Swimmer’s Itch Rack Card Since there are still a few weeks left of good swimming in our lakes, we want to share this rack card area residents. We recently collaborated with other lake associations in the Elk River Chain of … Continue reading
Three Lakes Association (TLA) is a non-profit with more than 500 members. TLA’s mission is to provide leadership in preserving, protecting and improving the environmental quality of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed for all generations with an emphasis … Continue reading
The July 2019 Newsletter is now available: TLA Newsletter July 2019 This issue contains articles on the following topics: Measuring water levels President’s message In Memoriam – Lynn Collins Paddle Antrim Where are they, now? Did You Know? – Loons SEOP … Continue reading
The April 2019 Newsletter is now available: TLA Newsletter April 2019 This issue contains articles on the following topics: Golden Brown Algae Project Update President’s Message Aquatic Invaders A Powerful New Tool for Water Quality Monitoring Groundwater: The Sixth Great Lake … Continue reading
As part of our study of the golden brown algae proliferation on the lake floor of our northern lakes, we checked our water samples collected in 2018 for Ace-K (acesulfame potassium), an artificial sweetener found in numerous products used exclusively … Continue reading
In 2017 four lake associations collaborated to do a study to investigate the relationship between changes in phosphorus and changes in the diatom composition of the lake floor golden brown algae. The report of that study is now available: Peeper 2017 … Continue reading