Lake & Pond Management
LENTIC ECOLOGICAL, LLC
Mt. Bethel, Pennsylvania
Lentic Ecological collaborates directly with each client to develop the appropriate aquatic habitat management program.
Lentic Ecological understands that the aquatic habitat management business is a relationship first business. Lentic Ecological will strive to maintain a focus on our clients with an emphasis on what is best for each of their individual water bodies to suit their goals and management challenges. Our current services will encompass aquatic habitat surveys, aquatic plant and algae management, water quality monitoring, installation and maintenance of fountains and aeration systems, nutrient management and water body mapping. Consulting services can also be provided to clients who want a partner that can help guide them through their existing management programs.
Who We Are | Who We Serve
Currently servicing New Jersey, Northeast Pa and Southeast New York
Over the course of his twenty-one year career, Bob has provided management for small residential pond clients, municipal, county and state government lakes, ponds and reservoirs, HOA’s and Lake Community Associations.
Through the years Bob has been responsible for installation and maintenance of hundreds of fountains, installation of aeration systems ranging from small residential pond systems to the design and installation of comprehensive systems for lakes of up to one hundred acres. Nutrient management has also included developing nutrient mitigation programs for the implementation of aluminum sulfate applications, aluminum sulfate injection systems, and Phoslock treatments. Bob has also had the opportunity of adding several of the largest Hydrilla management projects in the Northeast to his resume acting as project manager and responsible applicator for such projects as New Croton Reservoir, Croton River, Cayuga Lake, D&R Canal and Manasquan Reservoir. Projects have also crossed into wetland, terrestrial and forestry management, with decades of experience in managing invasive species for dozens of wetland restorations projects across New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Our Services
Aeration Design Repair and Installation
Fish Stocking
Invasive Species Management
Remote Water Quality Monitoring
Aquatic Plant Survey
Forestry & Terrestrial Invasive Species Management
Lake Management
Shoreline Stabilization and Planting
Biological Treatment
Fountain Installation
Plant ID
Cyanobacteria Management
Injection Treatment
Pond Management
Additional Services Provided
Bathymetric Mapping
Water Quality Monitoring
Permitting
Fisheries Management
Nutrient Inactivation
Following a twenty-one year career in the lake, pond and wetland management industry that spanned from working for small privately owned management firms to corporate settings and private equity managed platform businesses, Bob felt that it was the right time to create his own brand.
Bob Schindler has an accomplished career in pond in lake management and has held positions as a Senior Aquatic Biologist, Project Manager and Operations Director with an extensive background in lake management, pond management, aquatic and wetland plant management, fisheries management, permitting and site safety programs. Bob has served as a two-time past president of the Pennsylvania Lake Management Society (PALMS) and has been on the Board of Directors for the past sixteen years. Bob also is a member of the North American Lake Management Society and Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society.
Education: BS in Environmental Resource Management, with minor specializations in Watersheds and Water Resources and Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Penn State University (2004)
Professional Licenses and Accreditations:
Licensed Aquatic Applicator in DE, NJ, NY, and PA
Licensed in Forest Pest Management
Licensed in Fish Control (Piscicide) – USFWS, 2013
SePro Preferred Applicator
Wetland Delineation Certification – Rutgers University, 2011
OSHA HAZMAT – 40 HR, 10 HR
Cintas First Aid, CPR Certified
Aquamaster Certified Technician - 2006