2020 Summer Intern Reports
The reports from our summer intern, Sydney Frederick, are now available on our website: Temperature Readings on Lake Bellaire and Intermediate Lake 2020 Golden Brown Algae Repopulation Experiment 2020
Continue reading →Category Archives: Projects & Reports
Swimmer’s Itch Assessments – 2019
During 2019, TLA hired Freshwater Solutions to conduct three Comprehensive Assessments, plus our Summer Interns in 2019 used a new DNA-based methodology to detect the swimmer’s itch parasite in water samples. The assembled reports acknowledge TLA’s sources for funding for … Continue reading →
Swimmer’s Itch
Swimmer’s Itch Rack Card Since there are still a few weeks left of good swimming in our lakes, we want to share this rack card area residents. We recently collaborated with other lake associations in the Elk River Chain of … Continue reading →
Swimmer’s Itch Incident Reports – Summer 2018
Thank you to everyone who reported incidents of Swimmer’s Itch over the summer of 2018. Between May and October, we received 101 reported incidents. Here are the results: Swimmer’s Itch Incident Report.
Continue reading →TLA Swimmer’s Itch Reporting Tool
Have you encountered Swimmer’s Itch, this year? Have members of your family, your guests, or your neighbors? Please help us identify where the problem exists and how bad it is. The Three Lakes Association (TLA) has a reporting tool for … Continue reading →
Swimmer’s Itch Reporting Tool
In response to the survey Three Lakes Association did last fall, we received many reports of historical problems with swimmers’ itch at several locations in our three lakes. In order to more completely determine the size of the problem and … Continue reading →
Swimmer’s Itch Survey Results
Thanks to all of you who took the time to respond to the Three Lakes Association’s Swimmer’s Itch survey. 201 of you filled out the survey and a few more responded by telephone. A slight majority felt that Swimmer’s Itch … Continue reading →
2017 National Lake Assessment of Torch Lake
In 2017, the Three Lakes Association, in collaboration with other local environmental groups, contributed to having a National Lake Assessment (NLA) performed of Torch Lake by the Great Lakes Environmental Center (GLEC), an organization certified to perform these assessments for … Continue reading →
2017 Sandbar Pollution Study Report
Here is the report on the 2017 Sandbar Pollution Study, written by Becky Norris for the Three Lakes Association, the Torch Lake Protection Alliance, and the Elk-Skegemog Lake Association: Sandbar_2017_study_report
Continue reading →Help Wanted – 2017 Cladophora Survey
Dear Three Lakes Association Members and Friends: Cladophora is algae that has been found at various locations on Torch Lake, Clam Lake and Lake Bellaire. It is one measure of the overall water quality in lakes. Three Lakes Association has … Continue reading →