Lake Monitoring

About the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program

The Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) has been an important component of Michigan's inland lakes monitoring program for over 30 years, which makes it the second oldest volunteer monitoring program for lakes in the country. The primary purpose of this cooperative program is to help citizen volunteers monitor indicators of water quality in their lake and document changes in lake quality over time. The goals of the CLMP are:

• Provide baseline information and document trends in water quality for individual lakes.
• Educate lake residents, users, and interested citizens in the collection of water quality data, lake ecology, and lake management practices.
• Build a constituency of citizens to practice sound lake management at the local level and build public support for lake quality protection.
• Provide a cost-effective process for the DEQ to increase baseline data for lakes state-wide.

Since 1992, the Michigan Lake and Stream Associations (MLSA) has administered the CLMP jointly with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality under a Memorandum of Understanding. The ML&SA will continue to administer this program under the Michigan Clean Water Corps.

For More Information…

About the CLMP, read the CLMP Program Brochure.

Program Contacts

Michigan Lake and Stream Associations
Pearl Bonnell
P.O. Box 303
Long Lake, MI 48743
989-257-3583
989-257-2073 (Fax)
pbonnell@mlswa.org

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Ralph Bednarz
Water Division
Inland Lakes and Remedial Action Unit
P.O. Box 30273
Lansing, MI 48909-7773
517-335-4211
bednarz@michigan.gov

MiCorps Program Manager
Paul Steen
Huron River Watershed Council
1100 N. Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Ph: 734-769-5123 x14
psteen@hrwc.org