Lake Monitoring

Enrollment for the 2013 spring/summer monitoring season is now closed.

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 39 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 (DEQ) 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 2013 CLMP sampling season or becoming a CLMP volunteer, please visit the online enrollment page.

Fact sheets for the different lake monitoring parameters under the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) are now available. Learn how each type of monitoring can tell you something different about the health of your lake. 

For information on upcoming training opportunities and events, please visit the MiCorps training page.

Program Contacts

Michigan Lake and Stream Associations
Jean Roth
P.O. Box 303
Long Lake, MI 48743
989-257-3715
989-257-2102 (Fax)
jroth@mlswa.org

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Bill Dimond
525 West Allegan Street

P.O. Box 30458
Lansing, MI 48909-7958
517-241-9565
dimondw@michigan.gov

MiCorps Program Manager
Paul Steen
Huron River Watershed Council
1100 N. Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Ph: 734-769-5123 x601
psteen@hrwc.org