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Oakland County Healthy Lakes Initiative
A partnership with the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program
Information Session
February 24, 2018
Healthy Lakes Initiative A partnership with the Cooperative Lakes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Healthy Lakes Initiative A partnership with the Cooperative Lakes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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
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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
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CLMP Partners
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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)
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Online Data
www.micorps.net
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Each lake receives a report each year
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Water Clarity Trends
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CLMP Lakes
225 lakes enrolled 14 in Oakland County
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Yellow: 2017 CLMP participation
14 lakes
Blue & Yellow: All Oakland County lakes
562 water bodies greater than five (5) acres
Oakland County Lakes
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Healthy Lakes Initiative
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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
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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)
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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.
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Secchi Disk
Minimum of eight (8) times
from May to September (evenly spread)
Testing every week is
recommended for best data
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Phosphorous
Volunteers take surface grab
water samples
One in spring, one in
September
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Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch
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www.kerrlakeguide.com Top and Bottom Photo Credit: Angela De Palma-Dow
Invaded Lake Non-Invaded Lake
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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
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Paper Application
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Online Registration
www.micorps.net
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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
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