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2004 Lakes and Rivers Conference ®Citizen Stewards for Minnesota's Waters 8:30.10:00 SESSION 2: Concurrent Tracks Citizen Sleuths: onitoring the Health of Your Water Success From The Start- Designing Your Water Quality Monitoring Plan Where do we start in designing a monitoring plan? What are our monitoring goals? What will be done with the data we collect? This interactive workshop will help volunteer monitors answer these often- asked questions and introduce them to an effective training tool for designing a monitoring plan. Groups. that have been through the training will share their experiences. Working Locally: Threats, Opportunities & Solutions Cumulative Impacts of Development As lake and river shorelands become more densely developed, water quality can become compromised. Learn about the cumulative impacts of development and its impact on water quality, fisheries, and recreation, plus new tools that local governments are developing and using to determine °how much is enough." Diving In: Understanding. Lakes & Rivers Linking Land Use to Water Quality Both urban and rural areas face challenges of how to manage activities on land to prevent pollution of water. Understanding the connection between what we do on land and water quality is fundamental to protecting your lake or stream. A must session for those not previously exposed to land use and watershed principles. Building Healthy Organizations HOW Are We Doing? 8enchmarking Your Organization's Development (two sessions) Just as there are indicators of lake and stream health, there are also indicators of organizational health. In this two-session workshop led by the Institute for Conservation Leadership, you'll use a series of benchmarks to assess the health of your. organization. (See uwrkshop summary ore page ~) Challenging Issues For Citizen Lake anagement All About Algae 10:30 - i 2:00 SESSION 3: Concurrent Tracks Citizen Sleuths: onitoring the Health of Your Water Protocols and Methods for (onitoring: How Do We Choose? The quality of the data you collect hinges on the use of standard methods and well developed monitoring protocols. Investigate why you monitor for certain parameters and which methods work. Learn from the successes and mistakes of others and discuss what may be right for your monitoring program. Working Locally: Threats, Opportunities & Solutions Citizens Can Make A Difference Hear from the citizen groups that have challenged their. counties and local developers about specific developments and their potential impact on the water they love. Learn about environmental assessment worksheets (EAW), environmental impact statements (EIS), and other tools citizen groups can use to mobilize effectively. Diving In: Understanding Lakes & Rivers Restoring Your Shoreline's Natural Beauty Learn what we have unintentionally done to our shorelines and how they can be restored. See a colorful show of native plants used to restore habitat, slow run-off and stabilize soils and hear from citizens who have restored their shore. Sketch your own shoreland design plan: Building. Healthy Organizations Haw Are We Doing? Benchmarking Your Organization's Development (continued from previous session) How well is your organization doing with communications, programs, fundraising and administration? Continue working with a set of "benchmarks" to assess your organization's capacity to achieve its goals and~how to take appropriate steps for attaining those benchmarks. An introduction to the comp world of freshwater algae,, tl general ecology of comm. algae, how algae blooms oct measuring important indicat• of algae and information o the control of nuisance alga Challenging Issues For Citizen Lake Management Curleyteaf Pondweed: A Misunderstood Exotic Plani Curleyteaf pondweed has bee around Minnesota for years; but its recent proliferation is creating management challenge on many lakes. Hear about this aquatic plant's unique characteristics and growth cycles, current management practices, what's new in research and control, and stories from. lake associations who have faced this challertg~ i :30.3:00 SESS ION 4: Concurrent Tracks Citizen Sleuths: Working Locally: Diving In: Building Challenging Issues onitoring the Health Threats, Opportunities Understanding Healthy For Citizen of Your Water & Solutions Lakes & Rivers Organizations Lake anagement Storing and Managing Data: Local Solutions to Stormwater Management What's Supposed to Happen? Impacts of Motorized Looking at Databases Wastewater Management Phase 11: What Can You Strategic Communication for Recreation on Water Qualitl The information age is here Central sewer, cluster systems-, Expect? Action (TWO Sessions) As the number and type of and now. Learn about databases (local, regional, and state) that regional wastewater planning, sanitary districts, subordinate Anew permitting system in Minnesota limits stormwater This highly interactive two- session workshop will help motorized watercraft increas on Minnesota's lakes and rive; have been. developed to make sewer districts, or individual runoff from construction sites, participants develop questions arise about impact it easier to store and manage your water quality data. treatment systems.....these are among the varied. choices that communities and businesses. Hear this dynamic summary communications strategies that serve their advocacy and on water quality, shoreline erosion, and human enjoyme counties and communities are of the sources and effects of organizational goals. Learn to (air quality, noise levels, and faced. with in determining the stormwater runoff, management use the mass media, crowding). Hear responses o best option for wastewater practices to prevent runoff to newsletters, and other targeted these questions and potentia treatment. Hear about the lakes and streams, 'the state's communications tools. solutions, including how son appropriate use or combination of these choices and what may new program, and what citizens can do to make sure those (~ wokshop ~m~ on p~ ~) lakes and communities are setting their own surface waG be best in your situation. practices are followed. regulations to address concern (Friday schedule continued on 9