BY ANTHONY RIZZO
Volunteers are being recruited to monitor northern Michigan lakes for algae and water clarity this summer.
The Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council is looking for volunteers to monitor lakes in Antrim, Emmet, Charlevoix and Cheboygan counties. And they're holding a free training this week for volunteers who are interested.
Officials say the training and monitor work is a straightforward process.
Kevin Cronk, the Monitoring and Research Coordinator with Tip of the Mitt, will provide the training.
"I'll give an introduction about the program itself, an overview, as well as a summary of data that has been collected by our volunteers in the last 20 plus years. Then I will walk volunteers through the methodologies that they will employ in the field to help us monitor the lakes of Northern Michigan." Cronk said.
Cronk said the training is followed with a field practicum.
He will take volunteers out on a pontoon boat to explain data-collecting methods in a hands-on manner.
