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 [Room TBD]

Evening

Dinner on your own

8:00 am

Opening Remarks

Adam Charlton

Aquatic Control Inc., Elizabethtown, KY

8:10 am

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

9:30 am

EPA & Regulatory Updates

Carlton Layne

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

Refreshment 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

1:00 pm

Boater Safety

Captain

Louisiana Department of Wildlife Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA

1:20 pm

TBD

Kim Brown

Kim Brown Consulting

1:40 pm

DOT Regulations

Captain

Louisiana State Police, Baton Rouge, LA

2:00 pm

Worklife Balance

Anne Stuckey Williams

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2:20 pm

Public Outreach and Engagement in Aquatics

Brittany Chesser

Texas A&M University

2:40 pm

TBD

3:00 pm

Refreshment Break

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

5:00 pm

5:30 pm

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

Day 1 Presentations Conclude

Presidents Reception

8:00 am

8:20 am

8:40 am

9:00 am

9:20 am

9:40 am

10:00 am

A New Taxa of Eel grass

AJ Horstead

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Seasonal Efficacy of Herbicide Mixtures for Giant Salvinia Management in Mesocosms

Kori Paliwoda

Texas A&M University

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

Abigail Pugh

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

How do salvinia weevils respond to herbicide treated giant salvinia?

Samantha Prinsloo

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

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

Jill Skidmore

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Student Q&A

Refreshment Break [Room TBD]

10:20 am

Industry Updates – Platinum and Gold Sponsors

10:40 am

11:00 am

11:20 am

11:40 am

TBD

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

General New Direction of USFWS regarding AIS species in the region

Kayla Kimmel

US Fish and Wildlife Service, Tupelo, MS

12:00 pm

Lunch Provided

1:00 pm

TBD

Ben Sperry

US ARMY ERDC- CAIP, Gainesville, FL

1:20 pm

Does Integrated Pest Management Improve Control of Cuban Bulrush?

Chris Mudge

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

1:40 pm

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

David Curtiss

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

2:00 pm

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

Gray Turnage

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

2:20 pm

TBD

2:40 pm

TBD

3:00 pm

Refreshment Break

3:20 pm

Biobase & EcoFish: Understanding the Technology

Troy Goldsby

Biobase

2:20 pm

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

Brittany Chesser

Texas A&M University

4:00 pm

TBS\D

Stephen Turner, TVA

4:20 pm

TBD

Matt Townson, Aqua Services, a Jones Lake Mgmt Company

4:40 pm

5:00 pm

MSAPMS Business Meeting

6:00 am – 8:00 am

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

Buses leave for  LSU Mesocosm Aquatic Plant Workshop Field Day 

8:20am – 11:00am

11:00am

11:20am

11:30am

11:50am

12:10pm

Tour LSU mesocosm, crawfish production farm, and campus lake restoration projects

Buses leave LSU for hotel & final sessions.

Arrive back at hotel

Aquatic Plants and Restoration:  A look at restoration on LSU’s campus lakes.
Kayla Kimmel
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Tupelo, MS

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

Closing Remarks and Adjourn