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08/17/2025

Cursed Gummy Bear? Nope, just a magnificent bryozoan doing its thing.

If you’ve ever found a floating, gelatinous blob while out kayaking and thought, who left that perfectly good gummy bear to rot in the lake, you’re not alone. But guess what, that isn’t a gummy, a pile of frog eggs, a mutant brain, or a sci-fi nightmare. It is Pectinatella magnifica, aka the magnificent bryozoan.

What looks like a single giant blob is actually a community of thousands of tiny, filter-feeding creatures called zooids, working together in harmony. These ancient creatures breathe life into freshwater, capturing plankton and cleaning the water as they drift in slow-moving rivers and lakes. Some colonies grow over a foot wide, pulsing gently with the current, a secret world hidden in plain sight.

When winter comes bryozoans release statoblasts, microscopic survival pods that can withstand freezing, drying, and even time itself. When conditions are right, they awaken, building new colonies and continuing their ancient cycle.

While Pectinatella magnifica is the most common bryozoan in the US, there are actually thousands of species across the globe. Have you ever encountered one of these strange and beautiful blobs?

A bryozon colony found in Lake Huron by Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. Michael Schindler/USFWS.

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08/05/2025

⚠️ Burn Ban in Effect as of August 5, 2025.

Due to current conditions, the Municipality of Trent Lakes has issued a ban on all open-air burning effective August 5, 2025. This ban suspends all approved Open-Air Burning Permits.

🔴This ban includes the following and will remain in effect until further notice to ensure public safety:

• Burning of clean wood, leaves, and brush
• Outdoor campfires
• Charcoal BBQs, charcoal smokers, wood smokers
• All outdoor wood burning appliances
• Patio torches
• Outdoor candles
• Fireworks

🟢The following are permitted:
• Propane or Naptha Gas cooking equipment with shutoff mechanism
• Electric cooking equipment

Citizens are further reminded that all smoking materials should be fully extinguished before being discarded in proper non-combustible containers.

Trent Lakes Fire Rescue would like to thank all citizens for their anticipated co-operation during this ban. We would also like to remind citizens that any person found to be conducting open air burning in contravention of the ban, is guilty of an offence and subject to penalties outlined in B2023-053 Section 4.1.

Trent Lakes Fire Rescue will continue to monitor the conditions and issue a subsequent release when the open air burning ban is lifted. Citizens may also watch www.trentlakes.ca for an update for when the ban is lifted.

For questions please contact 705-738-3800 ext. 230.