Keeping Tabs on the Health of Our Lakes
On November 29, 2019, the following Guest Column by Becky Norris was published in the Antrim Review. Download or print the PDF of the text.
Continue reading →CAKE CISMA 3Q Newsletter
We thought our membership would be interested in the most recent newsletter from CAKE CISMA (Charlexvoix Antrim Kalkaska Emmett cooperative invasive species management area). The newsletter can be found here on the CAKE website.
Continue reading →TLA October ’19 Newsletter
The October 2019 Newsletter is now available: TLA Newsletter October 2019 This issue contains articles on the following topics: Golden Brown Algae Update President’s Message Internship Program Update Swimmer’s Itch for the Non-Scientist Shoreline Survey Chain of Lakes Water Level Update
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 →
TLA Seeking Executive Director
Three Lakes Association (TLA) is a non-profit with more than 500 members. TLA’s mission is to provide leadership in preserving, protecting and improving the environmental quality of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed for all generations with an emphasis … Continue reading →
TLA July ’19 Newsletter
The July 2019 Newsletter is now available: TLA Newsletter July 2019 This issue contains articles on the following topics: Measuring water levels President’s message In Memoriam – Lynn Collins Paddle Antrim Where are they, now? Did You Know? – Loons SEOP … Continue reading →
TLA April ’19 Newsletter
The April 2019 Newsletter is now available: TLA Newsletter April 2019 This issue contains articles on the following topics: Golden Brown Algae Project Update President’s Message Aquatic Invaders A Powerful New Tool for Water Quality Monitoring Groundwater: The Sixth Great Lake … Continue reading →
2018 GBA Water Sample Study
As part of our study of the golden brown algae proliferation on the lake floor of our northern lakes, we checked our water samples collected in 2018 for Ace-K (acesulfame potassium), an artificial sweetener found in numerous products used exclusively … Continue reading →
2017 GBA Study Report
In 2017 four lake associations collaborated to do a study to investigate the relationship between changes in phosphorus and changes in the diatom composition of the lake floor golden brown algae. The report of that study is now available: Peeper 2017 … Continue reading →
Golden Brown Algae Report Update
As part of our effort to judge if household wastewater could be a source of nutrients driving the proliferation of algae (GBA) on the lake floors in our area, we have checked groundwater for human-associated compounds in samples collected in … Continue reading →