https://indianalakes.org/page-306768 Indiana Lakes Management Society upcoming events Indiana Lakes Management Society Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:18:55 GMT Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:18:55 GMT Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT <p style="font-size: 18px;"><font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#222222"><span><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Join Megan Gokey of the Indiana Clean Lakes Program (INCL) for a two-hour in-person workshop on water quality monitoring at the Blue Lake Community Center. Learn about why you should monitor water quality - and what it can and can't tell you.&nbsp; See a variety of equipment options from the very basic (thermometer, Secchi disk, etc.) to the more complex options like multiparameter sondes.&nbsp; We will discuss&nbsp;what parameters/tests the INCL program offers and how to interpret those results.</font></span></font></span></font></p> <p style="font-size: 18px;"><font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Indiana Clean Lakes Program&nbsp;is a multifaceted water monitoring and education program developed in partnership with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) Office of Water Quality and administered through Indiana University's O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.&nbsp; The program has three main components:</font></span></font></p> <ol> <li><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Lake Water Quality Assessment conducted by staff and students</span></font></li> <li><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Volunteer Lake Monitoring conducted by community members working to understand the lakes in their communities</span></font></li> <li><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Outreach and Education to increase awareness of lake science and lake protection</span></font></li> </ol> <p style="font-size: 18px;"><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">This event will focus on the Volunteer Lake Monitoring portion of the program.&nbsp; Participants will first gather indoors for a presentation.&nbsp; Weather permitting, we will then move outdoors for a hands on demonstration on Blue Lake.&nbsp; The Blue Lake Community Center is located in northeastern Indiana (about 30 minutes northwest of Fort Wayne) at&nbsp;7490 E 550 N, Churubusco, IN 46723.</font><br></p> https://indianalakesmanagementsociety.wildapricot.org/event-6644948 https://indianalakesmanagementsociety.wildapricot.org/event-6644948 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT <p><span><font style="font-size: 15px;">This webinar presented by DNR LARE Program Manager Nate Thomas will revisit information about IN DNR’s Lake and River Enhancement Program (<a href="https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/wildlife-resources/lake-and-river-enhancement/" style="">LARE</a>), a cost-share grant program that funds over $2 million dollars annually towards improving Indiana’s lakes, rivers, and watersheds. Topics covered will include introductions of staff, program mission and processes, and critical programmatic changes anticipated to occur for the 2027 grant awards.&nbsp;</font></span></p> https://indianalakesmanagementsociety.wildapricot.org/event-6728507 https://indianalakesmanagementsociety.wildapricot.org/event-6728507