Lake Studies

By Ron Reimink, M.A. of Freshwater Solutions LLC, and Patrick Hanington Ph. D. of University of Alberta Executive Summary We proposed to the Higgins Lake Foundation that a repeat assessment of parasites and hosts responsible for causing swimmer’s itch on Higgins Lake would help answer some important questions, information that would advance the science of […]

Higgins Lake Aquatic Plant Survey 2017 and 2018 Results Prepared by: Dr. Mark Luttenton, Biology Department and Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University Executive Summary Higgins Lake is an iconic example of the lake systems located in Michigan’s northern lower-peninsula. Lakes in this region were formed as Pleistocene glaciers retreated, leaving behind large […]

Changes in Nearshore Water Quality from 1995 to 2014 and Associated Linkages to Septic Systems in Higgins Lake, MI Sherry L. Martin, Anthony D. Kendall, and David W. Hyndman Executive Summary This report presents a new water quality dataset for Higgins Lake, mostly collected in 2014, along with an analysis of these data relative to […]

Ecohydrologic Evaluation of Removing the Higgins Lake-Level Control Structure Anthony D. Kendall, Blaze M. Budd, and David W. Hyndman Introduction Higgins Lake, in Roscommon County, has experienced significant shoreline erosion, some of which has been attributed to high water caused by a lake-level control structure (dam) at lake’s outlet into the Cut River. The erosion […]

Effects of Residential Development on the Water Quality of Higgins Lake, Michigan 1995-1999 By Russel J Minnerick Abstract Higgins Lake, a popular recreation area in the north-central Lower Peninsula of Michigan, drains an area of 58 square miles and is composed of two deep basins separated by a narrow channel between Flag Point and Point […]