2025 Data Buoy review (presentation)

I recently presented at the Indiana Lakes Management Society annual meeting, conveniently held at Swan Lake in Plymouth, IN. It wasn’t recorded, but since I went to the trouble of preparing it, I recorded a version to share more broadly. Here’s the...
Data Buoy for Lake Maxinkuckee

Data Buoy for Lake Maxinkuckee

I have written several articles about the importance of monitoring the water quality of the lake. Water Quality Monitoring – The Advance Warning System Proactive Lake Monitoring Lakefront Property Values Tied to Water Clarity As stated in these articles, LMEF has been...

a herd of zebras, a bed of bivalves

I had a couple former and present board members send me pictures of their buoys this fall, which seemed to be coated in a larger-than-normal layer of Zebra mussels. Did you see this two? Let me know. photo courtesy of Dave Franckowiak, current board member photo...

water… ups and downs

The last 48 hours have had me feeling like Andy in The Shawshank Redemption… Indiana was (perhaps still is?) in drought conditions, with the Lake Maxinkuckee area in Moderate Drought Conditions. It’s crispy. Leaves on trees and shrubs began drying and...