To Fix a Lake, What Will It Take?

10/5/2021

What will it take to reverse the pandemic downward spiral of eutrophication that otherwise results in HABs and methane?

The water before treatment, shown in the jar on the left, is black, The water after treatment, shown on the right, is clear. This was achieved using BioHaven natural solutions.

This water was restored from black to clear using BioHaven natural solutions

THE LEADING EDGE
What combination of treatment, of stewardship, does it take to transition nutrient impaired fresh water back to health? What blend of strategies? How do we interrupt the dysfunctional cycle of chemical treatment to arrive at a sustainable place when it comes to water health? Is it worth it? These are questions my company is wrestling with. In fairness, we are not alone...

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Where Has All the Carbon Gone, so Early in the Morning?

6/24/2021

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When organic material, such as leaf litter, breaks down in water, the muck that accumulates breaks down slowly and can easily generate methane if the water doesn't have enough oxygen.

An underwater diver is stirring up the bottom of the pond and big bubbles of gas are being released

See what happens when sediments are disturbed at the bottom of a water body. Gases are released even in a healthy lake but when deprived of oxygen, they could include methane

Freshwater has become a key climate action window. Freshwater is where carbon and excess nutrients stack up. It’s where climate action and water stewardship can merge and may well be the single most concentrated greenhouse gas reduction opportunity available today.

Here are some basic data points that explain what is happening:

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Water Has Emerged as THE Low-Hanging Fruit for Climate Action

6/9/2021

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Water is a new realm for climate action and represents a relatively easy fix, following nature's model

As climate action finally begins in the United States in earnest, leaders face a maze of choices. The data keep coming in, and shifting, and sometimes changing. An example: methane is 21 times more impactful than carbon dioxide, per our EPA. Yet other credible and science-based entities state it’s 67 times more impactful, or 89 times. The fact that methane does not sustain in our atmosphere the same length of time as carbon dioxide does complicate quantifying its impact. We long for the day we can rely on data based on factual, empirical, nonpolitical science.

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A Step Towards Paradise

5/9/2021

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We must maintain aerobic conditions top to bottom in our freshwater settings. When we do this, we are rewarded with super abundance. When we don’t do this, we experience an anaerobic nightmare of decline

On a spring day. after a heavy all of snow, this floating island is launched into a trout pond near Ennis, Montana

A beautiful scene of a snow-cobvered floating island waiting to be planted and launched into a trout pond near Ennis, Montana

Yesterday we launched BioHaven Floating Islands in an early spring snowstorm. The setting was Montana’s Madison Valley, not far from Yellowstone Park. The source water emits from the Madison range, from the ski hills of Big Sky and the back country of Cowboy Heaven.

As we worked, large trout, some that created wakes as large as a blanket beaver, swirled nearby targeting some emergent nymph. Wet knees notwithstanding, we had two more BioHavens in place on the water, prepped to expand and build on nature’s wetland effect, in just an hour and a half. The wet snow on this early spring day made for cold hands, but not that cold. The boggy riparian edge of the spring ponds made for wet feet too, but nothing that wouldn’t dry in a short while.

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To Fix a Lake, What Will It Take?

What will it take to reverse the pandemic downward spiral of eutrophication that otherwise results in HABs and methane?

Where Has All the Carbon Gone, so Early in the Morning?

When organic material, such as leaf litter, breaks down in water, the muck that accumulates breaks down slowly and can easily generate methane if the water doesn't have enough oxygen.

Water Has Emerged as THE Low-Hanging Fruit for Climate Action

Water is a new realm for climate action and represents a relatively easy fix, following nature's model

A Step Towards Paradise

We must maintain aerobic conditions top to bottom in our freshwater settings. When we do this, we are rewarded with super abundance. When we don’t do this, we experience an anaerobic nightmare of decline

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To Fix a Lake, What Will It Take?

What will it take to reverse the pandemic downward spiral of eutrophication that otherwise results in HABs and methane?

​Where Has All the Carbon Gone, so Early in the Morning?

When organic material, such as leaf litter, breaks down in water, the muck that accumulates breaks down slowly and can easily generate methane if the water doesn't have enough oxygen.

Water Has Emerged as THE Low-Hanging Fruit for Climate Action

Water is a new realm for climate action and represents a relatively easy fix, following nature's model

A Step Towards Paradise

We must maintain aerobic conditions top to bottom in our freshwater settings. When we do this, we are rewarded with super abundance. When we don’t do this, we experience an anaerobic nightmare of decline

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Where Has All the Carbon Gone, so Early in the Morning?