This is a bit of the story of how I came to understand that harvesting as a water quality strategy just may be the number one strategy for managing eutrophic and hyper-eutrophic lakes.
Originally, Fish Fry Lake was a nutrient-rich, pea-soup green mosquito factory. You would not let your dog drink from the edge. The place stank, and when our black dog did decide to cool off and take a dip, within minutes of coming out of the water his coat would take on a reddish hue. A visiting professor who studies biofilm described the phenomenon as cyanobacteria… which can poison water. |
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