Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance

LPLA members dine on sediment at mud picnic

Aug 29, 2019

Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance’s (LPLA) first mud picnic Saturday, Aug. 24 let people experience Lake Pepin’s ongoing sedimentation in a new way. The event took place at the head of Lake Pepin in the shallow waters just downstream of Lighthouse Island, which has grown about a mile in the last 50 years...

Open house on studies concerning Lake Pepin is Aug. 29 at Lake City Sportsman's Club

Aug 22, 2019

To help area residents learn about the studies concerning the health of Lake Pepin, and how they can provide input on them, the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) is hosting an open house from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club, 2200 S. Oak St., Lake City. The...

Tour on record-setting pace before it begins

May 29, 2019

The 12th Annual Tour de Pepin will be taking place this Saturday, June 1, beginning at 7 a.m. With over 950 riders registered going into event day, this year is already breaking records and may just be the biggest Tour de Pepin yet. Tour de Pepin has become a popular early summer outing for...

June 8 benefit concert caps Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance member drive

May 8, 2019

The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) is capping off its Spring Member Drive with an outdoor benefit concert at Liberty Tree Farm in Stockholm, Wis., on Saturday June 8. The concert will feature The Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins, a Minnesota string-band with original songs about the river,...

Lake Pepin habitat project selected for pilot program

Feb 7, 2019

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will participate in a national Corps of Engineers pilot program to use dredged material to improve habitat. The Upper Pool 4 Islands Complex Project is one of 10 projects selected out of 95 proposals submitted throughout the United States. Corps...

Group recommends $750k for Lake Pepin habitat project

Dec 27, 2018

A Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) request for $750,000 through the Lessard Sam’s Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) last summer is now included in the Council’s final recommendation to the Minnesota Legislature. The legislature needs to approve the funding during their next session, but LPLA is...

Input sought on Lake Pepin restoration proposals

Mar 28, 2018

Restoration efforts in Upper Lake Pepin have reached another milestone, according to Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA), and will be discussed at the upcoming public meeting on April 4 at the St. James Hotel in Red Wing, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Army Corps of Engineers and the Wisconsin Department...

Festival of Lights returns to Frontenac on Nov. 25

Nov 16, 2017

The sixth annual Festival of Lights which began at the Villa Maria, will take place at Christ Episcopal Church, Old Frontenac, on Saturday, Nov. 25. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. to view the dozens of candle-lit nativities from around the world and to enjoy the luminarias surrounding the church...

To help Lake Pepin, go against the flow

Aug 24, 2017

Of the many factors contributing to the rapid sedimentation that threatens to shorten the life of Lake Pepin by millenia, researchers have identified one that, if it could be addressed, would have a huge impact. “You can reduce everything if you just reduce the flow,” said Carrie Jennings to...

Lake Pepin habitat project open house is July 11

Jul 6, 2017

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house in Red Wing, July 11, to discuss a study to improve habitat in and around Upper Pool 4 of the Mississippi River. The open house will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a short presentation at 5:30 p.m., at the Red Wing...