Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance

Meetings on invasive carp planned

Dec 27, 2023

The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) and Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) are hosting four community action meetings (including a virtual option) “to engage people in efforts to protect our rivers, lakes and streams from invasive carp,” the groups said in a news release. These meetings will...

Donation match makes it a good time to donate to Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance

Dec 13, 2023

Lake Pepin is threatened from the north by huge amounts of sediment, and more recently from the south by invasive and damaging species of carp. With bluffs on both sides of Lake Pepin all of us have been surrounded with a level of beauty most have never seen. No doubt this area’s natural...

Sportsman’s Club supports Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance

Jan 11, 2023

The Lake City Sportsman’s Club (LCSC) recently presented a $4,000 check to Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance to support the organization’s efforts to advocate for long term health of the lake. Pictured, from left: Dale Lidberg, LCSC board member; Emily Burton, LPLA Member Engagement Coordinator, and John...

Kernza, celebrated

Jun 22, 2022

A daylong celebration for a perennial grain that boosters say could prevent runoff was held Saturday, June 18, at Ohuta Park. Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance organized the event. The non-profit is dedicated to the effort to slow the sedimentation that is filling in Lake Pepin. “Kernza is the first...

Kernza Fest is Saturday

Jun 15, 2022

Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance is sponsoring Kernza Fest on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Ohuta Park in Lake City. “See, taste, and learn about innovations in water-healthy agriculture at Kernza Fest, a first-of-its kind event by the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance,” the alliance said in...

Public tours city wastewater treatment facility in conjunciton with ‘We Are Water’

Jun 15, 2022

In addition to helping sponsor the “We Are Water MN” exhibit currently on shared display at the Lake City Public Library and the Lake City Art Center, The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance also sponsored a special tour of Lake City’s Wastewater Treatment Facility on May 21. The tour was conducted on site...

KernzaFest coming to Ohuta Beach

May 11, 2022

Alex Kielty (left) of Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) talks with poet and multimedia artist Moheb Soliman on April 28 at Ohuta Beach. LPLA is organizing a free June 18 event in the park called KernzaFest, and Soliman was showing him a sign that could be on display during the event. According to...

River canoeing and beach clean-up event planned for May 22

May 4, 2022

Wabasha County 4-H and Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance are planning a river canoeing and beach clean-up on Sunday, May 22 from noon to 4 p.m. Community members are invited to join a canoe journey guided by Wilderness Inquiry, an outdoor education non-profit. “We have 40 spots available in large canoes...