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What's New at MN COLA?
News of interest
- Join us at MN COLA's Annual Meeting.... in person!
- URGENT: MN COLA needs your help in 3 areas
- Ripple Effects author to speak at MN COLA's Annual Meeting
- MN COLA participating in U of MN biocontrol agents for AIS technology readiness work group
- Great Lakes water for sale
- Video highlights extra challenges from multiple wake boats
- Jeff Marr headlined the May Practical Water Wisdom event hosted by Itasca Waters
Best We've Seen
- Wake research highlighted on KAXE's Morning show
Upcoming events
- May 31 webinar - Update on wakes, waves and propeller wash research
- MAISRC hosts AIS workshop for North Central MN
- Invasive Mussel Collaborative hosts: How invasive mussels impact and are affected by North American ecosystems
www.lakeadmin.org featured posts
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In this issue of Current Waters, MN COLA Treasurer Kathy Jonsrud provides an update on the latest MN COLA hot topics:
The summer season is off to a bang with a new MN COLA website, and important water issues being decided by the State Legislature. The (in person!) MN COLA Annual Meeting will be held on June 13 at the Little Falls Initiative Foundation. Finally, membership in MN COLA remains strong, and read about enhanced individual membership options to support MN COLA.
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Join us at MN COLA’s Annual Meeting… In person!
We are excited to have out first in-person MN COLA meeting since December 2019 (pre-COVID)! The meeting is from 10 am to 3 pm in Little Falls, MN at the offices of the Initiative Foundation. A box lunch will be provided for $10. We ask that you register for the meeting so that we can plan the room seating and to get a count on lunches needed.
Click on More information below for the agenda and information about our speakers.
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URGENT: MN COLA needs your help in 3 areas!
First, MN COLA’s annual election for the Board of Directors is coming up at the Annual Meeting. If you have an interest in helping to set the direction for our organization, please let us know as soon as possible. Send an email to [email protected] with your interest.
Second, we are hoping you can take a few minutes to complete our 2023 Communications survey. The information you provide will help us tailor our communications to better meet your needs.
Lastly, we are in search of your best water-related photos that you would be willing to let us use for our new website. They need to be in landscape mode. Send an email to [email protected] with your photo(s). We will credit you in the caption on the photo.
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Ripple Effects author to speak at MN COLA's Annual Meeting
We are very excited to have Ted Rulseh speak at our Annual meeting in Little Falls on June 13. His book Ripple Effects: How We're Loving Our Lakes to Death chronicles the reasons behind our vanishing natural shorelines and other impacts to lake life.
To whet your appetite, we think you will enjoy reading the preface. And if you haven’t got a copy of the book yet, you will have an opportunity at the Annual Meeting.
From Ripple Effects: How We're Loving Our Lakes to Death by Ted J. Rulseh. Reprinted by permission of the University of Wisconsin Press. © 2022 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved
Click here to read the Preface
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MN COLA participating in U of MN biocontrol agents
for AIS technology readiness work group
MN COLA has been invited to a collaborative work group of scientists, regulators, and water community stakeholders for measuring and communicating the readiness of genetic biocontrol agents for aquatic invasive species (AIS). Efficient communication is critical for first-in-class technologies because misunderstandings or failure to communicate can jeopardize regulatory approval or public adoption.
This team of diverse stakeholders will establish a shared language for discussing the development of self-limiting genetic biocontrol methods for AIS. A framework, focusing on technology readiness levels, will offer a roadmap for socially responsible technology development. The model case will be using self-limiting genetic biocontrol agents for carp.
Additionally, the group will explore self-sustaining genetic biocontrol frameworks.
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The work group is hosted by the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC), and the roadmap development is led by the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University. More information about the carp self-limiting genetic biocontrol technology at MAISRC can be found here. Kathy Jonsrud, MN COLA Treasurer, attended the two-day workshop in May of 2023.
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Great Lakes water for sale
Bloomberg News recently wrote that the City of Chicago “signed a contract valued at $1 billion to sell its water elsewhere — the first such deal in 40 years — and the city expects more to come. Illinois is also launching a federally funded plan to expand its $17 billion “Blue Economy” to lure companies from water-intensive chip manufacturers to climate-tech startups.”
This is one of the newest actions in the ongoing water wars regarding shipping water from the Great Lakes to other locations.
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Video highlights extra challenges from multiple wake boats
Bert Krages lives in Oregon and has developed a series of videos highlighting safety and environmental challenges from wake surfing. In his most recent video Bert focuses on the issues related to multiple boats wake surfing at the same time when considering measures to protect aquatic environments, shorelines, and other boaters from the damage.
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Jeff Marr headlined the May Practical Water Wisdom event hosted by Itasca Waters
Jeff Marr spoke about the recent, in-progress, and future wake research being done at the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.
Please note that if you can’t attend the May 31 webinar hosted by Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates, the Zoom session and the slide presentation from the Itasca Waters session are available.
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Wake research highlighted on KAXE's Morning Show
If you only have 15 minutes to get caught up on the issues around wake surfing and the wake research being done at the University of Minnesota, the interview that Jeff Marr did on Grand Rapids' KAXE Morning Show is what you need! We think it is great.
If you have more time available, register for the upcoming webinar with Jeff Marr on May 31 being hosted by Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates, or watch the recent video from Jeff’s Marr’s Zoom session at the Itasca Waters Practical Water Wisdom series. Information on these other sessions is provided in the “News of Interest” section of this newsletter.
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May 31 webinar
Update on wakes, waves and propeller wash research
Register today for this webinar with Jeff Marr and Andy Riesgraf of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota for an update on this critically important research: recently completed, in-process, and future.
This free session is on May 31 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, but you must register in advance. Big thanks go to Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates for hosting the session.
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MAISRC hosts AIS workshop for North Central MN
Join the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC) and regional leaders in a two-day workshop about priority aquatic invasive species concerns for North Central Minnesota.
Date: Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24, 2023
Location: Cedar Lakes Casino, 6268 Upper Cass Frontage Rd NW, Cass Lake, MN 56633
Cost: $45 for both Friday and Saturday; $30 for Friday only. There is no option to register only on Saturday.
Registration required. For more information visit the Lab to Lakes page on the MAISRC website.
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Invasive Mussel Collaborative hosts: How invasive mussels impact and are affected by North American ecosystems.
Want to delve a little deeper into the zebra and quagga mussel invasion? Try this webinar put on by the Invasive Mussel Collaborative. It includes two presentations:
Mussel squeeze: dissolved oxygen and temperature can “squeeze” zebra mussels out of invaded reservoirs by Rich Miller and Crysta Gantz with Portland State University, Portland, OR.
Dreissena (zebra and quagga mussels) in the Great Lakes: what have we learned in 35 years of invasion by Alexander Karatayev with SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY
The webinar is free, but registration is required.
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MN COLA Board of Directors
(As of June 2022)
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