We are working hard to keep our program running during these uncertain times.
The water quality monitoring training we had originally had planned for April has been replaced with one on one training in June. We have worked to gain volunteers around the county to expand the monitoring occurring in both our lakes and streams. At this time, we are looking at adding 5 in-lake water quality sites as well as 5 stream monitoring sites. We are very lucky to have such flexible volunteers during this time. We are also looking for more volunteers so please let us know if you are interested!
We are also working to play on our annual shoreline workshop and tour. This year we will be hosting it on a Saturday over the summer. We are still in the planning stages but we plan to showcase projects around the Shawano Outlet and the Wolf River during the tour. After the tour, we plan to host a workshop on planning your native plant project. We will discuss things like the importance of native plants, choosing the right plants for you and your site, and how to use a dichotomous key. Keep your eyes peeled for more details as we move closer!
The Connecting Our Waters programs plans on completing shoreline surveys on a number of lakes this summer. The Upper and Lower Red Lakes, Loon Lake, Big Lake, and Pine Lake, Grass Lake, and Round Lake of the Cloverleaf Lakes will be surveyed. We are looking for volunteers from those lakes to assist us in the survey. We are looking to have interested volunteers drive us around the lake while we assess each tax parcel. Volunteers have the opportunities to learn what makes a healthy shoreline and what type of improvements could be made to shorelines that are not as beneficial to the lake.
We look forward to getting out into the field this summer and we can’t want to share more updates with you.
If you have questions, please reach out to Emily at 920-851-6472 or emily@fwwa.org
