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The Algae of Lake Winnipeg and Loon Lake What does Loon Lake have to do with Lake Winnipeg you may ask... Not a lot, but there is a similarity ! Last night (April 3/11) I watched "The Nature of Things" - a television documentary, hosted by David Suzuki - about Lake Winnipeg. The show described the lake how it once was and how it is now. And the "how it is now" falls just short of a horror story. The horror story is the manmade destruction that has created massive algae blooms that form yearly and are so large they can be seen by satellite since they cover most of the lake. You can also read about Lake Winnipeg in the book "Lakeland" by Allan Casey. And there is an abundance of information on the Internet. The science that has gone into discovering what are is believed to be the causes and the masterminding the solutions is phenonominal. Phenonominal from a perspective of scope and cost. So why am I writing about this now ? My answer is that I believe that there is a parallel between what has happened on Lake Winnipeg and what has happened over several decades , on a micro scale, on Loon Lake. I am referring to the build up of Algae on the bottom of our lake and the corresponding change in the year end water levels. Recall that I have written two articles about these phenomena. It's important to realize that in looking at what has happened on Loon Lake relative to Lake Winnipeg, we clearly don't have a big problem! It is fairly simple to list comparisons between Lake Winnipeg and Loon Lake. And there are glaring differences. First - the similarities: Loon Lake and Lake Winnipeg both have dams. They both have marshy areas that help by up taking some of the phosphorus. They both have water flowing through them and they both have catchments.

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