And, to further add to the problems, many of the lakes have a huge influx of phosphorus from the non-point source runoff (including farm waste and lawn fertilizers). The phosphorus can stimulate weed growth and algae blooms.

Then, of course, there's the zebra mussels, sea lamprey,flowering rush
purple loosestrife . . .


Hmmm. What a mess. Nobody seems to have listened to the Lorax. (for those who remember the Dr. Seuss story)


[color:"green"]At the far end of town

where the Grickle-grass grows

and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows

and no birds ever sing excepting old crows...

is the Street of the Lifted Lorax


And deep in the Grickle-grass, some people say,

if you look deep enough you can still see, today,

where the Lorax once stood

just as long as it could

before somebody lifted the Lorax away . . .

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