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Skip the beach, hit the lakes says Forbes
In lieu of vacations to the beach, Forbes Magazine recently featured five summer lake getaways with activities and sights galore. Forbes mentioned Lake Placid in New York, formerly famous for hosting...
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Research Summary: Tributary Phosphorus Monitoring in the U.S. Portion of the...
The Laurentian Great Lakes Basin is home to a vast human population and ecosystem with competing demands for land and water, giving rise to concerns associated with resource health and sustainability....
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Lower Levels in Little Rock Lake: Fish Lose Habitat, Hiding Spots
Trees near lake shores have got it made. A nice view, plenty of sunlight and largely little competition. But stressors weaken the lucky saps over time. Soil erosion, insect infestation or a smoldering...
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Crowdsourced Secchi Depth Data Reveal Changing Clarity of Midwestern Lakes
Lots of studies rely on data collected by volunteers. These crowdsourced data points show up in projects on bird watching, space travel and, of course, water quality. Lake Winagra. (Credit: Wisconsin...
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Wisconsin’s Lake Kegonsa Gets Most Nutrients From Upstream Yahara Lakes
Wisconsin’s chain of Yahara lakes is beset by algae. It drains from the most-northern lake, Mendota (near Madison) to Lake Kegonsa to the southeast. In between are Lakes Monona, Wingra and Waubesa....
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Student Scientists Investigate Lake Menomin Algal Blooms
A group of student researchers from colleges and universities across the United States are working this summer near Menomonie, Wisc. as part of a lake science program looking at algal blooms in the...
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Majority Of Lake Mendota’s Phosphorus Flows In During Just 29 Days Each Year
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin – Madison have found that most of the phosphorus making it into Lake Mendota each year gets there over the course of just 29 days, according to The Capital...
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Trivia game to protect Wisconsin’s lakes
Residents of Wisconsin now have information about their lakes in a media they won’t want to throw away – a trivia game. Experts from the University of Wisconsin and its branches, the Wisconsin...
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Record lake sturgeon caught in Wisconsin
This past week officials with Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources caught a record size lake sturgeon on the Wolf River near Shawano. The fish was 87.5 inches long and weighed more than 240...
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Lakes in Madison, Wisc. clear up early
Lakes near Madison, Wisc. are enjoying an early clear water phase, some up to 20 feet of clarity, but no one knows how long it will last. Because of the early warm weather followed by cool, dry...
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