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What’s up with zebra mussels? How does a lake spring work? Does boating stir up the bottom of your lake (or does it have any impact at all?) What’s the temperature at the very bottom of your …

PRESS RELEASE – K21 Health Foundation recently supplied a 2020-23 grant to the Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams to support ongoing blue-green algae research. The grant totaled over $230,000, and is …

By Caitlin Yoder and Sarah Baier

No matter who you are, or where you live in Kosciusko County, you are a part of the biotic, or living, community. The Lilly Center is dedicated to providing …

We encourage you to make the best decisions for your family and pets over the upcoming Fourth of July weekend… and enjoy the lakes as much as possible! Here are some things you should know about …

Gills outside the body, a flat head and a propensity to eat anything it can fit in its mouth. It sounds like a description of an alien species, does it not? Luckily for us, this isn’t the work of H.G …

We’re offering four Ecotours this summer! If you live on one of these lakes, or can transport your boat to one of them, we’d welcome your presence.

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So far, we have helped equip 131 students for meaningful careers after graduation. Many of these students have substantially contributed to the Lilly Center mission while in college and now are …

By Caitlin Yoder, education coordinator

You may have heard the terms native, non-native and invasive in the context of plants or animals that live in Northern Indiana. But the meaning of these …

By Jed Harvey in collaboration with Abby Phinney, Lilly Center Staff

Imagine this: It’s late February, 1965, and you live near Lake Wawasee or Syracuse. It isn’t cold enough for the lakes to be …

From June-August, the Lilly Center collects water samples from open water on Kosciusko County’s twelve all-sport lakes and Center and Pike lakes, along with the public swimming beaches at Center, …