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...

Wetland Tour, Nov. 2nd

by | Oct 17, 2024 | Uncategorized

On November 2nd the Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund invites you on a tour of the wetlands. On this tour we will visit the Kline, Wilson, and Curtis wetlands here in Culver. You can expect to learn about our wetlands in depth, each of their history, function and...