Join the Great Garlic Mustard Hunt of 2018

Here's information about this invasive plant and how you can join the hunt to fight it.

2017 Annual Meeting Presentation

Here's a copy of the presentation made at our 2017 Annual meeting.

Long Term Lake Temperature Trend

We've been tracking the lake for long time. Here's a graph of temperatures 1990-2017

Our December 2017 Newsletter is here

Swimmer's Itch Study

This summer the PLIA is participating in a study being done by Oakland University to better understand swimmer's itch.  Here are some documents related to this study:

Study overview powerpoint

     August 6, 2016 Presentation

February 2017 Progress Report

June 2017 Presentation

      MSU Extension Bulletin on Swimmer's Itch

Oak Wilt

   Some members expressed concerns about what is happening to their oak trees. Here is some information about this problem by Dr. Dave Roberts of MSU.

    

The analysis of sampling programs study we commissioned has been published!

Last year the PLIA commissioned a statistical analysis to determine the minimum number of samples needed to detect changes in the total phosphorus concentration in Platte Lake. Dr. Eric Smith of Virginia Tech and Dr. Ray Canale collaborated on the study, which has now been published in the peer-reviewed journal Lake and Reservoir Management. Here's a link to the article:  An Analysis of sampling programs to evaluate compliance with numerical standards: total phosphorus in Platte Lake, MI

The Platte River Watershed Management Plan is now approved!

Click here for the plan (note: it is a large file).