Nowlans
Lake, green since at least 1983
From: John Horton <halleyhort@hotmail.com>
Subject: Nowlans Lake , green and sick... august 2011
Wed, 24 Aug 2011
From: John Horton <halleyhort@hotmail.com>
Subject: Nowlans Lake , green and sick... august 2011
Wed, 24 Aug 2011
This aerial photo,
taken
from higher altitude pointing south over the 340 highway,
gives an
excellent view of the headwaters area of three
distinct
watersheds: The Tusket, Meteghan and Sissiboo rivers.
Nowlans' unusual
al year round
yellow-green
color is the result of dense waterplant growth mixed with
cyanobacteria. Shallow calm waters combined with sunshine,
warm
temperatures and massive nutrient -overloading have
created this
permanently tangled mess of organic growth at the
top of the
Meteghan River chain.
The picture shows at least a dozen large sources of nutrient pollution running into the three watersheds: an aquaculture operation on Hourglass lake, a feed 'Kitchen' on Nowlans , and mink farms along highway 340.
...thanks to Allister d"Entrement for forwarding this shot...(Aug 2011)
Nowlans' unusual
al year round
yellow-green
color is the result of dense waterplant growth mixed with
cyanobacteria. Shallow calm waters combined with sunshine,
warm
temperatures and massive nutrient -overloading have
created this
permanently tangled mess of organic growth at the
top of the
Meteghan River chain. The picture shows at least a dozen large sources of nutrient pollution running into the three watersheds: an aquaculture operation on Hourglass lake, a feed 'Kitchen' on Nowlans , and mink farms along highway 340.
...thanks to Allister d"Entrement for forwarding this shot...(Aug 2011)
Nowlans Lake 2009
