Seeking a summer intern!

Allen Chesser Summer Intern, LMEF, 2025Download 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...

Three cheers for our public servants!

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

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

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

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

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...