Tool For MN Lake Health Information
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has created a new online tool, called the Watershed Health Assessment Framework for Lakes (WHAF for...
12 Ways To Protect Your Lake:
Healthy lakes are like Mom, puppies and apple pie – we all love and adore them.So, of course, your lake deserves TLC....
EPA How’s My Waterway
An updated version of the How’s My Waterway (HMW) application, developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was released in June 2020. HMW...
Water Quality Analysis Reports
There is a good Case For Water Quality Monitoring. Many Coalitions of Lake Associations (COLAs) sponsor lake water quality monitoring programs. ...
Landscape And Climate Change
Climate change affects BWSR's ability to fulfill its mission, which is to improve and protect Minnesota's water and soil resources by working...
Endocrine disruptors in lakes are becoming an emerging concern
Over the past few years, studies of Minnesota’s waters have found a variety of unregulated chemicals -- such as pharmaceuticals, fragrances, fire...
Lakeshore Owners Loving Their Lakes To Death- Darren Newville, EOT SWCD
By Darren Newville, District Manager EOT SWCD
I remember a trip to Lake Okoboji, one of Iowa’s great lakes,...
What Is The Trophic State Index (TSI)?
Trophic (pronounced TROH-fik) means “of or relating to nutrition.” The Trophic State Index (TSI) is a classification system designed to “rate” individual lakes,...
Antibiotics are accumulating in Minn. lakes, posing health risk
Dan Gunderson
Moorhead, Minn.
Antibiotics
used in medicine are accumulating in the bottom of Minnesota lakes.
The Case For Water Quality Monitoring
Water quality monitoring and the resulting data may appear complex to lake property owners. The science is solid but includes many components...
DNR Shoreland Classifications
Minnesota’s shoreland rules apply only to lakes and rivers assigned a shoreland classification by the Minnesota DNR. The shoreland classification determines what...
UMN LakeBrowser
UMN LakeBrowser
The Minnesota LakeBrowser is an online interactive lake water clarity/quality tool with Landsat-derived classifications of lake clarity of...
Understanding Water Quality Analysis Data Results
Water quality monitoring and the resulting data may appear complex to lake property owners. The science is solid but includes many components...
Total Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a
nutrient important for plant growth. In most lakes, phosphorus is the
limiting nutrient, which means that everything that plants and algae...
Steps To Write A Lake Management Plan
Forward by Ben Underhill, Minnesota South West Conservation District (SWCD)
When writing a management plan you are focusing on...