Bush Lake Chapter Izaak Walton League

09/01/2026

Check out this absolutely mind blowing sunset last night on Bush Lake!

Share your favorite Bush Lake sunset below!

08/26/2026

It's time for Mushroom Trivia of the Day!

Q: This is a young Green Cheese Polypore...but what is going on with the droplets??? What is this process called? Any guesses as to why it's happening?

Want to know more about mushrooms? Join us and Erica Tava Johnson with Minnesota Mushrooms for our Bush Lake Mushrooms 101! Learn about mushrooms, take a little field trip with us across the property to see what we can find!

08/25/2026

We have more hatchlings! Have you been out to the chapter property recently? Several more nests to go! And the late summer wildflowers are showing off!

Name the turtle species in the comments! 🐢

08/21/2026

Turn outdoor lights off tomorrow if possible!

**Lights Out Alert: Bird Highway Returns This Weekend**

Here they come! While the fall bird migration peaks in our area during September, an early wave is likely Saturday night. The wind pattern is perfect for the birds, and they will likely take advantage and move across the entire Great Lakes region. More than 200 million birds are projected by the Birdcast model. It is possible that the bird surge will be much higher than that number. The reason why is because Birdcast uses data from the GFS computer model. That model shows a good wind flow for the birds, but the European computer model shows a great pattern for migratory birds. Either way, bird traffic should be high, but it has the potential to overperform. Saturday night is a good time to turn off those outdoor lights to help this early surge of birds navigate south.

08/20/2026

What’s blooming by the East Pond? So many things! It’s amazing what a controlled burn can do for plant diversity!

Can anyone name these plants?

08/19/2026

We’ve got hatchlings! 🙌🐢
The Painted Turtle Nest hatched August 17!
We are monitoring the other nests and will keep you posted!

08/19/2026

We’ve got good news!

BREAKING NEWS 🚨: Governor Walz issues Executive Order, taking a monumental step for Boundary Waters protections. This order implements critical Minnesota state protections for the Boundary Waters watershed from sulfide-ore copper mining and calls for the passage of legislation that would permanently protect the Wilderness.
https://www.savetheboundarywaters.org/action-center