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Citizen Lake Monitoring Status & Trends

Citizen Lake Monitoring Status & Trends. Jeff Bode, Jennifer Filbert & Jim Vennie Lakes & Wetlands - DNR. Self-Help Citizen Lake Monitors. Chemistry & Clarity. 1,210 Volunteers. Number of Volunteer Monitors. 1,210 Active - 2,248 Trained. 1125 Lakes Monitored (1986-2003).

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Citizen Lake Monitoring Status & Trends

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  1. Citizen Lake MonitoringStatus & Trends Jeff Bode, Jennifer Filbert & Jim Vennie Lakes & Wetlands - DNR

  2. Self-Help Citizen Lake Monitors

  3. Chemistry & Clarity 1,210 Volunteers

  4. Number of Volunteer Monitors 1,210 Active - 2,248 Trained

  5. 1125 Lakes Monitored (1986-2003)

  6. 592 Lakes Monitored Chemistry/Clarity (2003) 33 54/ 101/ 129/ 144/ 131/ 11,821 1,131 829 511 414 286

  7. Citizen Lake Monitoring April 2004 Monitoring Citizens Secchi Clarity 1,210 Chemistry 399 Dissolve oxygen 223 Loosestrife 99 Milfoil 230 Zebra Mussel 43 Plants 68 Loon Rangers 24

  8. Lake Reports

  9. Regional Lake Report

  10. Trends in Lake Clarity # of Lakes Improving/ # of Lakes with Trends Statewide 23/110 30/185 Lake Trends = 466 Stable = 308 Improving = 91 Declining = 67 Unknown = 372 Total Lakes = 838 11/63 2/19 25/89

  11. Wisconsin Lake Clarity - Trophic State Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers assess water quality of Wisconsin's lakes from space (1999-2001).

  12. 1,125 Lakes Monitored

  13. 8,000 Lakes From Space

  14. Baseline Lakes - Fisheries Monitoring 529 Lakes

  15. Status (S) & Trends (T) • WI Relies on Citizen Lake Monitoring Data • 2,248 Citizens Limnologists - 1,210 Active • 1,125 Lakes Monitored & 8,000 Assessed • Information is Valued Locally & Statewide • Enhance Information Management Systems • Control Costs & Administrative Overhead • Engage & Network with Others • Expand & Recognize Network

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