EVENTS
Keeping the Season traditions singin' along!
Oh, what fun it is to be ....
singing along on the GAPOA wagon towed behind the Big Red Tractor... (sorry, not a one horse open sleigh this year)!
Grab your coats, gloves and singing voices, and join us at the Pavilion, where we will ride around the loop roads singing favorite Christmas carols.
December 18, 2021 (more details soon).
Some plants do nOt need to be kept 'greene'
As of October 14, 2021
Hydrilla sp. - cute name, but not so cute in our lake!
While collecting data around the lake, Mike has also been harvesting -
140 cubic feet of hydrilla.
"Hydrilla is a perennial plant that forms dense colonies and can grow to the surface in water over 20 feet deep. Hydrilla branches profusely and after reaching the surface it extends across it forming thick mats. Hydrilla can reproduce by fragmentation, from seeds, from turions (axillary buds), and from tubers. Leaves are blade-like about 1/8 inch and 3/8 inch long with small tooth margins and spines on the underside of the midrib that make them feel rough. Leaves are usually 4 to 8 in a whorl". (ref: The Pond Guy)
Feel free to do some harvesting too.
Please make sure it is not disposed of in other water ways.
LAKE QUALITY current status
In addition to Mike's updates, you will see a series of educational signs that are being used at the lake to indicate the water quality status. There are 3 levels: Caution, Warning and Hazard.
We are currently at the Caution level.
VISIT THE LAKE WATER QUALITY PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
The lake monitoring and updates are provided by Dr. Mike Casteel (Water Quality, Microbiology).