by Dee Smith | Jul 19, 2019 | Education, News
The Glen Lake Association is a member of the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) which is a volunteer inland lakes water quality monitoring program. Every week during the summer volunteers measure water clarity (secchi disk visibility depth) and at various...
by Dee Smith | Jul 8, 2019 | Education, News
If possible, swim only in deep water and avoid swimming in the shallows. Swim in the later hours of the day as opposed to swimming in the morning or early afternoon. Last year’s research on “time of day” revealed the itch can be at a high level in the...
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...
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