Michigan Ag Connection - Volunteer Water Monitoring Conference Nov. 2-3

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Volunteer Water Monitoring Conference Nov. 2-3
Michigan Ag Connection - 09/30/2016

Volunteers from across the state will gather Nov. 2-3 for the 12th annual Michigan Clean Water Corps conference to share water quality monitoring efforts and data aimed at protecting and restoring Michigan's lakes and streams. The two-day event will be held at the Kettunen Center in Tustin, Mich.

The annual conference brings together water quality monitor volunteers, state and regional experts, and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and MiCorps staff to share the latest volunteer monitoring efforts and success stories to improve water quality.

MiCorps is a network of volunteer monitoring programs created to assist the MDEQ in collecting and sharing water quality data to protect and manage Michigan's lakes and streams. It is administered by the MDEQ and Great Lakes Commission, in collaboration with the Huron River Watershed Council, Michigan Lake and Stream Associations, Inc. and Michigan State University. This year's conference will focus on the use of volunteer monitoring data to inform management decisions, protect and improve water quality and will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Kristine Stepenuck, extension assistant professor of watershed science, policy and education at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.

Volunteer monitors are also invited to attend two, free training workshops on insect identification and plants of Michigan's lakes and streams on Nov. 2.

The registration deadline is October 26. The conference program and registration form are available online at https://micorps.net/events/micorps-annual-conference-2016/.

Volunteer monitoring program leaders, citizen volunteers, water resource professionals and others interested in the health and protection of Michigan's lakes, rivers and streams are encouraged to attend. For more information on the 2016 MiCorps conference or MiCorps, visit www.micorps.net or contact Laura Kaminski, Great Lakes Commission, at 734 971-9135 or laurak@glc.org.

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