimentary
6. Bronze Sponsorship – $500.00
7. Silver Sponsorship – $750.00
8. Gold Sponsorship – $1,000.00

2025 OLA and Oregon Tech Joint Conference

October 22 -24, 2025

The College Union (Crater Lake Complex 200) at Oregon Tech

Klamath Falls, OR

Conference Schedule

October 22, 2025
The College Union (Crater Lake Complex 200) at Oregon Tech
12:00 - 1:25	Registration
1:25 - 1:30	Welcome remarks
1:30 – 2:00	Travis Owen, Oregon Institute of Technology	Decoding the Complexity of the Klamath Basin: Insights from Water Quality Monitoring Projects that Get Students Involved
2:00 – 2:30	Jacob Kann, Aquatic Ecosystem Sciences LLC	A retrospective of four decades of water quality research in the Upper Klamath Basin: Myths and moving the restoration needle
2:30 – 5:30	Field trips to Lakeside Farm or Lake Ewauna

October 23, 2025
The College Union (Crater Lake Complex 200) at Oregon Tech
8:00 - 8:30	Registration
8:30 – 9:00	Welcome, logistics, and Scholarship Award
9:00 – 10:00	Nate Bickford, Oregon Institute of Technology	Keynote Address: Klamath Basin Watershed and Human Impacts
10:00-10:20	Break + Poster set up
Session 1: Klamath, Abert, and Crater Lakes
10:20 - 10:40	Gwen W. Bury and R. Bruce Bury, (Emeritus) U.S. Geological Survey	Northwestern Pond Turtles in the Upper Klamath River: Information Needs and Management Challenges
10:40 - 11:00	Ron Larson, Oregon Lakes Association	Klamath Basin Lakes: How are they affected by climate change and other human impacts?
11:00 - 11:20	Genesis Bishop and Travis Owen, Oregon Institute of Technology	The role of rotational wetlands in supporting waterfowl and agriculture in the Klamath Basin
11:20 - 11:40	Todd Jarvis, Institute for Water & Watersheds, Oregon State University	The Lake Abert Springshed
11:40 - 12:00	Scott F. Girdner, Crater Lake National Park	Filamentous algae blooms in pristine Crater Lake: The influence of warming water and invasive crayfish on shoreline greening
12:00 - 1:20	Lunch on campus
Session 2: Harmful algal blooms
1:20 - 1:40	Theo Dreher, Connie Bozarth, Jonathan Shepardson, Norman Buccola, Kurt Carpenter, Ryan Mueller, Elijah Welch, Claudia Meier, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University	Two dueling Dolichospermum strains in Detroit Lake determine occurrence of cyanotoxic blooms
1:40 - 2:00	Mark Rosenkranz, Rob Annear, Zoe Rodriguez del Rey, Aquatic Insight	Emerging Trends for Harmful Algal Bloom Management in Lakes of the Pacific Northwest
2:00 - 2:20	Trajan Bitner, Portland State University	A Comparison of Plankton Communities Before and After Alum Treatments in an Urban Lake
2:20 - 2:40	Alexis Fischer, Ryan Van Goethem, Scott Shuler, Terry McNabb, EutroPHIX	Integrating external and internal phosphorus controls to improve water quality in a 6,800-acre lake in Washington State
2:40 - 3:40	Break + Poster session
Session 3: Lake ecology and management
3:40 - 4:00	David Ballenger, John Harrison, Washington State University Vancouver	Rates and Controls of Methane Emission from Four Reservoirs with Contrasting Management Regimes
4:00 - 4:20	Robert Annear, Noah Benitez-Nelson, Zoe Rodriguez del Rey, Alex Bell, Jack McLaren, Annear Water Resources, LLC	Hydrodynamic and Temperature Modeling of a Linked Reservoir-River System to Support TMDL Development in Southeastern Idaho
4:20 - 4:40	Robert Annear, Zoe Rodriguez del Rey, Noah Benitez-Nelson, Mark Rosenkranz, Brian Monnin Annear Water Resources, LLC	Adaptive Monitoring and Management of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lacamas Lake System
4:40 -5:00	Bill Mann; Annmarie Delfino, In-Situ	A New Era for Lake Health: Continuous Data Backs Innovative Treatments
5:00 - 5:30	Oregon Lake Association Business Meeting
6:00 - 9:00	Evening social and silent auction at Growler Guys

October 24, 2025
Shilo Inn parking lot
8:00 - 12:00	Field trip to JC Boyle Dam site

Registration & Optional Field Trip Pricing

	After Oct. 1
1. In-Person: OLA Member	$140
2. In-Person: Non-Member	$180
3. Online (Non-Student)	$80
4. Student: In-Person or Online	$20
5. Wednesday Field Trip Option 1: Lakeside Farm	$25
6. Wednesday Field Trip Option 2: Lake Ewauna	$25
7. Optional Friday Field Trip: Former J.C. Boyle Dam Site	$25

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been held for reservation by conference attendees at Shilo Inn near the Oregon Tech conference. Please call the hotel directly at 541-885-7980 and mention "Oregon Lakes Association" to get the block room rate ($110/night plus tax). Rooms at this rate cannot be guaranteed after October 1.

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