REDWOOD — The Indian River Lakes’ WHIRL program is a natural for students like Meadow G. Webb, holder of a name that conjures up our natural environment.
Participants will learn about watershed management, aquatic resources and invasive species management.
WHIRL (Water and Habitat on the Indian River Lakes) is a program that started in 2019 as a collaboration between the Indian River Lakes Conservancy, the Indian River Central School District, the Friends of Recreation Conservation and Environmental Stewardship program at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the Izaak Walton League and the St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management.
This yearâs program begins Wednesday, July 14 and meets for a full day every Wednesday through Aug. 25.
Participants can expect to kayak several lakes and learn to assess and improve water quality through nature-based shoreline approaches. They will also participate in a research project to raise and release a Eurasian watermilfoil-eating weevil bug to help control unwanted, invasive plants in the Indian River La