Lake Zurich LPOA News Bites

06/30/2022

Kris and his son pulled these beauties out of LZ off the pier in a “top secret” location! Post pics of your great catches here!

06/15/2022

49 carp removed today! Thank you LPOA!

06/08/2022

44 carp removed from Lake Zurich today. Over 80 pounds! More removals coming.

10/31/2021

Happy Halloween from your LPOA! 75 carp removed the other day to help ensure our beautiful lake stays that way! 🐟 🎃 👻

07/17/2021

The LPOA assisted and supported with the Lake Zurich Triathlon this past weekend! Check out the fantastic pictures that we took from this great yearly event!

06/02/2021

!Get some important information below on why we remove carp from our lake… oh and that big largemouth, he’s safely back in the water and ready to be caught!

Common carp reduces water quality and destroys habitats of waterfowl, fish, and amphibians. In search of food, carp uproot aquatic plants, increase the softness of the water and release abundant sediment-drained nutrients that stimulate algal flowers.

The common carp can, directly and/or indirectly, negatively impact aquatic ecosystems by:
1) increasing total suspended solids, sedimentation and erosion;
2) increasing water column nutrient concentrations;
3) increasing the biomass and altering the community structure of phytoplankton;
4) decreasing submerged macrophyte abundance
5) decreasing large zooplankton;
6) decreasing benthic invertebrates;
7) reducing native fish diversity and abundance;
8)competing with waterfowl for food resources; and
9) by altering contaminant cycling.

Through these impacts the common carp has the ability to shift aquatic ecosystem from a clear, macrophyte-dominated state to a turbid, phytoplankton-dominated state, which may be the most profound impact associated with this aquatic invasive species.

03/29/2021

The moon last night was huge!

02/24/2021

Thank you Lindy Alo for the gorgeous picture!

02/21/2021

Big guy caught yesterday in Honey Lake! Let’s see your catches fishermen and women!

HOLY MOLY that’s a BIG fish! This 37” Pike was snagged out of Honey Lake yesterday. Great catch fellas!

11/21/2020

Protecting our Waters: How to Plant a Native Buffer for a Stream Bank or Lake Shore

The Barrington Area Community Foundation (BACF) funded a grant for a cooperative project with Citizens for Conservation (CFC), Barrington Area Conservation Trust (BACT) and the Flint Creek/Spring Creek Watersheds Partnership (FC/SCWP) to create a native plant buffer along the bank of Flint Creek. This article provides insight into what is a buffer, why it's important and the planning process! Read the full article here: "Protecting Our Waters".

Property Values and Water Quality: Supporting Decisions with the Hedonic Model
Wednesday, Nov 18th: 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET

EPA has a bimonthly webinar focused on EPA's water research. This month is focused on property values and water quality. Although there is well-established body of literature examining how water quality impacts home values, it has yet to be used in analyses of regional and nationwide water quality regulations. Property value studies combine housing choices with data on water quality to estimate benefits in a statistical model. This webinar will present an overview of the hedonic property value method, synthesize the literature to estimate a set of unit values and transfer functions to support decisions affecting water quality, and identify approaches to move beyond the limitations identified.

Register to attend.

New Story Maps featuring ISGS Research at Illinois Beach State Park

Two interactive story maps guide you through the Illinois State Geological Survey's research at Illinois Beach State Park. Understanding a Dynamic Shoreline investigates long-and short-term shoreline change a Vanishing Coast examines habitat loss due to the extensive erosion over 80 years.


Lisa Woolford
VP of Green Initiatives

[email protected]

Office: 847-244-6662 | Direct: 815-581-0714 | Cell: 224-735-6963

Our guests will be Cindy Skrukrud, Chair of the Fox River Study Group (FRSG) and Rishab Mahajan, Senior Engineer with, GeoSyntec Consultants. Cindy represents the Sierra Club on the group's nine-member board of directors. Rishab Mahajan is a Project Engineer currently leading the development and a....

11/21/2020

Thank you Lindy Alo for this gorgeous photo!

10/31/2020

Have a great Halloween everyone. Stay safe!