48 results for tag: Lakes Appreciation Month

CLRMA’s Lake Appreciation Day 2022

Join CLRMA at Boulder Reservoir at 1pm on June 28th for food, presentations and learning opportunities, kayaking, volleyball, and networking!

Lakes Appreciation Student Poster Contest

2022 Student Poster Contest Digital submissions due June 1st July has been Lakes Appreciation Month for the past 24 years; to celebrate, we are inviting elementary, middle, and high school students to submit posters reflecting on how important lakes are to all of us. Submitted artwork will be a big part of NALMS’ celebrations through July across North America. Show us your love for lakes by sending us your artwork! Three posters will win a $300 cash prize! Posters will be judged by grade range, with a winning poster in each division - elementary (grades K-4), middle (grades 5-8), and high school (9-12): A $250 cash prize will be awarded to ...

Libraries Love Lakes Info Session

July is Lakes Appreciation Month! Join us March 8th at 2 pm (Eastern Time) for a free, virtual information session to learn about an exciting initiative, Libraries Love Lakes, an outreach project pairing libraries with lake scientists to provide collaborative programming emphasizing the importance of lakes in our everyday lives. The new librarieslovelakes.org website is a toolkit of online resources for community members and library professionals to plan and host lake-focused outreach events (virtual or in person!) for kids and library patrons during the July Lakes Appreciation Month. Included on the new website are: favorite story time ...

“Lakespert” on Urban Lakes

Steve Lundt, CLM Urban lakes are overused and under-appreciated. Do something about it. There are urbanized lakes (Lake Washington and Lake Mendota) and then there are urban lakes (small, sometimes nameless lakes in city parks). Any “lakespert” will tell you that lakes in populated areas are important to the community and at the same time are neglected and underappreciated. Urban lakes dotting our cities and towns are typically small, shallow, murky, afterthoughts that are lined with seawalls, choked with overfertilized lawns, and lost to city politics and departments. My local urban lake near downtown Denver doesn’t even allow canoei...

Love Your Lake 2021

Celebrate Lake Appreciation Month with PALMS at Blue Marsh Lake! Join PALMS, the staff of Blue Marsh Lake, Aqua Om Paddle, and the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards as we celebrate our Lakes and enjoy a Full Moon paddle Join us from 6-8pm to learn how to keep yourself and our lakes safe and then hit the water for a full moon paddle 8-10 pm.  This is a great opportunity to paddle the lake at the Dry Brooks Day Use Area. Event details: This FREE Event is open to the public.  Enjoy an evening dedicated to lake appreciation, education, and recreation. Read below to learn more about the hosts and their planned activities. V...

Your Summer Rx: Enjoy Clean & Healthy Lakes!

There’s no better place to be than at one of New Hampshire’s 1,000 lakes during summer! Our lakes provide for a myriad of recreational activities and science has shown that spending time along, on, and in the lake is good for our health in so many ways. Tune in to this session and hear about how being at the lake is good for you and find out some simple things you can do to help keep the lake(s) you enjoy healthy too! Presented by Krystal Costa Balanoff, Conservation Program Manager, NH LAKES and Erin Mastine, Outreach Program Coordinator, NH LAKES. This session is part of the "Explore Lakes with NH LAKES" webinar series. If you get chance, ...

Lake Wilson Cleanup & Secchi Dip-in

Join us for a Lakes Appreciation Month celebration at Lake Wilson in Fayetteville! This will be a family-friendly event to cleanup the lake and participate in a citizen science water monitoring activity.  Check-in will begin at 9 AM at the pavilion. Multiple Cleanup Options! 1) On Water - Bring your own kayak or canoe 2) Shoreline - Bring your own waders 3) On Land - Bring yourself and your friends Cleanup supplies will be provided. Family outdoor gear raffle prizes after! Click Here to RSVP or text/call 479-750-8007

Lake Atalanta Cleanup & Secchi Dip-in

Join us for a Lakes Appreciation Month celebration at Lake Atalanta in Rogers! This will be a family-friendly event to cleanup the lake and participate in a citizen science water monitoring activity.  Check-in will begin at 6 PM at Clark Pavilion. Multiple Cleanup Options!  1) On Water - Bring your own kayak or canoe 2) Shoreline - Bring your own waders 3) On Land - Bring yourself and your friends Cleanup supplies will be provided Family outdoor gear raffle prizes after! Click Here to RSVP or text/call 479-750-8007

CLRMA’s Day on the Rez at Barr Lake

Vendor Demos (1pm – 4:30pm MDT) Zebra Mussel Testing and Algae DNA Analysis (Jonah Ventures) Algae Tracker (Aqua Real Time) Data Telemetry (Geotech) SolarBees and GridBees (Ixom) Fish Survey (Colorado Parks & Wildlife) Carp Trapping (Metro Wastewater Reclamation District) Barr Lake Golf Cart Tours (Barr Lake State Park) Lake Fun and BBQ (4:30pm MDT on) Networking Take out the Kayaks, Paddleboards, Pontoon Boats Cookout sponsored by Geotech, AquaRealTime, Jonah Ventures, and CLRMA Come prepared to enjoy the outdoors! Bring a chair or something to sit on. Please register before 7/15 so we can plan food accordingly (https://f...

Secchi Dip-In Data Update

The 2021 Secchi Dip-In officially starts this week! WQX Upload Update NALMS is ready for this year's Lakes Appreciation Month and the Secchi Dip-In! In preparation, intern Leah Hicks spent the past few weeks quality-assuring data submissions in the Ambient Water Quality Monitoring System (AWQMS). A submission of all data from previous Dip-In events was made to the Federal Water Quality Exchange (WQX) and is now available for the public to view! A total of 10,589 results were uploaded, bringing the overall number of results in the AWQMS and WQX databases to 128,715 entries. There was also an addition of 15 new monitoring locations! Major contrib...