Courtesy of the
Falls Journal
Mark Edlund is the 2017 recipient of the Kallemeyn Award, recognizing his outstanding professional achievements and contributions to research and resource management in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods basin.
Edlund is senior scientist at the Science Museum of Minnesota’s St. Croix Watershed Research Station in Marine on the St. Croix Minnesota.
The award was presented by the Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation, on behalf of the international research community, at the 2017 International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum.
Larry Kallemeyn, U.S. Geological Survey (ret’d), for whom the award is named, made the presentation personally.
International research collaborations led by Edlund are providing the keys to unlocking the Lake of the Woods story about what is causing the blooms of blue-green algae.
These studies are foundational to Minnesota’s Impaired Waters Study for Lake of the Woods that is developing phosphorus objectives and targets for the lake.
Edlund has been described as the “spark plug” for the Science Museum of Minnesota’s involvement in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed, said Todd J. Sellers, executive director, Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation.
He has been catalytic to bringing together collaborative partnerships of government, university, and public stakeholders from the U.S. and Canada to answer the compelling questions for protecting the lakes and rivers in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed.
The Kallemeyn Award is presented annually by the Foundation to an individual who has demonstrated in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed:
•outstanding professional achievement in scientific research or resource management; and
•significant contributions to collaborative and co-operative approaches to research or resource management internationally.
The selection committee for the Kallemeyn Award consists of researchers and resource managers from both Canada and the U.S.
It was their unanimous recommendation to the Foundation that Edlund’s contributions epitomize the values represented by the award.
