IF you want to see what a lake home owners association, watershed district, DNR and local municipalities can do to a lake, look into the death of Lake Owasso.
Possibly the biggest cover up, turn your back and look the other way destruction of a lake in Minnesota history.
All parties agreed to allow an unprecedented amount of weed spraying (More than quadruple allowable and across the entire lake) that lead to a fish kill of massive proportions in November several years ago. The DNR concluded the lake had too much oxygen, the fish died of Hyperoxia. The only two other documented Hyperoxia fish kills occurred in the plunge pool of a water fall and in a rearing pond where the oxygen system went haywire, pumping way too much oxygen into their pond.
Meanwhile, in Owasso, not a weed remained, the water turned into muddy looking water with massive amounts of suspended particulates from the massive die of of weeds. The rapid ICE cap trapped all the gasses under the ice killing the fish. had to see it in person to truly understand the level of die off I am talking about. Trophy Muskies, bass, walleye, sunfish, crappie, pike, rough fish all pinned between ice and sand in effort to get out of the lake. Few fish survived.
Can we trust the DNR to carry our word and vote i this case? They were swayed by lake associations in the Owasso case.
What came of the unprecedented poisoning? Water skiers no longer have weeds tickling their feet. Years of Management and $100’s of thousands of stocking dollars wasted. And it was all swept under the rug under the rug with a cover up diagnosis.
The only vote we get is as individuals in who we vote in and out of office. Often that is too late and don’t impact the big picture nearly enough.
or an acknowledgement. 
or an acknowledgement. 
