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Outdoors
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MICHIGAN – Enrollment for the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) is now open for the 2023 sampling season.
CLMP volunteers monitor water quality, invasive species and habitat conditions in their favorite lake. Volunteers receive detailed instructions, training and equipment. The data volunteers collect are used by state agencies, researchers and local lake communities to better understand and manage Michigan’s 11,000 inland lakes.
The CLMP has been an important component of Michigan’s inland lake monitoring program for nearly 50 years, which makes it one of the oldest volunteer monitoring programs for lakes in the country.
The primary purpose of this cooperative program is to help volunteers monitor indicators of water quality in their lake and document changes in lake quality over time. Volunteering for the CLMP also provides an opportunity to connect more deeply with the lakes we love.
Interested volunteers are encouraged to enroll now. Visit MiCorps.net or contact Erick Elgin, elgineri@msu.edu, 218-340-5731, or Jean Roth, jean.roth@mymlsa.org.
The MiCorps Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program is sponsored by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and is administered in partnership with MSU Extension, the Michigan Lakes and Streams Association and the Huron River Watershed Council.