The Nantucket Land Council is excited to present our summer virtual series: Clean Water – Topics on Tap presented by Donelan Family Wines. Each month from June through September, the NLC will host a special guest speaker for our live virtual webinar, who will present on a water quality topic followed by a live Q&A. […]
The 2020 Michigan Inland Lakes Convention: Conserving Lakes in a Changing Environment has been moved to a virtual format, September 16-18. The novel coronavirus has greatly impacted the way we work and live, and we are adapting our Convention to match the fluid environment of our lives during this pandemic. Though we realize there is […]
This month's ILMS webinar will cover the importance of Oxbow Lakes and some work done by the Nature Conservancy. Oxbow lakes are an important habitat type found along Indiana’s major rivers in southwest Indiana. They are an integral part of a river’s ecology. Many species of riverine fish use oxbows to reproduce or rear young. Oxbow […]
On Saturday, September 19, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., the Lake Hopatcong Foundation will be picking up roadside debris along Mt. Arlington Boulevard in support of Roxbury’s Adopt-A-Road Program and in celebration of World Cleanup Day! No registration is necessary for this event, simply meet near the Nixon School, 275 Mt Arlington Blvd., Landing at 8:30 am. Cleanup supplies […]
The 10th Annual Lake Taneycomo Cleanup will be Saturday, September 21, 2019! Last year more than 175 volunteers filled three 20-yard dumpsters with trash weighing over 4 tons and picked up 28 tires! Volunteers were equipped with gloves and trash bags and life jackets. Cleanup teams start at one of three locations; Branson, Rockaway Beach or Forsyth at […]
The 15th Annual West Fork Cleanup will take place Saturday, September 26th, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. To limit the gathering of people, there will be a check-in window between 8:30 am and 10:00 am for handing out trash bags and gloves at Riverside Park in West Fork. We require that you wear a […]
Invited lake community representatives: Candlewood Lake Authority, Lake Housatonic, Ball Pond, Lake Zoar, Lake Lillinonah, Lake Waubeeka and others. 7 p.m. – Larry Marsicano, Aquatic Ecosystem Research LLC, WCSU Limnology Instructor - Welcome address to introduce the topic and facilitate the conversation. 7:10 p.m. – Carl Brussells, Chad Holbrook, and Casey Welch Moorer, Aquatic Plant Control Program, […]
Phosphorus (P) loading from the watershed is a problem for many lakes, but not just during the year it enters. Long-term inputs accumulate in the sediments under lakes and can be recycled by multiple processes. These legacy P loads can be the dominant source during summer and are linked to the increasing frequency and severity […]