1. Citizen Lake Monitoring Status & Trends Jeff Bode, Jennifer Filbert & Jim Vennie Lakes & Wetlands - DNR

3. Self-Help Citizen Lake Monitors

4. Chemistry & Clarity 1,210 Volunteers

5. Number of Volunteer Monitors 1,210 Active - 2,248 Trained

6. 1125 Lakes Monitored (1986-2003)

7. 11,8211,131829511414286 3354/101/129/144/131/ 592 Lakes Monitored Chemistry/Clarity (2003)

8. MonitoringCitizens Secchi Clarity 1,210 Chemistry 399 Dissolve oxygen 223 Loosestrife 99 Milfoil 230 Zebra Mussel 43 Plants 68 Loon Rangers 24 Citizen Lake Monitoring April 2004

9. Lake Reports

12. Regional Lake Report

13. Trends in Lake Clarity # of Lakes Improving / # of Lakes with Trends Lake Trends = 466 Stable = 308 Improving = 91 Declining = 67 Unknown = 372 Total Lakes = 838 2/19 11/63 30/185 23/110 25/89 Statewide

14. Wisconsin Lake Clarity - Trophic State Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers assess water quality of Wisconsin's lakes from space (1999-2001).

15. 1,125 Lakes Monitored

16. 8,000 Lakes From Space

18. 529 Lakes Baseline Lakes - Fisheries Monitoring

19. Status (S) & Trends (T) SWI Relies on Citizen Lake Monitoring Data S2,248 Citizens Limnologists - 1,210 Active S1,125 Lakes Monitored & 8,000 Assessed SInformation is Valued Locally & Statewide TEnhance Information Management Systems TControl Costs & Administrative Overhead TEngage & Network with Others TExpand & Recognize Network