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MARQUETTE — 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

How healthy is the water that residents and visitors enjoy in West Michigan? Are aquatic ecosystems able to flourish? These are the kind of questions that volunteers help answer by

Michigan State University Extension and Windmill Island Gardens are offering three Smart Gardening presentations at Windmill Island this summer.

MSU Extension recruits lake monitoring volunteers for 2023 Cooperative Lake Monitoring Program.

The Mecosta Conservation District will be hosting an event from 10 a.m. to noon June 3 at...

The meeting topic is “Lake Ecology and How We Influence the Health of Our Lakes,” with three speakers and information booths.

The Michigan Clean Water Corps, a network of volunteer monitoring programs that collect...

Help make a difference on Michigan’s inland lakes. Join the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program today! Email This summer, embrace the outdoors while monitoring water quality on your favorite lake. Enrollment is open through May 10, 2021. Photo Credit: Lois Wolfson The MiCorps Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) is back and seeking volunteers who want to enjoy and protect Michigan’s 11,000 inland lakes. Michigan’s lakes are a valuable resource that provide beauty, recreation, ...

Nick Assendelft The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps), a network of volunteer monitoring programs that collect and share surface water quality data statewide, is accepting enrollments for the 2021 Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) season. Volunteers monitor water quality, invasive species and habitat conditions in lakes across Michigan. They receive detailed instructions, training and equipment. Data that is collected will be added to the MiCorps Data Exchange, a public database th...

Smart lake gardening: Planning your nearshore garden Extending your lakefront garden into the water opens an exciting new opportunity to enhance your property’s beauty and function. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden. Photo by Rebecca Finneran, MSU Extension. Extending your lakefront garden into the water opens an exciting new opportunity to enhance your property’s beauty and function. Elegant bulrush...