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How Is RLS Different?

RLS is the only niche firm in the state of Michigan that offers ONLY lake restoration and management services. This is to best assist our lake communities with the best expertise possible that is needed for successful lake restoration projects.

Each RLS scientist is trained to target unique lake issues and offer cost-effective, ecologically sound, and sustainable strategies for optimum lake health.

How RLS Gives Back to Our Communities

  • RLS annually sponsors the Evans Lake and Big Star Lake 5-K runs as well as the annual Grand Haven U.S. Coast Guard Festival.
  • Michael Solomon, MS, senior hydrologist, volunteers hundreds of hours each year for the nonprofit Michigan Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society.
  • Grant Jones volunteers hundreds of hours annually to the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary in Boat Crew operations.
  • Jennifer L. Jermalowicz-Jones, PhD annually contributes hundreds of hours between the Michigan Waterfront Alliance non-profit and is also a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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New Projects:

  • Indian Lake, Logan County, OH
  • Middle Straits Lake, Oakland County, MI
  • Ginger Creek, Oakdale, IL
  • Brooks Lake, Newaygo County, MI
  • Little Long Lake, Steuben County, IN

News Flashes

RLS has prepared research papers on PFAS and Gravel Mining Operations

RLS has been working to successfully restore Indian Lake in Logan County, Ohio! The invasive species mitigation has been a huge success with limited milfoil and controlled Curly-leaf Pondweed.

RLS is currently researching hypolimnetic oxygenation as a way to reduce internal loading without toxic aluminum or destratification of the water column. It has proven to be an effective tool for lake restoration!

RLS has been retained to restore Ginger Creek in Hinsdale, IL. The program consists of multiple within-basin and immediate watershed management techniques.

Member Of

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North American Lake Management Society

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IAGLR

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AAAS

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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

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Michigan Waterfront Alliance