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...

September Newsletter 2024

Click here to see updates from our September newsletter. A DNR employee hauls in vegetation from the lake bottom as a part of a comprehensive vegetation survey. Adam ThadaHi, I’m Adam Thada, President of the Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund in Culver, IN. I...

August Newsletter 2024

Click here to see updates from our August newsletter. A freshly emerged damselfly on Lake Maxinkuckee, August 13, 2024. Adam ThadaHi, I’m Adam Thada, President of the Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund in Culver, IN. I studied Biology (BS) at Indiana Wesleyan...

July Newsletter 2024

2024-07-1Download Adam ThadaHi, I’m Adam Thada, President of the Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund in Culver, IN. I studied Biology (BS) at Indiana Wesleyan University and Environmental Science (MSci) at Taylor University. The last decade or so has found me in...

Levee Loosestrife

Last month, I made a couple visits to the Kline Levee. You can read about this big undertaking via our past blog posts. Outlined in red in the picture below, the levee helps maintain an 80 acre DNR wetland complex. This is the final pitstop for water that drains from...