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2025 ILMA Conference

TBA — Illinois
2025

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 2025 CONFERENCE

TBA - Illinois, 2025. Registration is now closed.

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call for papers

  Coming this Fall: CALL FOR SPEAKERS

We will be looking to fill out our conference sessions with talks and presentations from professionals, teachers, students, or others with detailed knowledge on issues associated with research and management on lakes, waterways, watersheds, and fisheries for our 2025 conference in the fall of 2024. Speaker slots will be 25 minutes.

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virtual photo contest

  PHOTO CONTEST

A popular tradition of our annual conference is our photo contest! ILMA is looking for your best water-related photos in its annual members-only photo contest. Photos can be of any subject (scenic, wildlife, recreational) but all photos must have water in them and they must have been photographed in Illinois. The first place winner will receive $50 and the second place winner will receive $25. One entry allowed per person. Entries should be submitted via email to abartolai2@lakecountyil.gov with heading “ILMA Photo Contest” and please include your name and number in the email.

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  MEMBERSHIP

Please renew your annual ILMA membership! ILMA membership is good for one calendar year and helps sustain ILMA to provide opportunities such as conferences, webinars, scholarships and more! RENEW your membership today!

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Past Conference Locations

  • 1986 DeKalb
  • 1987 Peoria
  • 1988 Rockford
  • 1989 Springfield
  • 1990 Lisle
  • 1991 Champaign
  • 1992 Rockford
  • 1993 St. Charles
  • 1994 Decatur
  • 1995 Naperville
  • 1996 Naperville
  • 1997 Decatur
  • 1998 Rockford
  • 1999 Rockford
  • 2000 Peoria
  • 2001 Peoria
  • 2002 Rockford
  • 2003 Bloomington
  • 2004 Glencoe
  • 2005 Moline
  • 2006 Lake Shelbyville
  • 2007 St. Charles
  • 2008 Springfield
  • 2009 Peoria
  • 2010 Naperville
  • 2011 Peoria
  • 2012 DeKalb
  • 2013 Bloomington
  • 2014 Sandwich
  • 2015 DeKalb
  • 2016 Springfield
  • 2017 Crystal Lake
  • 2018 Bloomington
  • 2019 Crystal Lake
  • 2020 Champaign
  • 2022 Champaign
  • 2023 Gurnee