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Current Waters

Here are recent past issues of Current Waters:

July 2023

Contents

  • MN COLA builds consensus for passage of Watercraft Operator License bill
  • Vermont proposes rules for use of wake boats
  • Talon Metals nickel mining proposal submitted to the DNR
  • Update from our Annual Meeting
  • MN COLA helped support MAISRC’s Lab to Lakes workshop at Leech Lake
  • Mercury rising in zebra mussel infested lakes
  • AIS continues to spread in Minnesota
  • MN COLA and MN Lakes and Rivers Advocates provide insights on AIS & Prevention
  • MN COLA recognized in MAISRC Newsletter for their 2023 Legislative success
  • Joining MN COLA brings big benefits!
  • Best We’ve Seen: Can cultivated chicken help keep our water clean?

May 2023

Contents

  • Join us at MN COLA’s Annual Meeting…. in person!
  • URGENT: MN COLA needs your help in 3 areas
  • Ripple Effects author to speak at MN COLA’s Annual Meeting
  • MN COLA participating in U of MN biocontrol agents for AIS technology readiness work group
  • Great Lakes water for sale
  • Video highlights extra challenges from multiple wake boats
  • Jeff Marr headlined the May Practical Water Wisdom event hosted by Itasca Waters
  • Best We’ve Seen: Wake research highlighted on KAXE’s Morning show

March 2023

Contents:

  • March meeting highlight: Michigan’s Glen Lake Association sets a high bar protecting water quality
  • MN COLA introduces new website!
  • Rare report of zebra mussel attached to lake chub
  • Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership’s Conservation Planner provides insights on Lakes
  • Shoreline Living Booklet Volume 2 is now available
  • DNR unveils summer walleye rules for Mille Lacs
  • Best We’ve Seen: Vermont may establish aggressive wake surf regulations
  • Commentary: Four-Billion-Year-Old Clean Water

January 2023

Contents:

  • MN COLA’s Legislative Agenda needs YOU!
  • Governor Walz headlined the 2023 DNR Round Table
  • Whew! We accomplished a lot in 2022
  • Drones are on the way!
  • MN DNR unveils new lake health info site
  • LCCMR recommends funding 3rd phase of wake research
  • MAISRC request for research proposals
  • MAISRC announces six new projects
  • MGLP request for research proposals
  • Best We’ve Seen: Ripple Effects- New book about MN, WI, and MI Lakes

November 2022

Contents:

  • MN COLA December Member Meeting
  • AIS spreading in Minnesota
  • Wake study phase II update
  • DNR AIS control grants
  • MSU intro to lakes
  • MAISRC Newsletter: Fall 2022
  • Starry Stonewort prevented by inspector
  • Lake Resiliency | Overview
  • MN COLA receives 501(c)3 status
  • Best We’ve Seen: Mussel Mayhem in The Great Lakes
  • Best We’ve Seen: Plant covered ponds- source of greenhouse gasses

September 2022

Contents:

  • MI Report: wake boat concerns
  • Wake and prop thrust: impact on ecology
  • MGLP provides fish conservation grants
  • ZM control: Copper treatment
  • Fight climate change: talk about it
  • Knots every boat owner should know
  • MN COLA September meeting
  • Best We’ve Seen: Boat wakes on the Spokane River
  • Commentary: Bogs Elicit Different Perspectives

July 2022

Contents:

  • Otter Tail County COLA AIS research Update
  • Successful starry stonewort bus tour
  • Potential surfing restrictions for Lake Minnetonka
  • Funding needed for research on wake surfing impact to lake and river bottoms
  • Lake resiliency – MN COLA’s theme for 2022
  • EPA’s How’s My Waterway?