Three cheers for our public servants!

by | Feb 6, 2025 | Uncategorized

I recently e-mailed the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to get some data on Ospreys and Bald Eagles, whose sightings around Lake Maxinkuckee are now common. I quickly received a reply, filled with charts that documented the remarkable comeback story of...

Let’s talk about salt

by | Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized

After visiting family members in early January, we pointed the car north, eager to get back home to Indiana. But winter storm Blair had just tore a path across southern Indiana, and the beautiful icicled trees suggested to us (strongly) to get a hotel in Kentucky. We...

2025 Kline Levee update

by | Jan 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

If that title sounds familiar, first head over to this excellent summary post for the full back-story: 2022 Kline Levee Update. The Kline levee retains water for the 80-acre DNR property known as the Maxinkuckee Wetlands, public property that is open to hunting and...

a herd of zebras, a bed of bivalves

by | Dec 12, 2024 | Uncategorized

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...

conference time: 43rd IWRA Symposium

by | Nov 14, 2024 | Uncategorized

I’m a hopeless conference junkie. While I do need alone time to recharge, I am an extrovert. There’s coffee and (sometimes) good meals. Intergenerational mentorships. Paradigm-changing ideas and conversations. Also… a lifetime of learning. What a...