Spring of 2018 Menomonie snow.

Dunn County News, June 18th, 1958

The worst disaster of a tornado in June in Menomonie, WI, is mentioned here.    Also a mention of the local Rotary Club being in charge of the dam dedication.    I wonder if the organization of the same name will step forward to lead any effort at recognizing the new Lake Menomin at a mere 60 years of age?   The same new Lake Menomin that created Wolske Bay?  

The same organization which built a new concrete pad and shelter on Wolske Bay Park with their plaque facing lake-ward, and left the still existing unused concrete pad untouched?

Will this organization or any organization, or even the city care enough about the lake at 60 years of age?



In the near future this coming summer of 2018 I wonder if anyone will remember the long winter that has so far extended to this very date in 2018.   Ice coverage still seems strong with record low temperatures several days prior.    The Eau Claire Leader Telegram reports on the initial impacts here.

This is notable as cyanobacteria in Lake Menomin is a consistent source of plain old bitching in Menomonie, WI.     "They" are often summoned to "clean it up."


With the extra long cold, snow, and ice coverage this 2018 spring season, I wonder if this means a significant reduction in the time for cyanobacteria blooms to form?

If it does, what are the chances that Mayor Knaack and council member Randy Sommerfeld will falsely expound on the wonders of dredging and get their business and base to support further dredging operations all due to a cold, long winter limiting the growing season of the blue-green algae?

Will anyone remember the rain and clouds that made the Fall of 2017 a lot less green on Lake Menomin?

Very few will remember.  But when it gets green there will be people in Menomonie bitching and complaining.   There will be people who will step forward to falsely claim victories and introduce ineffective high-cost solutions to "clean up the lake."    It is a sickening cycle that has been around as long as the name of Lake Menomin, and no one recognizes the seasonal cycles of mother nature and the many other impacts on this dynamic environment.


Of course there was one very well thought out plan of action that would have been very cost-effective and would have likely produced visible results THIS VERY YEAR we are in now had Mayor Knaack and the TMLIA not ignored and cast aside this pragmatic plan.