Are you a member of a lake association tasked with managing your community’s lake?
Do you have questions about what, where, and when you should monitor to keep your lake healthy?
Are you concerned about water quality changes in your lake?
Do you have questions about what, where, and when you should monitor to keep your lake healthy?
Are you concerned about water quality changes in your lake?
BECOME A CONFIDENT LAKE STEWARD!
PLEON LAKE SCHOOL
MAY 19-21, 2023
PLEON's Lake School is an immersive, hands-on, field-based lake stewardship course targeted toward members of community associations tasked with managing their community's lakes. Participants will learn lake ecology basics, gain hands-on experience monitoring water quality, practice interpreting data, discuss emerging threats to PA lakes, and join a network of regional lake associations facing the same challenges.
Topics include:
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To participate in the 2023 Lake School:
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2023 Lake School Schedule
This schedule is tentative and will continue to develop. The content and order of events may change.
Friday, May 195:00-7:00: Registration
5:30-6:30: Dinner and Discussion 6:30-7:30: Introductory Survey 7:30-8:30: Keynote: Why monitoring matters |
Saturday, May 207:00-8:00: Continental Breakfast
Morning Sessions: Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Lakes 8:00 -10:00: Commonly monitored physical and chemical characteristics 10:00-10:15: Break 10:15-12:15: Stuff in your lake and where it comes from 12:30-1:30: Lunch Afternoon Sessions: Lake Animals, Plants, and Food Webs 1:30-3:30: Lake Food-webs: Bottom Up 3:30-3:45: Break 3:45-5:45: Lake Food-webs: Top Down 6:00-7:30: Dinner and Discussion 7:30-8:30: Biology Lab |
Sunday, May 217:00-8:00: Continental Breakfast
Morning sessions 8:00 -10:00: Changes in lake color: Greening and Browning 10:00-10:15: Break 10:15-12:15: Invasive Species 12:30-1:30: Lunch Afternoon sessions 1:30-3:30: Harmful Algal Blooms 3:30-3:45: Break 3:45-4:15: PLEON services and equipment 4:15-5:15: Exit survey 5:15-5:30: Closing remarks |
2023 Lake School Instructors
For more information about Lake School or other PLEON programs, contact Dr. Beth Norman: beth.norman@lacawac.org
Financial and other support for the PLEON Lake School has been provided by the Department of Environmental Protection’s 2022 Environmental Education Grants Program. Additional support provided by Lacawac Sanctuary, Brookfield Renewable US and the National Science Foundation (DEB #175427, DEB #1754276)
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