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Local lakes at risk of too much love

By: angiehongmn August 25, 2022November 30, 2022

Aquatic Biology, Keeping water cleanfishing, Lake Elmo, Minnesota lakes, Scandia, shoreline habitat, Stillwater, featuredLeave a Comment

As shorelines become increasingly more developed, we start to see shoreline erosion, fewer fish and wildlife, more algae in the water, and diminished water clarity.

Waiter! There’s a plant in my lake!

By: angiehongmn July 18, 2011

Aquatic Biologyaquatic plants, macrophytes, shoreline habitat, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

That said, the common desire to have a sandy, weed-free lakeshore with clear, deep water does not really line up with the reality of what most of our Minnesota lakes have to offer.