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The Minnesota Water Watcher is published by the Rivers Council of Minnesota and the Minnesota Lakes Association.. Lake Data Assessment for Citizen Benthic Macroinvertebrate Volunteer Monitoring Programs* Field and ID Training* Have lake data, but not sure how to ana- Friday-Saturday, May 20-21 lyze and interpret it? Then this half day Training Citizens to monitor BUGS in interactive workshop is for you. You will the stream! Macroinvertebrates have be guided through the process of gather- various tolerance to pollution and are ing, organizing, and interpreting Secchi monitored because they are indicators disk, total phosphorus and chlorophyll of water quality. This program is `a', data. Using a case study, participants designed for citizen monitoring groups will: learn how to organize and validate that are committed to data use and data; perform basic statistical summary long-term macroinvertebrate monitor- methods; calculate Trophic Status ing. The 1 t/2-day training will have Indicies; prepare graphs and charts; participants wading out in the stream identify sources of additional infor- _ ~ to learn sampling protocols and mation, understand data rela- _ _ - _ to conduct a habitat assess- tionships; develop findings - _ _ - - = meat. The inside portion and conclusions; learn ,~` ~~. - ~_, of the training will be -_ ~ how the information - - - _ _ ~:', dedicated to identifi- derived from the data can ,- - = ~~-? cation of the critters be utilized; and evaluate - ~ - ' (using microscopes), the case study to deter = - ~ ;h _ - interpretation of the mine other questions that ~=~~'~ "": ,~ ~= __-~ results, and discussion should be asked. ~ -- - ` of data use. The training Workshop space is lim- ~ _ °;''~~ session is full; however, if you iced. Cost is $10, which includes astep- are interested in participating in by-step lake assessment guide. For fur- future macroinvertebrate trainings ther information or to apply call or please contact Angie at Rivers Council: email Sandy Holm C> 218-765-8329 or abeckerkudelkaC~riversmn.org RNSholmC~brainerd.net Thursday, June 16: 12:30-4:30 P.M. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota State Community & Technical College Applications Due: May 23, 2005 Saturday, September 10: 8:30 A.nt.-12:30 r tvi. Brainerd, Central Lakes Community College Applications Due: August 10, 2005 Spring 2005 Minnesota Wetland Health Evaluation Program (V~IEP) WHEP has released their spring sched- ule for the citizen wetland monitoring program. Learn to sample macroinver- tebrates and wetland vegetation. Please visit: www mnwhep.org for more details. Page 2 The Rivers Council of Minnesota, the Freshwater Society and the Minnesota Lakes Association intend to merge into a single organization, Minnesota LY/aters, on July 1, 2005! More information can be found at: www. freshwater: org/merge_tesnp. htmL *Funding for this project was recom- mended by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. The goal of this grant is to enhance and expand the ability of citizen volunteers to collect water quality data that will be useful for lake and stream assessments and management. The Minnesota Lakes Association and the Rivers Council of Minnesota will work collaboratively to provide training, technical support, education and communications for individuals and organizations interested in citizen volunteer lake and stream monitoring.. Program Staff and Contacts Rivers Council of Minnesota 1269 2nd St. N, Suite 200 Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 320.259.6800 www.riversmn.org Angie Becker Kudelka, River Watch Director abeckerkudelka@ riversmn.org Angel Samolytz, Membership Services asamolytz @ riversm n.org Minnesota Lakes Association 19519 Highway 371 N. Brainerd, MN 56401 218.824.5565 www.mnlakes.org Sandy Holm, Citizen Monitoring Director rnsholm@brainerd.net Molly Zender Zins, Communications Coordinator molly@mnlakes.org