On Saturday, September 19, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., the Lake Hopatcong Foundation will be picking up roadside debris along Mt. Arlington Boulevard in support of Roxbury’s Adopt-A-Road Program and in celebration of World Cleanup Day! No registration is necessary for this event, simply meet near the Nixon School, 275 Mt Arlington Blvd., Landing at 8:30 am. Cleanup supplies […]
The 10th Annual Lake Taneycomo Cleanup will be Saturday, September 21, 2019! Last year more than 175 volunteers filled three 20-yard dumpsters with trash weighing over 4 tons and picked up 28 tires! Volunteers were equipped with gloves and trash bags and life jackets. Cleanup teams start at one of three locations; Branson, Rockaway Beach or Forsyth at […]
2nd in a series of ten webinars on lake management. Register & view the sessions live or on-demand. All ten session for one low price! Session 2 Presentations: Jason Danaher Ph.D. The Lake County Water Authority’s Nutrient Reduction Facility: NuRF 2.0 and Potential Upgrades Lance Lumbard MS, CLP, MBA Novel Approaches to Lake Apopka Sediment […]
The 15th Annual West Fork Cleanup will take place Saturday, September 26th, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. To limit the gathering of people, there will be a check-in window between 8:30 am and 10:00 am for handing out trash bags and gloves at Riverside Park in West Fork. We require that you wear a […]
Invited lake community representatives: Candlewood Lake Authority, Lake Housatonic, Ball Pond, Lake Zoar, Lake Lillinonah, Lake Waubeeka and others. 7 p.m. – Larry Marsicano, Aquatic Ecosystem Research LLC, WCSU Limnology Instructor - Welcome address to introduce the topic and facilitate the conversation. 7:10 p.m. – Carl Brussells, Chad Holbrook, and Casey Welch Moorer, Aquatic Plant Control Program, […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development and Office of Water invite you to a free webinar Small Systems Monthly Webinar Series. Detritus material in forest watersheds is the major terrestrial source of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors in water bodies used as drinking water sources and is […]
Phosphorus (P) loading from the watershed is a problem for many lakes, but not just during the year it enters. Long-term inputs accumulate in the sediments under lakes and can be recycled by multiple processes. These legacy P loads can be the dominant source during summer and are linked to the increasing frequency and severity […]
The PNW IPC will be collaborating with partners at the EPA and NOAA to provide Citizen Science trainings in 2020. Trainings will include: - Aquatic invasive plant ecology and identification with survey and reporting methods - Best Management Practices (BMPs) for lake residents and users - Basic limnology (lake ecosystems) - Cyanobacteria basics. With an […]
