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Lake volunteers needed across Minnesota
Source: DULUTH NEWS-TRIBUNE (MN)
Posted on March 21, 2005
If you live on, own a cabin on or just like to visit a favorite lake in Minnesota, state
pollution regulators may need you.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Citizen Lake-Monitoring Program
is in need of dozens of volunteers to keep track of water quality
on lakes across the state, including many in the Northland.
Data gathered once each week during the summer by volunteers
yields valuable information about the current health
of Minnesota's waters. Now in its 32nd year, volunteers
in the program are monitoring 900 different lakes.
The job doesn't take much time. Volunteers visit a designated
spot on the lake where they drop anchor, make notes
of the water's physical condition and recreational suitability
and measure the clarity of the water with a Secchi disk
-- an 8 inch white metal disk that is lowered into the
water until it can no longer be seen. The depth, measured
by markings on the cord, helps give a snapshot of the
lake's relative water quality.
For information on becoming a volunteer, call the PCA at (800) 657-3864, or go to
www.pca.state.mn.us/water/clmp.html.
Northland lakes in need of volunteers are, by county:
Aitkin
- Aitkin Lake near Libby
- Hill Lake at Hill City
- Waukenabo Lake at Waukenabo
Cook
- Crescent Lake near Tofte
- East Bearskin Lake near Grand Marais
- Four Mile Lake near of Tofte
- Greenwood Lake near Grand Marais
- Homer Lake near Lutsen
- Loon Lake near Lutsen
- Saganaga Lake near Grand Marais
- Sea Gull Lake near Grand Marais
- Tom Lake near Hovland
Itasca
- Blackwater Lake near Cohasset
- Bowstring Lake near Deer River
- Coon-Sandwick Lake near Bigfork
- Cowhorn Lake near Warba
- Cut Foot Sioux Lake near Inger
- Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake near Inger
- Little Winnibigoshish Lake near Deer River
- Rice Lake near Max
- Squaw Lake at the Town of Squaw Lake
- White Oak Lake near Deer River
- Whitefish Lake near Wirt
Lake
- Greenwood Lake southwest of Isabella
- Moose Lake near Ely
- Sand Lake west of Isabella
- Silver Island Lake near Sawbill Landing
- Snowbank Lake near Ely
St Louis
- Ash Lake near Orr
- Bear Head near Tower
- Big Lake near Ely
- Big Rice near Virginia
- Birch Lake near Babbit
- Boulder (Orchard) Lake near Duluth
- Colby Lake in the Town of Hoyt Lakes
- Crane Lake near Orr
- Echo Lake near Orr
- Elbow Lake near Orr
- Elephant Lake near Ash Lake
- Embarrass Lake near Biwabik
- Fish Lake Flowage near Duluth
- Island Lake Reservoir near Duluth
- Lost Lake near Tower
- Myrtle Lake near Orr
- Pelican Lake near Orr
- Rainy Lake near International Falls
- Sturgeon Lake near Chisholm
- Whitewater Lake near Aurora
- Wild Rice Lake near Arnold
Visit the MPCA website for more information about their
Citizen Lake-Monitoring Program. |
