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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 2h

Hydrology! Pathogen monitoring! Bug ID! Finding $$$! Community engagement tips and tricks! (I'm excited for this conference.)

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wisconsin study: Herbicide treatments for invasive Eurasian watermilfoil in lakes harm native plants and may even intensify the impact of the invasion. Whole-lake treatments, most likely to control invasive plants, are also most likely to harm native plants. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nqx614Z6t...

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you work on inland lakes in the Midwest, this tool is for you. One of my favorite new features - you can generate a detailed report with extensive ecological data and model results for any lake in the region in handy PDF format with just a click!

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Job opportunity: Plan and manage conservation easement acquisitions that benefit inland lakes in northern Michigan. This contract position will be housed at the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy. Review of applications started 9/18, so apply soon. www.uplandconservancy.org/join-our-team

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Join Our Team | UP Land Conservancy

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Webinar TODAY at noon: Learn about the proposed Michigan Water Trust Fund Act, which would collect revenue through royalties paid by bottled water companies to support Michigan's critical water needs. flowwateradvocates.org/mwtfa/

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Support the Michigan Water Trust Fund Act - Flow Water Advocates

Register now: MWTFA webinar on September 21 at Noon As Michiganders, we’re proud to call the Great Lakes our home, and that everyone can get out and enjoy our beautiful lakes and rivers. But even here...

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Webinar TODAY at noon: PFAS and you. Part of Michigan's PFAS Awareness Week. www.michigan.gov/pfasresponse...

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm late-night prepping for a conservation partnerships talk, and I just wrote in my notes about the importance of organizations finding "common gourd". Either I'm too tired, or...

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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

For the sixteenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

6 meetings on a Monday is far too many. Far. Too. Many.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking to replace an invasive species in your Michigan landscape or water garden? Here are some alternatives!

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program: General program and priority area information. Webinar also at 2:00 pm today. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🤷‍♀️❓🌿 Is this aquatic plant invasive? Get your hands on our NEW free-to-download identification cards for the invasive plants you're most likely to see in Michigan lakes, streams, and wetlands. Each card compares the invasive species with a similar native species. www.canr.msu.edu/news/is-this...

Images of the invasive species side of all 6 cards: curly-leaf pondweed, hydrilla, water hyacinth, starry stonewort, European frog-bit, Eurasian watermilfoil.

Images of the native species side of all 6 cards: Clasping-leaf pondweed, Common waterweed, muskgrass, white water lily, and northern watermilfoil. Water lettuce also appears, although invasive, because it appears on the reverse of invasive Water Hyacinth.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've really been enjoying using iNaturalist as a tool to motivate public engagement in aquatic invasive species detection. And given the growth of participation in year 2 of our effort, Michiganders enjoy it too!

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's definitely water grants season here in Michigan! We just watched a webinar from EGLE on their "Watershed Council Grants" program - they seek to support organizations (not only councils) and their conservation and education activities. Proposals due Oct. 27: www.michigan.gov/egle/about/o...

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Funding available for lake projects!

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I care about Chara. Do you care about Chara? 🌿😍

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Guiding lake whitefish through troubled waters: The invasive quagga mussel has coincided with a signficant decline in whitefish populations in the Great Lakes. Learn about ongoing research to address the issue from Michigan EGLE: www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroo...

Illustration of a lake whitefish. Source: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We often hear from folks who think they've caught a snakehead in Michigan. It's never a snakehead - it's nearly always a bowfin, or, occasionally, a burbot. Unfortunately, the fish often don't survive the encounter due to the misidentification. Check out this handy article to learn the differences!

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Interested in helping us take inland lake conservation in northern Michigan to the next level? Apply to be our newest team member! Article: "New LakeCare initiative expands MSU Extension's shoreline stewardship role in northern Michigan" www.canr.msu.edu/news/new-lak...

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Come work with us! This 1.5-year postdoc position with our Michigan State University team will lead lake & stream ecology research that is data-intensive & highly collaborative, as well as the translation of those results into action in partnership with communities. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Invasive species and pathogens spread along many of the same pathways. This work takes a critical look at that overlap and is developing actionable recommendations for hobbyists, retailers, distributors, and managers. It's exciting!

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Watersheds Canada @watersheds.ca · 31/07/2026

Meet the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus)! Found near wetlands and rivers within 50 km of the Great Lakes, it's Ontario's only venomous snake. Habitat loss and persecution have made this species threatened and listed on Canada's Endangered Species List.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Level unlocked! I lectured on a cruise ship crossing the Baltic Sea yesterday, on aquatic invasive species connections between the Baltic and the Great Lakes. It was the first time I've presented on a stage that was literally rocking! 😁⚓️

Selfie of the poster smiling and wearing a microphone on front of a cruise ship auditorium.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It was fun (and reassuring!) to see our ship's crew practicing in a lifeboat today.

A red lifeboat viewed from a cruise ship deck.

