Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program 2009 Enrollment

Enrollment for the 2009 spring/summer monitoring season has now ended. Please check back later in the year for information on the 2010 sampling season.

Before enrolling for the CLMP, please be aware of the following:

• All CLMP partners and participating volunteer samplers should be committed to a quality program, which produces quality data. Therefore, any new lake communities or volunteer samplers joining the CLMP need to commit to taking the necessary training and performing all sampling activities exactly as outlined in the provided monitoring procedures.

• Each volunteer sampler must demonstrate that they can collect consistent quality data before they can participate in the more complicated monitoring projects. Consequently, first year lake communities and volunteer samplers may only register for the Secchi disk transparency, spring total phosphorus and summer total phosphorus monitoring projects. After they have demonstrated a proficiency in these projects in following years they may register for chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen/temperature, aquatic plant mapping and any possible pilot projects. They must have experience in and be enrolled in the Secchi disk transparency, total phosphorus, and chlorophyll monitoring projects to register for the dissolved oxygen/temperature or aquatic plant mapping projects.

• The CLMP is open to all lake associations, corporations and individuals. Membership in Michigan Lake & Stream Associations (ML&SA) is not required to participate in the program.

• Except for Secchi disk transparency, all monitoring projects have a limited enrollment because of available equipment or laboratory capacity. Register early to insure your lake community's participation in the monitoring projects in which you are interested.

2009 CLMP Participants

A waiver MUST be filled out and submitted to MLSA BEFORE CLMP testing begins. You may not begin sampling unless each sampler has submitted a waiver form.

Download the 2009 Waiver Form

Information packets for each of the monitoring parameters, including procedures, field sampling forms, and other important information are available for download by clicking here. If you are unable to download and print this information, you may request that hard copies be mailed to you.