by Dee Smith | Jun 17, 2019 | Education, News
For the last 30 years, controlling Swimmer’s Itch used to be more simple – one duck, one snail, one parasite. Break the life cycle of the parasite that uses Common Mergansers and Stagnicola snails and you’re on your way to having a respectable lake-wide control...
by Dee Smith | Jun 13, 2019 | Education, News
by Dee Smith | Jun 13, 2019 | Education, News
With much enthusiasm the GLA shares the news that Tom Porter of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Gateway Council/Citizens Council of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, will speak at the by invitation Legends* event on June 27. Tom will speak and take questions on the topic of gateway...
by Dee Smith | May 30, 2019 | Education, News
Last summer something very unexpected happened on Glen Lake. The number of Swimmer’s Itch cases far exceeded what was suppose to be a banner year for mostly a itch-free swimming experience. Using a federal and state permit, in 2017 the GLA removed all...
by Dee Smith | May 20, 2019 | Education, News
We asked landscaping professional, Laurel Voran, left, to share her insight to help make your spring planting choices carefree and fruitful. Voran, who has enjoyed gardening her entire life, has worked in the field professionally for 21 years. She worked at two...
by Dee Smith | May 20, 2019 | Education, News
The Swimmer’s Itch season will soon be here and you can help the GLA during the weeks of mid-May to mid-July. In the next two months, an unknown number of individual female mergansers will be bringing newly hatched chicks from their tree cavity nests near the...
by Dee Smith | May 2, 2019 | Education, News
This summer, GLA intends to have the Crystal River undergo a “checkup” to understand how it measures up as a healthy river ecosystem. During the summer of 2017 the lower reaches of the river were studied and found to be in good shape. In the coming summer,...
by Dee Smith | Apr 24, 2019 | Education, News
According to Boat Wash Manager, Sallyanne Morris; GLA’s Boat Wash has operated for close to 25 years, beginning in 1994 Over 2,000 boats were washed in 2018 It is a free service and employs 5 people Hours during the boating season – 6 am to 7 pm, 7...
by Dee Smith | Apr 22, 2019 | Education, News
Thinleaf cattail For all the great reasons that make the Glen Lake/ Crystal River Watershed so beautiful and unique, we do need to set the record straight – our watershed is NOT free of invasive species. Invasive...
by Dee Smith | Apr 18, 2019 | Education, News
This summer be prepared: these are the essentials to remember when aiming to keep invasive aquatic species out of our waters. Read more on the flyer below. Learn more about this vitally important topic here.
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