Since 2004, the annual International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum has been a strategic incubator for cross-border research, management collaboration, networking and communication.
The Foundation leads a partnership of agencies to organize the Forum each year. Attended each year by upwards of 160 research and resource managers, the Forum is the “hub” for all groups working to ensure the future ecological integrity of the waters of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Basin.
A big “thank you” to our sponsors. Hosting the Forum each year would not be possible without the support of many organizations, including:
Organizing the Forum is a collaborative effort of many individuals and agencies, lead by the Foundation. Many thanks to the 2026 Forum Organizing Committee, all of whom have helped organize and run this annual “meeting of the minds” in our watershed for many years.
To become a sponsor of the next International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum, please contact:
Teika Newton, teikanewton@lowwsf.com
The 2026 Kallemeyn Award was presented March 12, 2026 during the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum.
The Kallemeyn Award is presented annually by the Foundation to an individual who has demonstrated in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed:
The Wilson Stewardship Award is presented by the Foundation to individuals, groups, or projects that have made significant contributions to environmental stewardship in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed through:
The Award will be presented at the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum when there’s a deserving recipient as determined by the selection committee.
To nominate someone, please send an email to Teika Newton, Executive Director at teikanewton@lowwsf.com.
Limited travel support may be available to assist postgraduate students to present their research at the Forum, from the Deborah Battigelli Memorial Fund at the Foundation. Support is typically offered for up to one student per year. To receive support through the fund, a candidate’s research abstracts must be accepted for presentation at the Forum. To apply, contact Teika Newton, Executive Director, teikanewton@lowwsf.com
The Battigelli family established the Deborah Battigelli Memorial Fund at LOWWSF to honour Deborah’s love of life at the lake and her interest to preserve the lake area for future generations to continue to enjoy what she loved. The Fund assists the up-and-coming generation of scientists with their research on our lakes with limited travel support to present their research at the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum.
Proceedings Reports of the annual International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum are available from 2006 onward, here: Forum Proceedings
Once again, St Cloud State University’s Reuben Wagenius, was our Forum IT champ, recording all the virtual presentations and helping us get them posted out our site. You can view the 2026 presentations here.
Reuben Wagenius from St. Cloud State University provided IT and Video Conferencing services again in 2025. We are forever indebted to him for his tireless support! You can view the 2025 presentations here.
Thanks once again to St. Cloud State University’s Reuben Wagenius and Dr. Matt Julius for their help in recording this year’s Forum presentations. You can view the 2024 presentations here.
Special thanks to Dr. Matt Julius and his student assistants for their support in recording this year’s Forum presentations. You can view the 2023 Forum presentations here (note: videos are temporarily offline in fall 2026).
As in 2021, a huge thank you to St. Cloud State University for doing everything we needed to take the Forum virtual this year.
A special “shout out” from us to St. Cloud U’s Reuben Wagenius, IT / Video Conferencing Guru, and Matt Julius, Professor for all their work to make the video-conference possible
A huge thank you to St. Cloud State University for doing everything we needed to take the Forum virtual this year.
A special “shout out” from us to St. Cloud U’s Reuben Wagenius, IT /Video Conferencing Guru, and Matt Julius, Professor for all their work to make the video-conference possible
Proceedings of past Forum events are available at the Proceedings Archive: https://lowwsf.com/forum-proceedings
Videos from past Forum events can be found here: https://lowwsf.com/forum-video
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