Using the brute-force approach, Dallas continues to measure the flux of water to Shingobee Lake via the numerous springs that are common along the shoreline. This is part of an ongoing attempt to quantify the flux of ground water to Shingobee Lake. Dallas also has been using his portable weirs or "spring samplers" to measure fluxes along the Shingobee River, at the request of Frank Triska, John Duff, and Al Jackman, who have continued their research on hyporheic processes along the Shingobee River. Dallas reported that, as usual, the marsh marigold plants were abundant in the spring locations, but that the time when they were blooming was a little shorter than normal this spring.
1998 IRI News