A red lifeboat approaches a lifesaving ring floating in the water.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Job: Come work with me! Ready to turn your love for lakes into a career? Join the MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams as our new Inland Lakes Shoreline Educator! MS and experience with shoreline protection desired. Location: Upper Peninsula. careers.msu.edu. Search for posting # 1148258.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The medieval walls of Visby, Sweden.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I love this new article by my colleagues Erick Elgin and Jeremy Hartsock... learn about the Wild West of watermilfoils!

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

That's a wrap on the 2026 MiCorps Aquatic Invasive Species Detection Blitz! Over 100 people submitted some really great observations this year, and we’re excited to see the final results. Before it gets too official, though, we had to share a few honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the cut...

Three panel image. First says "Watersmeet Lakeguards Invasive Species Control Coalition 'Milfoil Queen' float in a 4th of July parade - close enough" with an image of a woman dressed as milfoil riding in a boat covered with green cloth in a parade. Second panel says "mute swan decoys that almost made into the Blitz - spider lake" with two decoys floating among lily pads. Third panel says "Zebra mussel dupe! Lake Marjory" with a toy zebra laying in the grass.

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Jill🌻 @jillsunflower.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Tiny little mush pals 🍄‍🟫 #fungiFriends

A cluster of tiny orange-ish mushrooms on the forest floor, with trees in the background

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I am SO excited that one of my meetings tomorrow is NOT a Zoom! Even better? It's a walking meeting!

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Delighted to find some of @partridgecg.bsky.social's Hemlock Wooly Adelgid traps while on an evening hike in Leelanau County! Kudos on the QR codes! www.partridgelabs.com/hwa

A small blue disk on a post in a hemlock forest.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is it, Michiganders! Six days left to report your aquatic invasive species to us! (Even if you're not sure if it's an invasive species - post it and we'll tell you!)

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We all need some down time. Hope you, like me, found some this weekend. Ahh.

Feet up on a rope hammack in the shade with a book.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I posted my first observation yesterday - Narrow-leaved Cattail in Escanaba. If you're in Michigan, please join this effort - it's fun and it's for science! www.micorps.net/events/aisbl...

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Have you ever been invited by an organization to give a science outreach program, prepared your content and showed up, then all the attendees sat around and talked, your host never started the program, and then after 2 hours, everyone left? That happened to me today. I am utterly confused.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I'll be there... will you? We'll be talking all things volunteer monitoring, taking advantage of our west Michigan location to share ideas and explore opportunities for lake and stream stewardship in our state. Make plans to join us!

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hot take from me, who manages websites: If the site has obviously been redesigned, and you can't find something that used to be there, try reaching out and asking where to find it, before starting a rant about how we're hiding information "paid for with public dollars". It was there all along.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Here's a very very small turtle I found. How grumpy!

A person points to a very small turtle on a boardwalk.

A small turtle on a boardwalk looking grumpy.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Here is a very very very small frog I found.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Just look at that can design! Celebrate our coldwater fisheries and invasive species awareness next weekend, June 6, with our Clean Boats, Clean Waters team!

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Kudos to the State of Michigan for taking this important step in protecting our waters from these known invasive plants. The ecological risks of allowing their possession and sale are simply too great.

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

(1/n) May is American Wetlands Month, and Michigan has a lot to celebrate. Our state supports an incredible diversity of wetlands, including marshes, bogs, fens, wet meadows, conifer swamps, deciduous swamps, and more.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The USGS Water Science School page lists "Growth of Aquatic Plants" under "Common Environmental Problems" of lakes. Hmph. I bet they don't list "Growth of Trees" as a common environmental problem of forests. Can we please appreciate aquatic plants? www.usgs.gov/water-scienc... #MacrophyteMonday

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Lakes and Reservoirs

A lake really is just another component of Earth's surface water. A lake is where surface-water runoff and groundwater seepage have accumulated in a low spot, relative to the surrounding countryside.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Word from home is that my youngest cat misses me while I'm away at a conference. So, apparently, my husband built a substitute me out of pillows and blankets where I usually sit in the evening. He sent this photo to show that she's now settling in for the night.

A small black cat sits atop a pile of pillows and blankets on a gray sofa.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I'll be presenting at #ASLOSIL26 on Thursday: Michigan's Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program: Lessons learned over 50 years of community science for research and conservation. Join us for an excellent session (SS079A) on emerging directions in community-based work! www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...

Aerial image of a green forested shoreline meeting blue, swirling lake water. Logos for the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and the International Society of Limnology (SIL) appear at the top. Large text reads, “I’m Presenting.” Additional text announces a presentation titled “Michigan’s Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program: Lessons learned over 50 years of community science for research and conservation,” scheduled for Thursday at 2:30 PM. Bottom text promotes the ASLO–SIL Joint Meeting, “Aquatic Confluence: Science, People, Knowledge,” held May 12–16, 2026, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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