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Dan Olson

June 11, 2015 2:58 PM

Finding clues to water quality in the bottom of a lake

Scientists used canoes braced together. — St. Croix Watershed Research Station scientists used canoes braced together to gather sediment from five locations in Solem Lake near Kensington in west-central Minnesota in late May.
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Scientist Dan Engstrom, director of the St. Croix Watershed Research Station, studies the sediment on lake bottoms, which can show how — or even if — certain farming practices affect water quality.

"We're investing a lot in encouraging farmers to do these things, but are we getting much bang for our buck?"

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Heavy rainfall sent topsoil into the lake. — Solem Lake in Solem Township is mostly surrounded by corn and soybean fields, where a recent heavy rainfall sent topsoil from one field through a culvert into the lake.
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Retrieving a lake bed sediment sample. — St. Croix Watershed Research Station scientists Jim Almendinger, Shawn Schottler and Adam Heathcote retrieved a clear plastic tube filled with sediment from the bottom of Solem Lake.
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Research Station director Dan Engstrom — Dan Engstrom said gradations of color and texture from Solem Lake-bottom sediment show recent deposits at the top and sediment up to 300 years old at the bottom. He looked at samples pulled from the lake on May 27.
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