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21. I am a half of a bottle of wine into my evening but this is a different creature from zebra mussels.

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:03 PM

3 hrs ago

You can do your due diligence about keeping fertilizers out of a watershed but you can
still see the damage from non native bivalve offsprings.

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Something is wrong with Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River [View all] NickB79 8 hrs ago OP

Why don't they just follow Trump's train of reasoning and nuke the lake? John1956PA 8 hrs ago #1

Or sweep the forest. 2naSalit 8 hrs ago #3

The not so funny thing is Mblaze 7 hrs ago #7

How does that huge river start here? viva la 8 hrs ago #2

Yes, the tracing rivers upstream can be interesting. John1956PA 7 hrs ago #5

I think the historic names of the rivers are always honored. John1956PA 7 hrs ago #9

But it all flows...... lastlib 6 hrs ago #15

Well SOME names aren't always honored by SOME people. Beartracks 5 hrs ago #17

The different criteria for measuring rivers gets things convoluted BaronChocula 7 hrs ago #10

Just call them all America River or Trump river to get instant approval. GreenWave 6 hrs ago #11

It's a rite of passage for MN kids to walk across the headwaters NickB79 4 hrs ago #20

My heart hurts Lulu KC 6 hrs ago #12

Seems unlikely. Erie gets ocean going vessels from the Atlantic... Wounded Bear 5 hrs ago #16

Zebra mussels haven't been found in Itasca. Yet NickB79 4 hrs ago #19