Public and guests are encouraged to attend! MCLA is working to protect and enhance the quality of area lakes and watersheds for the benefit of all in our community. Proposed Sedimentation and Treatment Basin with Sorption Technology Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) and partners at Stantec and the UW–Stevens Point are working on a design for water quality treatment along Pine Creek, a direct tributary to Carstens Lake. The project was initiated as a result of a 3-year study by MCLA (2012-2014), which identified high levels of phosphorus (>40 ppb) in Carstens Lake.
For the City Times STEVENS POINT – One of the challenges in dealing with chronic wasting disease, a fatal brain infection in deer, elk, moose, reindeer and caribou, is the disposal of infected animals. A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, UW Madison, Michigan State University and the Wisconsin and Michigan Departments of Natural Resources is working to find a less expensive and more sustainable solution through composting. “The goal of this research is a very practical, quick and safe way to dispose of the large amount of CWD-infected deer generated not only in Wisconsin and Michigan […]