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March 4, 2025, 1:35 p.m.

2025 Lake James Watershed Symposium Presentations

Morning Session 1 - Celebrating our Accomplishments and Continued Progress Lake James Environmental Association

  • LJEA Annual Summary
  • Growing Partnerships
  • Wilderness Watershed Adventure
  • Lake James Water Quality Update

Morning Session 2 - Partners and Progress

  • LJEA / North Carolina School of Math and Science Collaboration
  • Data Analytics Mentorship
  • Fate of Copper Sulfate used as Algaecides (Warren Wilson College)
  • Fonta Flora Park Watershed Restoration (LJEA)
  • Impact of Invasive Plants on our Wetlands (Montreat College)
  • Update from Duke Energy

Afternoon Session 1 - Foothills Conservancy and Catawba Riverkeeper Land Protection and Restoration Updates

  • Foothills Conservancy protection around Lake James
  • Paddy's Creek Restoration Project
  • Trails as Stormwater Management
  • Stream Repair in the Carolinas (Robinson Design Engineers)
  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Beaver Dam Analogs (Appalachian State University)
  • Bethel Park Stream Restoration (Wildlands Engineering)

Afternoon Session 2 - Advocacy (LJEA and Catawba Riverkeeper) and Helene Recovery Panel

  • Interbasin Transfer
  • Upper Catawba State Trail
  • Helene Recovery
  • Local Advocacy
  • Hurricane Helene Panel - LJEA, Duke Energy, Catawaba Riverkeeper, Appalachian State University, McDowell County Emergency Services, and Foothills Conservancy

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