Meet the team behind the project
Tom Yount
Over a decade ago, Tom visited friends on Hayden Lake and quickly fell in love. He bought his home and now enjoys year-round residency with his family. Tom and his family can be found boating, skiing, fishing, paddleboarding on the lake, hiking, and hunting throughout the watershed. Tom has a Construction Management degree and 35 years of practical experience. He has worked with Idaho DEQ, EPA, and other agencies for permitting, engineering, building, and operating waste and wastewater treatment facilities. He believes that Hayden Lake’s water quality and the overall watershed ecosystem are vital for the benefit of the current and future residents.
Email: tom.yount@haydenlakewid.com
Frank Wilhelm
Dr. Frank Wilhelm is a limnologist at the University of Idaho with over 30 years of experience. He’s been at UI since 2007 where his research is primarily focused on the effects of nutrients in controlling algal (specifically cyanobacteria) populations in surface waters. This has included long-term monitoring of trends in lakes and reservoirs, estimating whole lake/reservoir water and nutrient budgets, large-scale in-lake controlled experiments of nitrogen additions to rebalance N to P ratios, determination of internal loading via anoxic sediments using field and laboratory-incubated lake sediment core data, whole-reservoir aeration with novel aerator designs to account for a 35’irrigation withdrawal, and recently examining the effects of anthropogenic waves on sediment and nutrient resuspension in the nearshore zone of Idaho lakes. He teaches limnology at the senior undergraduate and graduate levels; team teaches in the first year FISH/WLF intro course and teaches a communication and management of scientific data course. He trains MS and PhD graduate students as well as supervises undergraduate senior projects.
Email: Fwilhelm@uidaho.edu
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Hayden Lake Watershed Improvement District
PO Box 0161
Hayden Lake, ID 83835