Living with Florida Lakes
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Learn about Florida lakefront living and how your choices can have an impact on these special aquatic systems.
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Living with Florida Lakes
- 1. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Living with Lakes Presented by: Eileen Tramontana Executive Director Trout Lake Nature Center
- 2. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Lake County has over 1,400 lakes.
- 3. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts
- 4. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Harris Chain of Lakes System Clermont Chain of Lakes System
- 5. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts What drives lake levels in Lake County?
- 6. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Harris Chain of Lakes System To Lake Apopka Trout Lake
- 7. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Controlling Lake Levels Whose responsible? Why controlled?
- 8. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Lake Griffin is controlled by the Moss Bluff Spillway
- 9. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Lakes Beauclair, Dora, Eustis and Harris are controlled by the Burrell Spillway
- 10. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Lake Apopka is controlled by the Apopka- Beauclair Lock and Dam
- 11. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts
- 12. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Clermont Chain Flow Path Little Creek Big Creek
- 13. Water flows from Polk County to Lake County Big Creek Basin
- 14. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Little Creek Basin
- 15. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Which lakes are influenced by groundwater? • Lake Harris • Lake Minneola • Lake Minnehaha • Lake Norris • Crescent Lake • Lake Yale • Loch Leven • Lake Eustis • Trout Lake • Cherry Lake • Lake Dora • Lake Griffin • Lake Louisa • Spring Lake • Lake Apopka
- 16. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Which lakes are influenced by groundwater? • Lake Harris • Lake Minneola • Lake Minnehaha • Lake Norris • Crescent Lake • Lake Yale • Loch Leven • Lake Eustis • Trout Lake • Cherry Lake • Lake Dora • Lake Griffin • Lake Louisa • Spring Lake • Lake Apopka
- 17. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Water flows from Floridan aquifer into Harris Chain
- 18. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Water flows from Clermont Chain into Florida aquifer
- 19. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts What other factors influence our lake levels?
- 20. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Evapotranspiration
- 21. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Irrigation Withdrawals
- 22. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts
- 23. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Stormwater Runoff
- 24. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Every lake ages
- 25. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Too well nourished
- 26. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Why are many of Florida’s lakes and rivers a dark color? B. The soil makes the water appear to be a dark color. C. Tannins released from decomposing plant material stain the water a dark color, like a tea bag. A. The water is polluted. D. None of the above.
- 27. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts The correct answer is C. Tannins released from decomposing plant material stain the water a dark color, like a tea bag.
- 28. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts You’re correct. It is part of the natural process for tannins to be released and the river’s ecosystem and inhabitants are adjusted to a dark water system.
- 29. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Who lives in a watershed? A. Only those people who live next to a water body. B. Everyone C. People who live within 5 miles of a water body. D. None of the above.
- 30. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts The correct answer is B. Everyone lives in a watershed.
- 31. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Correct. Lake Louisa
- 32. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts What contributes to algae blooms in a river? A. Overfertilizing lawns and landscapes B. Stormwater draining into waterways C. Warm temperatures D. All of the above E. None of the above
- 33. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts The correct answer is D. All of the above.
- 34. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts You’re right. Everyone needs to be careful to: Follow label directions when using fertilizers Not apply near or along the edges waterways Use slow-release fertilizers Apply only the amount needed by the plants
- 35. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts How can you and your dog help protect our waterways? A. Don’t walk your dog near a waterway. B. Collect the dog’s waste in a plastic bag and put it in a storm drain. C. Pick up after your dog and dispose of the waste properly. D. All of the above. E. None of the above.
- 36. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts The correct answer is C. Pick up after your dog and dispose of the waste properly. Proper disposal means placing it in a trash can not down a storm drain.
- 37. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Right answer. Remember, proper disposal means placing it in a trash can not down a storm drain.
