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2025 Aquatic Webinar Series

Dive into pond management with this Aquatics Webinar Series. This series features 10 expertly led sessions designed for pond owners and managers. Each webinar covers essential topics, including fish stocking, aquatic vegetation control, water quality myths, fishery enhancement, and innovative solutions for nutrient and algal bloom management. Participants can register for individual webinars based on their interests or sign up for the entire series to gain a comprehensive understanding of pond management. Click the button below to view upcoming webinar offerings. 

Upcoming Webinars

More Bass, Less Grass Pond Program

March 24 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT

Beaumont, Texas

Join us for an in-person, hands-on workshop tailored for landowners, natural resource professionals, and pond enthusiasts. Topics include aquatic vegetation ID and management, fish stocking and sustainable management, site selection for better pond health, and live electrofishing demonstrations.

Registration includes five continuing education units for pesticide applicators in Texas, lunch and refreshments, and workshop materials (printed or USB). Enhance your pond management skills—don’t miss out! Click the button below to learn more. 

March 24th Program

Self-Paced Online Courses

We have created self-paced online courses designed for landowners and pesticide applicators who are looking for aquatic vegetation management techniques or continuing education credits (CEUs only for Texas pesticide applicators). Participants can register for individual courses based on their interests or sign up course bundle to gain a comprehensive understanding of aquatic vegetation management. 

Click the title of each course to take you to the course registration page.

 

Aquatic Plant Management Series Bundle

 

This four-course aquatic vegetation series provides landowners and pesticide applicators biological information for submerged, algae, floating, and emergent species of problematic aquatic plants found in Texas. Completing all four courses provides four hours of Integrated Pest Management CEU (TX only).

Aquatic Vegetation Management Basics

 

During this course, you will learn why aquatic vegetation is problematic, how to manage it, prevention methods, and effective forms of control and mode of action. This course is 1.5 hours long and offers 1 Integrated Pest Management CEU (TX only).

Algae & Floating Aquatic Vegetation Identification & Control

 

During this course, you will learn how to identify algae and floating aquatic plants, along with specific, effective control options. This course is 1 hour long and offers 1 Integrated Pest Management CEU (TX only).

Submerged Aquatic Plant Identification & Control

 

During this course, you will learn how to identify submerged aquatic plants, along with specific, effective control options. This course is 1 hour long and offers 1 Integrated Pest Management CEU (TX only).

Emergent Aquatic Plant Identification & Control

 

During this course, you will learn how to identify emergent aquatic plants, along with specific, effective control options. This course is 1 hour long and offers 1 Integrated Pest Management CEU (TX only).


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2025 Aquatic Webinar Series Bundle

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Photo Credits: The majority of the aquatic plant line drawings are the copyright of the University of Florida Center for Aquatic Plants (Gainsville). They are used with permission.

Aquatic plant photographs were provided by David Bayne, Jim Davis, Kelly Duffie, Billy Higginbotham, Michael Masser, John Clayton, Chetta Owens, Diane Smith, Joe Snow, Don Steinbach, Bridget Robinson Lassiter and Peter Woods.

You may use these photos, so long as you give credit to AquaPlant.

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