Yesterday afternoon, I attended the St. Cloud area joint town hall meeting at Whitney Senior Center, featuring the mayors of St. Cloud, St. Augusta, St. Joseph, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, and Waite Park to learn about the concerns of area civic leaders.

In evening, I attended the Little Rock Lake TMDL Public Meeting and Open House at Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School to learn more about water quality issues on Little Rock Lake in Benton County. The main focus of the TMDL project will be to mitigate phosphorus, the water quality limiting nutrient responsible for the toxic blue-green algae blooms in the lake.

Aubrey Immelman listening to the water quality concerns of Little Rock Lake residents, July 29, 2008.

UPDATE

Here’s a link to a blog entry by “littlerockpj” on the website of the St. Cloud Times:

My not so private thoughts on the TMDL study presented on July 29th 2008 concerning Little Rock Lake

Patrick Immelman (2) catches his first fish in Harris Channel (which connects Little Rock Lake to the Mississippi River) on Father’s Day, June 15, 2008.