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Living with Loons
In Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, loons typically begin to arrive on their nest lakes around mid-to-late April. The first order ...
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Izabella Mitchell of AV-W Wins Vilas County Poster Contest
Written by Cathy Higley The winner of the 2021 Vilas County Land & Water Conservation Poster Contest is Izabella Mitchell ...
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Our January 2021 newsletter is out!
Happy New Year! Our January 2021 (winter) newsletter is available online (and will be sent to members by mail this ...
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Happy Holidays!
Finally we can say goodbye to 2020! Each of us faced unprecedented challenges that truly reshaped our focus and priorities ...
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Coordinating Collective Action: Why Lake Organizations are Like Cookouts
Written by Dane Whittaker Don’t you wish increasing volunteer involvement was as easy as throwing a good cookout? We know ...
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Debbie Millar (Ballard Lake) receives Blue Heron Award
The Vilas County Lakes and Rivers Association (VCLRA) awarded our Blue Heron Shoreland Stewardship Award to Debbie Millar of Ballard ...
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Beware of the New Zealand Mud Snails
New Zealand Mud Snails are an invasive species of snails originating from fresh water lakes in New Zealand and have ...
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Dissolved Oxygen in Lakes
Similar to the stratifying temperature gradient of any given lake, dissolved oxygen also exhibits a stratified nature that is directly ...
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Lake Turnover: Seasonal Nutrient Cycling in Lakes
Turnover is a phenomenon that occurs in terrestrial bodies of water, such as lakes and ponds, in which the water ...
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