12:00pm – 5:00PM

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Exhibitor Set up

MSAPMS Board Meeting

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

MSAPMS Preconference Social in The Tunnel Speakeasy, Shhh!!

Evening

Dinner on your own

8:00 am

Opening Remarks

Adam Charlton

Aquatic Control Inc., Elizabethtown, KY

Presidential Address

Stephen Turner

Tennessee Valley Authority

8:20 am

Keynote Address – A History of Aquatic Plant Management in Louisiana

Dr. Dearl Sanders

Louisiana State University – Extension, Retired

9:10 am

EPA & Regulatory Updates

Carlton Layne

9:30 am

AERF: Integrating Restoration and Management Projects in the 21^st Century

Jim Petta

AERF President

9:40 am

EPA Updates Regarding the Endangered Species Act

Dr. Jay Ferrel

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

10:00 am

Networking Break

10:20 am

Geographic and genetic patterns of Cuban bulrush (Cyperus blepharoleptos) morphology in the invaded range

Dr, Gray Turnage

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

10:40 am

Initial Concentration-Exposure Time Relationships for Vallisneria × pseudorosulata with Select Herbicides

Maxwell G. Gebhart

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

11:00 am

Can planting native SAV suppress hydrilla regrowth after herbicide treatment?

Dr. Lyn Gettys

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

11:20 am

Preliminary results of field trials for reduction of invasive Vallisneria taxa in Florida

Dr. Gray Turnage

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

11:40 am

Preliminary Phenological Trends of Vallisneria Grown in Mesocosms

Maxwell G. Gebhart

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

1:20 pm

Boater Safety

Corporal Hunter Pearson

Louisiana Department of Wildlife Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA

1:40 pm

Beyond the Label: ESA Compliance, Recordkeeping, and Telling Your Story

Kim Brown

Kim Brown Consulting

2:00 pm

DOT Regulations & Common Violations

Lt. Brady Johnson

Louisiana State Police, Baton Rouge, LA

2:20 pm

Worklife Balance

Anne Stuckey Williams

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2:40 pm

APMS Update

Dr. Lyn Gettys

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

3:00 pm

3:20 pm

A field demonstration of dioecious hydrilla control in the Spring Creek arm of Lake Seminole

Michael Durham

US ARMY ERDC- CAIP, Gainesville, FL

3:40 pm

Aquatic Plants Management Activities of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

Mike Pursley

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Biloxi, MS

4:00 pm

Less is best: low dose copper sulfate treatments can improve water quality

Dr. Alan Wilson

Auburn University, Auburn, AL

4:20 pm

Aquatic Vegetation Management in Mississippi: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned

Buford Lessley

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks, Pearl, MS

4:40 pm

Interactive Study Applications as a Foundation for an AI Field-Support Agent in Applicator Training
Chris Taylor
Jones Lake Management 

5:00 pm

5:30 pm 

Day 1 Presentations Conclude

Presidents Reception

8:00 am

Control of Vallisneria nana grown in mesocosms

AJ Horstead

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

8:20 am

Seasonal Efficacy of Herbicide Mixtures for Giant Salvinia Management in Mesocosms

Kori Paliwoda

Texas A&M University

8:40 pm

Aquatic Use and Select Non-Aquatic Use Herbicide Efficacy on Vallisneria spiralis in Mesocosms

Abigail Pugh

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

9:00 am

How do salvinia weevils respond to herbicide treated giant salvinia?

Samantha Prinsloo

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

9:20 am

Initial Concentration-Exposure Time Relationships for Vallisneria spiralis with Select Herbicides

Jill Skidmore

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Evaluation of Short-Duration Herbicide Combinations for East Indian Hygrophila (Hygrophila polysperma) Control

Ian Talty

US ARMY ERDC- CAIP, Gainesville, FL

Networking Break

10:20 am

Industry Updates – Platinum and Gold Sponsors

10:40 am

11:00 am

11:20 am

11:40 am

Aquatic Vegetation Management in Texas Private Ponds: Challenges, Practices, and Knowledge Gaps

Brittany Chesser

Texas A&M University

Automated Mapping of Non-Indigenous Aquatic Plant Species via Unoccupied Aerial Systems and Artificial Intelligence

Daniel McCraine

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Alabama Power Aquatic Plant Management Program

Tim McLean

Alabama Power, Alabama

Advancing Aquatic Invasive Plant Management: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Strategic Approach

Kayla Kimmel

US Fish and Wildlife Service, Tupelo, MS

12:00 pm

Lunch on your own.

1:20 pm

Submersed Herbicide Treatments: Achieving Success in a 4-Dimensional Environment

Ben Sperry

US ARMY ERDC- CAIP, Gainesville, FL

1:40 pm

Does Integrated Pest Management Improve Control of Cuban Bulrush?

Dr. Chris Mudge

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2:00 pm

Wildlife/Coastal Restoration in the face of nutria/swine issues

David Curtiss

US Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Wildlife Services, Port Allen, LA 

2:20 pm

Aquatic Use and Select Non-Aquatic Use Herbicide Efficacy on Vallisneria × pseudorosulata grown in mesocosms

Dr. Gray Turnage

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

2:40 pm

Screening ecotypes of native Florida SAV species under common nursery conditions

Dr. Lyn Gettys

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

3:00 pm

Networking Break

3:20 pm

Mapping Ponds, Finding Fish: A Practical BioBase Workflow for Lake Managers

Troy Goldsby

Biobase

3:40 pm

Trending Issues in Urban Pond Management

Ken Rust

Louisiana Pond Management, Baton Rouge, LA

4:00 pm

Invasion pathways and integrated management of aquatic weeds

Dr. Lyn Gettys

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

4:20 pm

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Aquatic Plant Management Update

Kane Finkbeiner

Louisiana Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Monroe, LA

4:40 pm

Beyond Release: What Limits the Establishment of a Water Hyacinth Biological Control Agent in the Southeastern United States?

Flaminia Mariani

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

6:00 am – 8:00 am

8:00 am – 9:10 am

Continental Breakfast

Intro to Workshop

Adam Charlton

Aquatic Control Inc., Elizabethtown, KY

Introduction to Aquatic Plant Control

Daniel Hill

Alligare, LLC., Lafayette, LA

From Plant ID to Public Buy-In: Communicating Aquatic Vegetation Management

Brittany Chesser

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Louisiana’s Crawfish Industry and Aquatic Plants
Todd Fontenot
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Networking Break

Interactive Plant ID Course
Dr. Gray Turnage
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Dr. Chris Mudge
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Closing Remarks and Adjourn