(Photo created with beaconbeta.schneidercorp.com of the spill site) SYRACUSE — The demolition of a condemned home resulted in Turkey Creek Fire Department being notified of a  report of an oil spill on Bayshore Channel of Lake Wawasee, Sunday, July 12. (Related: Local Officials Respond To Hatchery Road Chemical Spill) Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, which is …read more.

Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s annual Water Bug Catch will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 4, at the WACF Levinson-LaBrosse Lakes and Wetlands Education Center, Syracuse. The bug catch is the second in the WACF Lake Talk and Eats program during the summer. This is one of the most popular events of …read more.

[weaver_youtube IKez162gL4Q rel=0]   Updates of the three-fold approach by the Center for Lakes & Streams was given by Dr. Nate Bosch, director, during a social event Saturday evening at Lake Wawasee. Approximately 80 individuals learned about activities of the center in the past year. Dr. Nate Bosch, director of Center for Lakes & Streams …read more.

SYRACUSE — Their mothers were mudders, their fathers were mudders. It was the inaugural Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s Mudtastic Classic Saturday morning and it was a fantastic success. More than 100 people were in attendance as competitors ran, rolled and crawled the trails near the Levinson-LaBrosse Lakes & Wetlands Education Center. The events started at 9 …read more.

  Clint Houseworth, public works superintendent, and Henry DeJulia, Syracuse town manager, presented a plan for a new salt barn during the Syracuse Town Council’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, June 16. Houseworth explained that the current salt barn, which was built in 1990s, has serious structural issues. Houseworth recommended a larger salt barn, which …read more.

[weaver_youtube i_MzOLkfSYo rel=8]   Could lakescaping be the new standard of beauty? Martha Ferguson, Riverview Nursery, Spencerville, believes it will be. Ferguson presented the program in the season’s first Lake Talk and Eats hosted by the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation. The program was also in partnership with the Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation. Ferguson presented a variety …read more.

Native plants, healthy shorelines, rain gardens will be the topics at the first Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Lake Talk & Eats Program. This program is also listed as one of the events in the 2015 Lakes Festival. Held at the WACF Levinson-LaBrosse Education Center, 11586 N SR 13, south of Syracuse, interested individuals will meet …read more.

[weaver_youtube sXfK7vCGG80 rel=0]   Oakwood Resort in Syracuse is once again hosting the Indiana Lakes Management Conference. Around 120 people are participating in this annual event which is in its 28th year. Attendees have come from around the state to collaborate and discuss environmental management and to further educate themselves on lake conservancy and protection. …read more.

The Barbara Berkey Grant and Sacajawea Wetlands Overlook on CR 1000N, east of Koher Road East on the southeast side of Lake Wawasee, has been completed. The boardwalk platform overlooks the wetland area at the headwaters of Turkey Creek before it flows into Lake Wawasee. The property is owned by the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation …read more.

A visual enhancement to the water level gauge at the Syracuse Dam or control structure was undertaken recently. Chad Jonsson, Syracuse Parks Department superintendent and Doug Yoder, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, installed a new yellow strip allowing easier visualization of the lake level. All dam gates were closed June 3, with water still cresting about …read more.

[weaver_youtube 6dWRVGfLavs rel=0] Lyn Crighton, executive director of Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation along with Mark Myers, owner of Myers Landscape, Syracuse, presented a program on Healthy Shorelines for Healthy Lakes and native plant discussion at the late Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Lake Talks and Eats on Saturday, Aug. 1. Crighton noted an Environmental Protection Agency report in …read more.

[weaver_youtube 2KZzi3B0dqc rel=0]   Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation’s first Lake Talks and Eats Saturday focused on three areas concerning lakes, two of which pertained to Syracuse and Wawasee lakes. Ecology of the lake and how a lake operates, and an economic study of a lake’s affect on a county and a current study on the …read more.

Kosciusko Leadership Academy met at the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation to learn about Aquatic Ecology in Kosciusko County. Nathan Bosch, Ph.D., director of Kosciusko Lakes and Streams, shared there are 114 lakes In Kosciusko Count including those with two or more acres. There are 106 lakes of 5 or more acres in our county. Kosciusko …read more.

“I’m just a little overwhelmed,” commented Dave Grandstaff when he received the annual Wawasee Property Owners Association Chief Award Saturday morning. The award was presented at the annual WPOA meeting. He admitted he didn’t realize he was the recipient until mention was made regarding his grandchildren and great-grandchild. WPOA President Kay Young presented the award …read more.

The Wawasee Area Conservancy headquarters property has been renamed. The property along SR 13 is now the “Levinson-LaBrosse Lakes and Wetlands Education Center.” The announcement was made Saturday at the annual WACF breakfast meeting by Bob Fanning, outgoing board member. A sizeable donation has come in from the family of Alan (Buzz) Levinson and Hank …read more.

Skiing, wake boarding and now surfing are popular sports on the area lakes. Specialty boats, to create the wakes for wake boarding and surfing, have now been added to the numerous sports boats, cruisers and pontoons used on the lakes. These boats can create wakes up to 4 feet for wake boarders and surfers to …read more.

Residents of Wawasee and Syracuse lakes gathered Saturday morning for a pancake and sausage breakfast at Oakwood Retreat, Syracuse, for the Annual Wawasee Property Owners Association and Syracuse Lake Association Annual Family Breakfast. Close to 300 residents and their families attended. Not only did attendees receive breakfast, but many area organizations, such as the Wawasee …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAuc1FyH1mU] The first of three Lake Talks and Eats, hosted by Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, Syracuse, kicked off this morning focusing on lake health. WACF hosts informal and hands on activities from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. the first Saturday each month June through August. The next sessions include “Water Bug Catch!” on July …read more.

Indiana University Clean Lakes will offer a workshop from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Education Center. The center is located at 11586 N SR 13, Syracuse. The workshop will include a presentation on aquatic plants and time at the lake identifying different kinds of plants. The …read more.

Word has been received today that the Oakwood property in Syracuse has been sold. Lauren Zeugner of The Mail-Journal reports that the property has been sold to Dr. Rex Parent, a Fort Wayne opthamologist who owns a home on the east end of Lake Wawasee. Parents two sons, JR and Jason, are said to have …read more.