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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		This Summer We're Thinking About Plant Surveys and Healthy Lakes
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:06
	Publish Date:		2019-08-13 05:00:00
	Description:		Susan Knight of UW-Madison’s Trout Lake Station is enjoying her summer by doing aquatic plant surveys, and she may be coming to your lake soon. She tells us about it for this month's Field Notes. It is summer, and lots of folks are out waterskiing, fishing or paddle boarding on our area lakes. That is all well and good, but for me, the best way to enjoy a lake is to do an aquatic plant survey. Yes, I am a complete plant nerd, but, honestly, these really are fun and even important. There is a bunch of us around the state who spend part of the summer doing plant surveys on our lakes. You will know us when you see our 15’ long, two-headed metal rake plunge into the lake over and over and over again, pulling up plants from the bottom. Though it can get a little tiring, I just can’t wait to see what the next rakefull holds; for me it is like a nearly endless pile of Christmas presents waiting to be opened. Plants are critical to a healthy lake, and the different species and their abundance
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