Connect with a statewide network of people who are making a positive impact on these waters!



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Show your lakes some love! Help monitor water quality, fish habitat

If your summer plans include time at a favorite lake, here?s an easy way to do some good with real, lasting value: help the MiCorps Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program [ [link removed] ] gather information about water quality and fish habitat conditions.

This community science program is seeking volunteers who enjoy and want to help protect Michigan?s nearly 11,000 inland lakes. There is a lot we don?t know about many of our lakes, and volunteering with MiCorps will connect you with a statewide network of people who are making a positive impact on these waters.

Want to help?

As a water quality monitor, you:


* Choose which lake to sample.
* Select which measurements to take. You can collect data on water quality (water clarity, nutrients, dissolved oxygen and algae), invasive species, native plants and shoreline conditions.
* Get detailed instructions, training and equipment.

There?s a small fee to cover the costs of supplies and analyzing samples, but volunteers often can collaborate with local lake associations or other organizations to help pay for these costs.

All volunteer-gathered information is added to the MiCorps Data Exchange, a public database that includes 50 years? worth of program lake data. This database is used by people, local communities and state agencies like the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to better protect and manage our beautiful lakes and the fish and wildlife that rely on them.

Questions?

Visit the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program enrollment webpage [ [link removed] ] for more information or contact Erick Elgin <[email protected]> (Michigan State University Extension) at 218-340-5731 or Joe Nohner <[email protected]> (DNR) at 517-599-6825.




"The MiCorps Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program is sponsored by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and is administered in partnership with Michigan State University Extension, the Michigan Lakes and Streams Association and the Huron River Watershed Council."

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