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Mississippi Valley Conservation and its partner, the Mississippi Valley Lake Stewardship Network, are taking action through Watershed Watch to protect and enhance the environmental health of lakes in the watershed.
The objectives of the program are to accumulate reliable environmental data, both historic and current, and to determine the limits of which lakes can assimilate nutrient input. The data will be used to encourage shoreline property owners to undertake restoration projects and to adopt sound stewardship practices. Sixty lakes will be monitored over five years to identify and document long-term trends in water quality. The key parameters ( total phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, temperature and water clarity) will provide a simple, cost-effective means to quantify the extent of aging of the lakes. The collected data will be put into a central database to identify long-term trends in water quality. Water quality results will be published in a concise, easy to understand State of the Lake Water Quality Report and will be made available to shoreline residents and interested parties. Volunteer monitoring is the perfect way to transform your concerns for water quality into action. To become involved or for more information about Watershed Watch please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at Mississippi Valley Conservation.
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