https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside 2026-09-16T07:03:37-04:00 weekly https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer 2026-09-08T17:56:56-04:00 weekly https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/why-lake-pulse-exists 2026-09-08T01:55:43-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/Lake_Pulse_Lake_House.jpg?v=1788846943 Why Lake Pulse Exists Lake Pulse effectively operates in the finance, insurance, and real estate industry https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/we-are-not-trying-to-replace-your-limnologist 2026-09-08T01:56:43-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/iStock-1625967660.jpg?v=1788847003 We Are Not Trying to Replace Your Limnologist Limnologists, and lake consultants, play an important role in lake health & safety https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/lake-pulse-launches-october-2026 2026-09-08T17:43:03-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/Lake_Pulse_Paddle_Board.jpg?v=1788873260 Lake Pulse Launches in October 2026 In October, Lake Pulse opens to lake communities across the United States. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/what-the-great-lakes-taught-us 2026-09-08T04:02:43-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/Great_Lakes.jpg?v=1788854563 What the Great Lakes Taught Us, and Why We Built for a Different Lake People ask why Lake Pulse does not work on the Great Lakes. It is a fair question and the answer is not modesty. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/the-boathouse-scientists-with-nothing-to-sell-you 2026-09-08T17:43:02-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/iStock-1700200678_1.jpg?v=1788873076 The Boathouse: Scientists With Nothing to Sell You The Lake Pulse Boathouse, a help desk for people who have questions about their lake, strategic and urgent. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/your-lakes-data-is-in-a-binder-in-someones-basement 2026-09-08T01:51:27-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/iStock-1269696073.jpg?v=1788846687 Your Lake's Data Is in a Binder in Someone's Basement Lake Pulse, Binders, old reports, historic studies, and past surveys https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/one-lake-many-lakes 2026-09-08T17:56:58-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/unsplash-image-cGxlFV83PTI.jpg?v=1788873222 One Lake, Many Lakes The water at the public landing and the water in the quiet cove are not the same lake, and no single grade can tell you that. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/what-a-lake-association-does-with-a-season-of-data 2026-09-08T17:56:57-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/iStock-1367950608.jpg?v=1788872815 What a Lake Association Actually Does With a Season of Data Most lake communities lose their history every few years and start over. The ones that do not are the ones that make progress. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/the-toolbox-explained 2026-09-08T09:07:58-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/IMG_2612.jpg?v=1788872878 The Toolbox, Explained The hardest part of lake monitoring has never been the science. It is knowing what to buy. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/why-every-bundle-starts-with-a-phone-call 2026-09-08T17:43:01-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/iStock-1449630899.jpg?v=1788854454 Why Every Bundle Starts With a Phone Call With the Lake Pulse Boathouse, you are buying the half hour that stops you paying for the wrong measurement. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/why-is-my-lake-green 2026-09-08T17:56:56-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/bloom_bcacdc93-92f1-4099-a60e-a6b63f818913.jpg?v=1788847612 Why Is My Lake Green? Some cyanobacteria blooms look exactly like ordinary green algae https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/is-it-safe-to-swim 2026-09-08T17:43:00-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/kids_jumping_in_lake_lake_pulse.png?v=1788873340 Is It Safe to Swim? A lake that is fine on bacteria can be dangerous on toxins, and vice versa. Testing one tells you nothing about the other. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/your-lake-nearly-suffocates-every-night 2026-09-08T17:42:59-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/fish_13513730-d25b-43a0-9eb9-ae9531f08e11.jpg?v=1788847174 Your Lake Nearly Suffocates Every Night By August, the bottom of many lakes is anoxic — effectively zero oxygen https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/the-cheapest-instrument-in-limnology 2026-09-08T17:56:54-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/Secchidisclakehealth_53225157-09c7-4102-bc37-62f39eee2ae0.jpg?v=1788872970 The Cheapest Instrument in Limnology Is a Dinner Plate A fifty-year record from a black-and-white disc beats three years from a sensor that cost four figures. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/phosphorus-is-the-whole-story-also-it-isnt 2026-09-08T17:56:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/Cross_Section_of_Pond.jpg?v=1788873141 Phosphorus Is the Whole Story. Also, It Isn't. Your lake can have high phosphorus and run clear all summer. Understanding why is most of lake science. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/your-lake-turns-over-twice-a-year 2026-09-08T17:42:57-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/unsplash-image-lNUi7W4iwok.jpg?v=1788847098 Your Lake Turns Over Twice a Year and Nobody Notices A lake that appears healthy at the surface can be running an anoxic bottom layer that is quietly recharging next year's phosphorus. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/every-winters-road-salt-is-still-in-your-lake 2026-09-08T09:18:14-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/man_on_lake_lake_pulse.jpg?v=1788873494 Every Winter's Road Salt Is Still in Your Lake Chloride does not break down, does not settle out, and does not leave. It only accumulates. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/what-does-lake-testing-actually-cost 2026-09-08T17:56:52-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/lab.jpg?v=1788854678 What Does Lake Testing Actually Cost? Less than most people fear, and far less than finding out too late. Here is the honest arithmetic. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/find-an-invasive-species-before-you-can-see-it 2026-09-08T17:56:52-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/eDNA.png?v=1788846799 You Can Find an Invasive Species Before You Can See It Leveraging eDNA to better understand your lake’s flora and fauna, including native endangered and invasive species https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/lake-whisperer/snakeheads-are-spreading 2026-09-08T17:50:03-04:00 weekly https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/nobody-in-this-industry-publishes-a-price 2026-09-09T06:17:00-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/IMG_2622.jpg?v=1788949020 Nobody in This Industry Publishes a Price. We Did. The Toolbox is our storefront. Seven aisles, fifty-odd products, organized by the question you are trying to answer rather than by the technology that answers it. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/flora-fauna-hub 2026-09-09T06:48:45-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/eDNA_9b1e266d-3d5a-414a-b97c-f12787dfdfcb.png?v=1788950925 The Flora & Fauna Hub: what's actually living in and around your lake The living inventory of your lake. Every organism ever detected, in one cumulative table that grows with each survey rather than being replaced by it. https://toolbox.lakepulse.co/blogs/dockside/a-bloom-appears-now-what 2026-09-14T17:15:18-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0703/4070/6483/articles/Man_on_lakeshore.jpg?v=1789420518 A Bloom Appears. Now What? Once you know the organism, the toxin test stops being a guess.