A Detroit Lakes Summit Why are several hundred people driving from around the state of Minnesota to Detroit Lakes this Saturday? To climb Mount Detroit? Nope. They have much more serious things to do. They gather in DL deeply concerned about the damage non-native plants and animals, aquatic invasive species, they are called, are inflicting … Read More »
Do you love your lake and want to protect it? Listen to this day brightener. Gathering material for my book, For Love of Lakes, my wife and I visited 46 lakes to better understand the interaction between people and their lakes. Some were crystal clear, where we could see bottom more than 20 feet down. In … Read More »
So how do fish fare when lakes take on their coat of winter ice? It depends on a few critical conditions. Take this year, for example. (Yes, please do, cries the Nordic skier in me, yearning for snow.) With ice thinner than normal and snow cover minimal across large areas of Minnesota, light penetrates lakes … Read More »
Check out a synonym finder and notice that all giants are not of great physical stature. Giants can also be entities of great influence, renowned, celebrated and more. And some of them are the size of a carrot seed. The giants of which I speak? Water fleas. Cladacera. Best represented by a sub-group called daphnia. … Read More »
It was a red letter autumn for metro lakes. Why should you be happy (and become engaged)? Here’s the problem lakes face in the fall. Leaves contain phosphorus. Phosphorus, in excess, stimulates plant and algae growth. That reduces lake water clarity and quality. Many leaves accumulate on street edges and get washed into storm sewer … Read More »
According to Webster, a sentinel is a person or animal who guards a group. Webster needs to add an entity to his list of sentinels. I expect you are not too far away from a most unusual sentinel right now. The sentinels of which I speak are lakes! Here is the situation. Many of our … Read More »
Do you have a fondness for lakes, maybe even a love for them? Are you curious about what’s below the waves? Along the shore? Are you concerned about lakes and their futures? Congratulations! You have come to the right place. My name is Darby Nelson, and like most people, I love our lakes. I have … Read More »
Ever seen a 50 pound minnow? An Asian carp? Your chances of seeing them are getting better. “Asian Carp” is a generic term for four different carp species, all in the minnow family, that are working their way up the Mississippi River. Several of these species pose a significant threat to the food webs of … Read More »
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