Training Opportunities

MiCorps Volunteer Lake Monitoring Training Workshops

Training for lake monitoring is provided each year at the Michigan Lake and Stream Associations Annual Conference. The 2011 training was held on April 15-16 at the Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne Falls, Michigan. Please contact Paul Steen or Jean Roth for more information on these training sessions.

The 2010 lake monitoring training materials are available below:

•  Introduction to Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP)                (PDF - 424 KB)
•  Secchi Disk and Phosphorus Monitoring (PDF - 1.6 MB)
•  Chlorophyll Monitoring (PDF - 1.7 MB)
•  Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring (PDF - 3.7 MB)
•  Exotic Plant Identification (PDF - 2.1 MB)
•  Data Exchange Training (PDF - 2.5 MB)

MiCorps Stream Monitoring Training Workshops

Each year in June or July, MiCorps holds a training workshop for volunteer stream monitoring grant recipients. If space permits, the training may be opened up to other interested participants.

The 2011 workshop on stream monitoring methods will be held on July 21st at the Warren Townsend Park in Cannonsburg, MI (NE of Grand Rapids). Topics to be covered include aquatic macroinvertebrate sampling and identification, stream habitat analysis, and volunteer and event management. All interested parties are invited to this free workshop, but space is very limited. Contact Paul Steen, psteen@hrwc.org, 734-769-5123, for more information and to register.

The 2010 volunteer stream monitoring training materials are available below:

•   Introduction to MiCorps and Admin Training (PDF - 459 KB)
•   Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring (PDF - 3.5 MB)
•   MiCorps Data Exchange (MDE) Network (PDF - 1.8 MB)
•   Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) (PDF - 198 KB)
•   The Power of Volunteers, Evaluations, and Events (PDF - 1.6 MB)