Past Research & Case History Rewards Program Winners

The Natural Lake Biosciences Research & Case History Rewards Program is an annual contest created to allow lake managers to show off all the great work they do with Natural Lake Biosciences products. To learn more about entering your case in this year’s contest, read the rules here.

2023 Top Submissions

The eighth annual Research & Case History Rewards Program saw many exceptional submissions, and we’ve chosen to highlight some of this year’s top studies. This years highlighted cases are:

– Water clarifying treatment using using PondZilla Pro and MetaFloc
– Reducing phosphorus levels to control microcystis blooms using MetaFloc
-The effectiveness of CattZilla on invasive Torpedograss
– Increased response time of herbicides on vegetation control when using PondZilla Pro.

You can read each of their reports below.

2022 Top Submissions

The seventh annual Research & Case History Rewards Program saw many exceptional submissions, and we’ve chosen to highlight some of this year’s top studies. This years highlighted cases are:

– Muck reduction using MuckBiotics
– The effectiveness of MuckBiotics on organic sediment reduction
– Increased response time of water lily treatment when combining an aquatic herbicide with AquaSticker and PondZilla Pro

You can read each of their reports below.

2021 Top Submissions

The sixth annual Research & Case History Rewards Program saw many exceptional submissions, and we’ve chosen to highlight some of this year’s top studies. This years highlighted cases are:

– Organic muck reduction using MuckBiotics
– The effectiveness of MuckBiotics on organic muck reduction
– Reducing nutrient levels to control Planktonic/Cyanobacteria outbreaks using AquaSticker, PondZilla Pro, Nature’s Blend, and MuckBiotics
– Controlling Lyngbya using PondZilla Pro, and AquaSticker with an herbicide.

You can read each of their reports below.

2020 Top Submissions

The fifth annual Research & Case History Rewards Program saw many exceptional submissions, and we’ve chosen to highlight some of this years top studies. This years highlighted cases are:

– Organic muck reduction using MuckBiotics
– Improving cattail treatment efficacy with CattZilla
– Balancing lake systems with probiotics
– Breaking down Vallisneria with Pondzilla Pro
– Enhancing treatment efficacy using probiotics and biocatalysts

You can read each of their reports below.

2019 Winners

The fourth annual Research & Case History Rewards Program saw a record number of fantastic submissions, and we’ve chosen to award the top five entries. The placement is as follows:

1st – Aquatic Plus
2nd – Lake and Pond Solutions
3rd – Lake Doctors, Terrapin Aquatics, and Rollins Aquatics (3-Way Tie)

You can read each of their reports below.

2018 Winners

The third annual Research & Case History Rewards Program saw a record number of fantastic submissions, and we’ve chosen to award the top five entries. The placement is as follows:

1st – Aqua Doc
2nd – Aquatic Plus AND McCloud Aquatics
3rd – Lake Pro AND Mountain Town Maintenance

You can read each of their reports below.

2017 Winners

The second annual Research & Case History Rewards Program included an exceptional batch of studies, and we’ve chosen to award the top four entries. The placement is as follows:

1st – Matt Lewis, Lake Doctors (Ft Myers)
2nd – Heath Spence, Aqua Doc AND Sean Kollmer, Lake & Pond Solutions
3rd – Mike Smith, Lake Doctors (Navarre)

You can read each of their reports below.

2016 Winners

The inaugural year of this program saw many amazing entries, but two stood out as exemplary models of the Natural Lake ideal. These two entries were both awarded the first place for the 2016 Program, and you can read their reports below: