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The Monkey 
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Posted on: Feb. 24 2004,3:59 pm |
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Why cant the dan opening be made lower to allow more water flow to go through and oxygenate the water as it moves into AL Lake? Also if there is a bright side to this, it is that the officials did respond quickly and the fish did not gather and reek to high heaven. The animals were able to be harvested and used. Oother bright side to the disaster is that AL Lake will be getting at least 5 million walleye fry this season. In the shallow lake these fry will row quickly and it will be great now that they dont have to compete for food with 300,000 pouds of carp. We do hae to ensure that the carp population is not allowed to grow to the levels that they were allowed to get to. There is no doubt that the lake is over populated with carp and some controlls do need to be put in place. I still believe that 300 to 600 thousand dollars is an huge undertaking and I do worry about the risk to humans and animals when electrical devices are put in water. Just what is the safety rating on those things?
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minnow
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Posted on: Feb. 24 2004,4:22 pm |
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Nature lives where it can thrive. A dirty green, eutrophic
eutrophic ---->Having waters rich in mineral and organic nutrients that promote a proliferation of plant life, especially algae, which reduces the dissolved oxygen content and often causes the extinction of other organisms. Used of a lake or pond.
lake cannot support large amounts of good, clean northern pike and walleye. No amount of money can change an apple into an orange.
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MrTarzan
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Posted on: Feb. 24 2004,6:27 pm |
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Keep shining the light in danbelshan. There is no where to hide from the truth. I think we should always pay salespeople to try to sell, it is just nice isn't it? I think we should pay $1000 for a Mary Kay rep to come to Albert Lea and show us how to make the lakes prettier too. 
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Madd Max
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Posted on: Feb. 24 2004,7:25 pm |
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Has anyone heard yet on what the DNR is going to do in regards to the aerator out by the freeway bridge? Are they going to shut it off or have they shut it off already? As of last Saturday the Game Warden made it sound like a decision had not been made but would be soon. 
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MADDOG
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2004,8:24 am |
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Max, I was under the impression that a decision was made to shut them off last Thusday. Does anyone know if this has or has not been done?
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Liberal
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2004,8:57 am |
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When Andy H. was on KATE late last week he said they had shut them off and were hoping for a good kill.
He also mentioned that the dissolved O2 levels east of big island were under 1ppm except for one test spot that was at 6ppm, the DNR thought that might be a natural spring feeding that spot. I wonder if there are other springs in the lake that might have kept fish alive?
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Tiger
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2004,9:16 am |
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Does anyone know what they are going to do with the dead fish floating in the lake and channel. I walked down to the dam on Saturday and the fish that have built up under the main st. bridge is disgusting. Won't this cause a nasty stench come spring if the fish are not removed?
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minnow fan
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2004,11:39 am |
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| Quote (Tiger @ Feb. 25 2004,9:16:am) | | Won't this cause a nasty stench come spring if the fish are not removed? |
Yes, it probably will smell just like downtown Austin.
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Even if you think the ALEDC is a good idea, do you really want to put Sparks and Bishop in charge of all the economic development in Albert Lea?
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The Monkey
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Posted on: Feb. 25 2004,2:30 pm |
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Because the kill was a natural occurance, the DNR will not be involved in clean up operations. Had the kill come from a spill or some other reason than a natural kill DNR would help in the clean up. Most of the fish that have perished will have already been decomposed by the spring thaw. Predators will take care of some of those that wash up on AL Lake shores, however, I do hope the city/county have some clean up plan in place come Ice out or AL could very much smell like Minnows attitude toward Albert Lea and all that happens in Minnesota.
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Waterdog
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Posted on: Feb. 26 2004,7:34 am |
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 What is the plan for the lake? Why does the county need to spend $1000.00 for salesman to come up here to sell us an electronic carp barrier? It seems to me that if the company has a potential customer they should pay their own way up here.
How can this barrier fit in with the lake reclamation plan when we don't even know what that plan will be yet? Are the barriers going to protect carp or their fry getting in from everything upstream- like the carp in lakes of Fountain, Chapeau, Pickeral, School Section, and associated ditches and creeks?
I am sure enough carp survived to re-populate the lake faster than what it takes for those 5 million walleye fry to grow up to pre-winterkill sizes, and I think a plan needs to be in order before we start spending money on something that won't work anyway.
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