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February, 2015
International Watershed
Coordination Program Highlights
LakeSmart set to
launch into its 5th
season
community said Association president Robert Bulman. We hope this program will continue to help
us build relationships and
maybe even help answer
that recurring question;
what can I do? For more
information, contact Susan
McLeod, Exec. Director,
LOWDPOA at 807-5484337 or
susan.mcleod@lowdpoa.com
teers take clarity readings using Secchi disks 2x/month May through September; they also take observations
such as presence of algae, colour
and recreational suitability. The state
has approximately 1000 volunteers,
but there are only 189 volunteers in
the watershed. In order to capture
samples in more remote areas, like
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness, campers/canoers can
offer to do sampling when they are
visiting. The Citizen Stream Monitoring Program started in 1998 to measure water clarity in streams using a
modified Secchi disk. There are currently approximately 350 volunteers
across the state, but only 7 In the
basin. The data collected from both
programs are incorporated into
MPCAs water quality assessment
sin together.
For more information, please contact Kelli Saunders, IWCP Coordinator at 807-548-8002 or
ksaunders@lowwsf.com.
dress issues facing the basin: binational monitoring tops the list to
provide long-term, consistent data
to track trends in nutrients, contaminants and aquatic invasive
species (AIS); 11 projects to improve algal bloom management,
reduce their severity and frequency, and assess risks associated with algal toxins; 7 projects to
strengthen ongoing AIS prevention
measures and pursue control efforts; 7 projects to better under-
stand contamination sources, assess the vulnerability of water resources and establish protective
measures; 6 capacity building projects to engage all basin interests
on water quality management and
promote greater cooperation
among agencies.
To see the news release and report, please link to: http://
www.ijc.org/en_/news?
news_id=479
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