Amazing Wildlife

For its location near two major freeways in a busy suburb, Penn Lake is a wildlife sanctuary. Living here nearly 30 years we have seen fox, eagles, snapping turtles, deer, waterfowl, muskrats, opossum, toads and multiple species of birds. When I share scenes of the lake and wildlife people ask me if I have a lake house up north and I have to explain that, no, I live on a pond in a major metro area.

As far as changes to the lake, I would love to see more effort to educate and encourage the neighborhood to consider more native plants that encourage wildlife habitat and improve water quality. Efforts to improve the quality of storm water flowing into the lakes would also be helpful.