Crystal Lake Mixing Project Crystal Lake is one of the most popular lakes in Vilas County, with thousands of families visiting each year. The sandy beaches and beautiful blue waters provide quite the scenic Northwoods backdrop for a day at the beach but, below the surface, it’s not such a pretty picture. Rainbow smelt, an …

As temperatures gently fall alongside the colored leaves in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, the summer field season at the Center for Limnology’s Trout Lake Station draws to a close. For three months, students and researchers tirelessly sampled, surveyed and studied northern temperate lakes in Northern Wisconsin. We wanted to highlight some of the novel and interesting research …