photo courtesy of Jim Haist The Indiana Clean Lakes Program was created in 1989 and is administered through a grant to Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) in Bloomington. The goal is to collect data to identify water quality...
According to The Environmental Protection Agency, sediment – loose sand, silt, clay and other soil particles – is the most common pollutant in our waterways. Accelerated erosion from human use of land accounts for 70% of that sediment, and the most concentrated...
Lake Maxinkuckee has had a long history of beautiful, crystal clear water. Perhaps that long history has made us take the water quality for granted. Last week I was contacted by a concerned citizen asking about dead fish and “yucky green water” along the north...
As many of you know, last weekend there was a sewer line break along the East Shore. Since raw sewage was flowing into the tributary at 18B, which flows directly into the lake, the East Shore Conservancy District notified Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund, along...
If you are of a certain age, you will certainly recognize that song title! Frogs and toads are easily misidentified and misunderstood. You can’t get warts from touching or kissing them, most are not poisonous, and they provide a number of important benefits. ...
Collecting rainwater is one of the easiest steps you can take to make a positive ecological impact. If you are a regular reader of this blog then you already know that what we do on the land has a direct impact on water quality. I have written about it here and...
Since there is so much that can affect water quality, it is important to regularly monitor and act on a problem as soon as it rises. It is far more cost effective to address small problems before they can cause serious consequences. The North American Lake...
I recently received notification that Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) had updated their 303(d) list, a water quality testing list used to identify and prioritize waterbodies not meeting water quality standards. I searched for waterbodies in...
“Eighty percent of pollution to the marine environment comes from the land. One of the biggest sources is called nonpoint source pollution, which occurs as a result of runoff. Nonpoint source pollution includes many small sources, like septic tanks, cars,...
Image courtesy of Dave Hunter, Crownbees I am sure you are well aware that across the world pollinators are in trouble. Their decline is attributed to habitat loss, expanded pesticide use, introduction of invasive species, diseases and pests, and climate change....
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