Stay updated with breaking news from நீரோடைகள் சங்கம். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
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, and economic opportunities. As more people use and live on and around our lakes, the potential for pollution and degradation increases. Monitoring a lake’s vital signs through time allows for informed and personalized management of that lake. By being a CLMP volunteer, you can help make a difference on your favorite lake while also deepening your connection to it. ....
Mi Environment - Today s MiCorps story is the first of two that looks at this volunter program that collects important information needed to make data-driven decisions about how to protect and improve Michigan s beautiful lakes and streams. ....
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 that includes CLMP lake information dating back to 1974. Long term monitoring provides data needed to recognize the health or condition and changes over time of a lake’s water and habitat quality. Monitoring is also a great way to make a difference while enjoying the outdoors. ....
MI ENVIRONMENT Over a thousand inland lake stewards and growing Date: December 09, 2020 Inland lakefront property owners across the state are taking advantage of the voluntary and free MI Shoreland Stewards Program created by the Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership. The program encourages lake friendly best management practices such as minimizing lawn size and hard surfaces and maintaining native trees, flowers and aquatic plants to share the shore with the fish and wildlife that live there. Since it was launched in April 2016, over 1,100 inland lake property owners from 286 lakes have taken the Shoreland Stewards Survey. Of these participants 70 percent of the properties have qualified to be a Shoreland Steward at the Gold, Silver or Bronze level. The Gold level provides the most protection for the lake and wildlife habitat. A sign can be purchased for qualifying properties on the Michigan Lakes and Streams Association website. ....
Give the gift of knowledge this holiday season with MSU Extension’s Introduction to Lakes Online course Treat someone special in your life to an online course dedicated to Michigan inland lakes! Do you have a family member or friend who lives on a lake? Why give another scented candle or novelty tie when you can treat them to a deeper understanding of the lake they love? Consider registering them for the Michigan State University ExtensionIntroduction to Lakes Online course this winter. This unique gift will teach your family member or friend how lakes work and in turn can empower them to help protect Michigan’s 11,000 inland lakes. ....