- 38. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts What is the most COMMON way trash enters our waterways? A. After a rain, trash moves to a storm drain and empties into a water body. B. Trash blows out of a trash can or dumpster. C. Trash is thrown directly into a water body. D. All of the above E. None of the above
- 39. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts That’s not right. The correct answer is A. After a rain, trash moves to a storm drain and empties into a water body.
- 40. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts You’re right. It is important that only rain go down a storm drain. Pick-up any litter you find. Never put lawn clippings or used motor oil down a storm drain. All storm drain eventually lead to our waterways.
- 41. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts What is the relationship between leaky car fluids and a river otter? A. Both can be found in the river. B. Both can be wet and slippery. C. Both are brown. D. All of the above
- 42. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts The correct answer is D. All of the above.
- 43. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts You’re right.
- 44. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts What is Trout Lake Nature Center?
- 45. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Volunteer to Make A Difference
- 46. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Capital Building Fundraising Campaign
- 47. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Own an Acre of Nature! TLNC’s Acre by Acre Program • $100 for one acre for one year Become a Sustaining Sponsor
- 48. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Shopping online? Use AmazonSmile.com and iGive.com Select Trout Lake Nature Center as your charity.
- 49. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Upcoming Activities… April 9, 1 to 3 PM, Turtle Day at TLNC April 22, 9 AM to 5 PM, Boating Safety workshop
- 50. Helping to Educate Minds and Changing Hearts Questions? Contact Info. Email: tlnc.director@gmail. com Phone: 352-357- 7536
Editor's Notes
- Confined on the east by the Lake Wales Ridge Confined on the west by a series of low parallel ridges—Same ones that confine Little Creek basin and serves as a watershed divide Drains into Lake Louisa Because of the flat topography, water comingles with several basins The average channel slope south of 474 is 0.6 ft./mile
- Empties into Lake Louisa Confined on the west by a series of low parallel ridges— Because of the flat topography, water commingles with several basins The average channel slope south of 474 is 0.6 ft/mile
- Eutrophic = well nourished Eutrophication occurs naturally over hundreds of years Human activities can greatly speed up this process Excess nutrients stimulate growth of plants and algae
- Most abundant nutrients are nitrogen & phosphorus Nutrients are contained in fertilizers, pet waste, leaves, debris & some detergents A lake that’s too well nourished may become hypereutrophic and have algae blooms
- It is part of the natural process for tannins to be released and the river is called a dark water system. In these systems, sunlight is limited in how deeply it can penetrate through the water. Sunlight is important for photosynthesis. Photosynthesis helps to place oxygen in the water and is important for the health of a river.
- In these systems, sunlight is limited in how deeply it can penetrate through the water. Sunlight is important for photosynthesis. Photosynthesis helps to place oxygen in the water and is important for the health of a river.
- A watershed is the land area that water moves through and drains into a body of water. When it rains water runs downhill into small creeks that run into bigger streams and then into rivers until it reaches the ocean. We all live in a watershed, no matter where we live. And we all have an impact on the river.
- When it rains water runs downhill into small creeks that run into bigger streams and then into rivers until it reaches the ocean. The St. Johns River watershed is made up of many smaller watersheds such as the Black Creek, Oklawaha, or Wekiwa watersheds. We all live in a watershed, no matter where we live. And we all have an impact on the waterways.
- In warmer weather, algae blooms can occur. They are often caused by the overuse or misuse of fertilizers on landscapes. This fertilizer and other sources of nutrients run into our waterways after a rainfall.
- It is important that only rain go down a storm drain. Pick-up any litter you find. Never put lawn clippings or used motor oil down a storm drain. All storm drain eventually lead to our waterways.
- Both river otters and leaky car fluids, such as oil, gasoline, or antifreeze, can be found in our waterways. By maintaining our cars properly and repairing leaks as soon as possible, we can prevent these types of pollutants from getting in our waterways.
- By maintaining our cars properly and repairing leaks as soon as possible, we can prevent these types of pollutants from getting in our waterways. Everyone plays a part in protecting our river and waterways.