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...
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...
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...
Shoreline Management And Development
You may hear the terms general development lake, recreational development lake and natural environment lake used in terms of shoreline development, but...
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.
Why Does Our Lake Continue To Get More Weeds
Why Does Our Lake Continue
To Get More Weeds?
OTC COLA recently published a
Water Quality Analysis Ranking Report of...
Landscaping And Shoreland Restoration
Principles
Shorelands are naturally full of a rich diversity of life: plants, animals, and microorganisms, including humans. As we...
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...
Water Quality Distorted by Zebra Mussels
Water
Quality Distorted by Zebra Mussels
Recent studies have confirmed
that if your lake has zebra mussels you cannot compare your...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
UMN LakeBrowser
UMN LakeBrowser
The Minnesota LakeBrowser is an online interactive lake water clarity/quality tool with Landsat-derived classifications of lake clarity of...
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...