While lake levels are low, it is a good time to establish aquatic and wet transition plants. These pictures were taken before and after the shoreline at St. Michael’s Hospital, Sauk Center, was planted on 5/31.

The “after” photo was taken on 6/28/2006.

Shoreland owners from Reitz Lake in Carver County learned to identify and manage curly-leaf pondweed that infests their lake each year.

The plants were sprouting turions, so it was easy to demonstrate how pondweed reproduces and expands its territory (through rhizomes and turions).

After a short “classroom” session in a homeowner’s garage, participants visited the shoreline for a hands-on, feet-wet, practical lesson in identification and removing curly-leaf pondweed.