Illinois Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program VLMP

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Illinois Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP)
Sandy Nickel Statewide VLMP Coordinator Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.state.il.us/water/conservation-2000/vlmp.h
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Success??
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Support

• TRAINING

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Support

• Equipment for monitoring
• (Not the boat!)
• Sample shipment
• Analysis

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Support

• Technical assistance
• Hands-on Education
• Awards

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VLMP History
1981 VLMP initiated 1985 Water Quality on 50
lakes 1992 Zebra Mussel sampling initiated
D.O./Temp. on 10 lakes 1995 Conservation
2000 1996 Chlorophyll samples at 50 lakes 1997
Water quality Chlorophyll
expanded to 100 lakes
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Volunteers

• Numbers
• Average 300 volunteers at 165 lakes
• (more than 2,000 volunteers at 400 lakes)
• Who are our lake volunteers?
• Lake shore residents
• Lake owners/managers
• Public water supply personnel
• Citizens with an interest in lakes

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Volunteer Events
Secchi Dip-In
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World Water Monitoring Day
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Illinois Lake Management Association (ILMA)
19th Annual ConferenceMarch 25 27,
2004Chicago Botanic Garden
For more information www.ilma-lakes.org
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Problems
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