Mayfly Madness! Hexagenia limbata and Hexagenia rigida. The emergence was upon us. We woke up to mayflies everywhere! To get a good look, click on the photo to the left. Yep, that’s me - your friendly Lake Guardian blogger (I’m pointing at the mayflies on my shirt and nothing else ;)

Lake Guardian Haiku
by Lou, Ohio Great Lakes Educator

Midges and Mayflies
Mussels and Quagga compete
Lake Erie sighs

Water samples were tested using a conductivity meter, pH meter,alkalinity titration, and turbidity meter.

Bottom sample results were:
conductivity - 286.9 umhos/cm (water was heated to 25 degrees Celsius.
alkalinity - 84 mg/L
pH - 8.5
turbidity - 6.65 NTU

Anne Danielski demonstrates how to tie knots on the O2 deck.

“Good Food, Good Fellowship, Good Sites with Good Sights!” – Carla, Ohio Teacher

Educators take time to be creative and express themselves and what they have learned by decorating canvas flags that they will be able to share at the end of the week.