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Oakland County Healthy Lakes Initiative A partnership with the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program Information Session February 24, 2018

Paul Steen, PhD. Huron River Watershed Council

Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program  State-wide volunteer water quality monitoring program  State has limited resources to conduct water monitoring  Provides long-term, quality data  Data is available at www.micorps.net

CLMP Partners

CLMP Legacy Second oldest program in the U.S.  1974 : Water Clarity (secchi disk)  1993-1998: Nutrients & Algae (phosphorous and Chl A)  2000: Added Dissolved Oxygen/Temperature  2001: Added Aquatic Plant Surveys  2011: Added Exotic Aquatic Plants (invasives)  2016: Added Score the Shore (shoreline development)

Online Data www.micorps.net

Each lake receives a report each year

Water Clarity Trends

CLMP Lakes  225 lakes enrolled  14 in Oakland County

Oakland County Lakes Yellow: 2017 CLMP participation 14 lakes Blue & Yellow: All Oakland County lakes 562 water bodies greater than five (5) acres

Healthy Lakes Initiative

Free Registration  Entry Level Parameters  Water Clarity (Secchi disk)  Phosphorous  Exotic Aquatic Plants (Invasives)  Funding covers 100 lakes max (first come, first served)  Enjoy the program? Next year, consider DO, Chlorophyll, shoreline habitat or full plant mapping

Returning Lakes/Volunteers  Returning lakes/volunteers are welcome to sign up for advanced parameters  Automatically given a $185 credit (same as the first time registrants)

Volunteer Requirements  A boat and gas – measurements are taken at the deepest point of a lake and invasive plants are studied throughout  Attend required training on Saturday, May 5th 9AM-12:30PM  One (1) Secchi measurement every week or every other week  1-2 days looking for invasive plants  Drop off frozen water samples on the mornings of June 19th (Spring P) and September 25th (Summer P): Pontiac Location: Warren Location: 1200 N. Telegraph Rd. 27700 Donald Ct.

Secchi Disk  Minimum of eight (8) times from May to September (evenly spread)  Testing every week is recommended for best data

Phosphorous  Volunteers take surface grab water samples  One in spring, one in September

Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch

Invaded Lake Non-Invaded Lake 20 Top and Bottom Photo Credit: www.kerrlakeguide.com Angela De Palma-Dow

How to Register  You need to register a specific lake  Only one application per lake should be submitted  If we receive multiple applications from the same lake, we will accept the first application received and that person will be the lead volunteer  All other volunteers will be asked to work together and will be given each other’s contact information so they can coordinate themselves

Paper Application

Online Registration www.micorps.net

A Few Other Things…  Deadline: Ignore the application, your deadline is:  April 1  Spring Phosphorus issue: must be taken within two (2) weeks of ice-out  Register early to do this parameter  March 1

Questions ? Paul Steen (734) 769-5123 x601 psteen@hrwc.org