Keep Our Lakes Healthy This Fall A Message from Our Leader: A Lake Manager’s Job is Never Done! Benefits of Fall Aquatic Weed Harvesting Leaf Litter and Water Quality Lake Friendly Landscaping Upcoming Conferences: Florida Lake Management Society Technical Symposium Oregon Lake Association & Washington State Lake Protection Association Joint Conference California Stormwater Quality Association
As the seasons shift and temperatures drop, lake and pond owners must turn their attention to managing aquatic weeds that have accumulated over the warmer months. Fall offers a prime opportunity for aquatic weed harvesting, not only to maintain the health of the waterbody through the colder months but also to prepare it for the
Aquatic plants play a crucial role in freshwater ecosystems, offering essential habitats for fish and supporting a wide range of ecosystem services. Known as macrophytes, these plants grow in or around water and can either be rooted in soil or float, with some being partially or fully submerged. Researchers from Michigan State University surveyed 78
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency released new information regarding its ongoing efforts to determine what caused a massive fish kill in Duluth’s Tischer Creek in August. MPCA Communications Specialist Beverly Godfrey says the city of Duluth drained an estimated 1.7 million gallons of chloraminated water into the creek from the Woodland Reservoir over a 15-hour
Wildfires Impact Local Water Quality A Message from Our Leader: Human Activity and Lake Management Wildfires Destroy & Pollute Harvester Removes 35,000 Cubic Yards of Eelgrass Anglers Say Invasive Plant Spraying is Harming Lakes Upcoming Conferences: Florida Lake Management Society Technical Symposium Oregon Lake Association & Washington State Lake Protection Association Joint Conference California Stormwater
Human Activities Threaten Lakes and Waterways A Message from Our Leader: North American Lake Management Society Advocates for U.S. Lakes Harvester Removes 468 Tons of Lake Weeds Are Motorized Boats Adding Toxins to Lakes? Pollution Causes Underwater Forests to Disappear Upcoming Conferences: Florida Lake Management Society Technical Symposium Read More
In a move not seen for almost 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency order suspending all uses of a weedkiller linked to serious health risks for unborn babies. The herbicide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, also known as DCPA or Dacthal, is used on crops such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage and onions. Fetuses exposed to
The deepest natural inland lake in Wisconsin is the latest to take up the issue of wake boating. A wake boating advisory has been issued by the municipalities that surround Green Lake. Wake boats have special tanks allowing them to create larger wakes than other boats. The advisory asks wake boaters to operate in wake