March 2025
- LAKE magazine
- Feb 24
- 3 min read
This March edition of LAKE officially kicks off the publishing schedule of the magazine for 2025, during which we will produce eight issues from now until the month of October.
We attempted to identify the key months of the year when lakefront activity is starting to build or is at its peak for those living on the hundreds of lakes in Oakland County.
Having lived on two lakes, Long Lake in Commerce Township and White Lake in White Lake Township, for over three decades, my sense of things is that some lakefront homeowners actually begin to plan out projects for their residences as winter wraps up. So in this issue you will find marketing messages from firms that provide services for projects you may be entertaining for this year. Additionally, you will see boating and real estate firms that are focused on those living on the lakefronts. The support from all of these firms allows us to bring you this publication, so it helps us if you would tell them you saw their ad in LAKE magazine if you reach out to them.
As we did last year, each issue of LAKE will arrive a week or more before the start of each month.
For the most part our editorial will remain focused on critical issues affecting the waterways in Oakland County. After all, you are part of a unique population subset in the county where home values increase annually at a faster rate than houses not situated on the waterfronts and the quality of your lake is an integral part of this equation. Our news content is meant to provide a thorough understanding of the general topics of lakes, and hopefully these educational articles will result in an increased appreciation for the importance of preserving lake quality.
In this issue our writers tackle the stratification process most lakes go through each year; a look at the fish stocking efforts of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources; and a piece on how the state is involved with regulations on both public and private lakes.
This March edition also marks the first issue in which we relied on contributions from lakefront residents for the cover photo of the magazine. Last year we put out a call for photos that many of you take each year on your lakefront and we were more than pleased with what we received. Readers sent us roughly 50 or more photos and from those we have been able to plan out covers for LAKE magazine through our July issue at this point in time.
This month’s cover was shot by Asher Brent who lives on Lake Sherwood in Commerce Township. Future covers we have planned involve photos from a variety of lakes, including White Lake, Long Lake in Lake Orion and Cass Lake, just to name a few. When the cover of an issue is provided by someone living on the local waterways, we include photo credit on our index page.
We are still accepting photo contributions and in return we will send a check for $100 if we select a photo for one of our covers. So please keep sending us your work. We just ask that the photos you send be high resolution. Too often some of the photos submitted were not high resolution so while we may have loved the pictures, we simply must have high resolution shots for the cover. When you send in your photos, please include your mail address so we can send a check if your photo was accepted. And it doesn’t hurt to give readers some information about what you used to shoot the photo, something simple like cellphone or camera.
We also encourage our readers to email me with story suggestions you may have for future issues.
David Hohendorf
Publisher
