Lake Research
Student Grant Program
The deadline for this year's student grant application for the McNALMS/MLSA Lake Research Student Grants Program is Friday, March 17, 2023 at 5PM EST.
Awards will be announced in late April.
If you know a student interested in submitting a short 2-3 page proposal, please visit: mcnalms.org/grants/
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Our 62nd Annual Conference will be here before you know it!
Please fill out the form below by February 15th if you are interested in sponsoring the conference and/or exhibiting a booth at the conference. We will provide further registration and participation details along with an invoice for the sponsorship level you indicate on the form by February 17th.
Sponsorship/Exhibitors form: https://forms.gle/ztPZjmYCRxvsQnYh9
We hope you will consider donating a raffle prize, this is always a big hit with our participants! We also encourage happy hour sponsorship, lanyard donations, bag donations, or any other promotional materials you would be interested in providing for the event.
After you fill out the form please send us a logo and/or ad content you would like us to use for promotional materials. Our spring issue of The Michigan Riparian magazine will showcase all the sponsors who have committed by the February 15th deadline.
Contact info@mymlsa.org with any questions.
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Spring 2023 MGLP Lake Conservation Webinars
The Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership starts their spring webinar series this month. You will find the presentations scheduled for this month, please check out all eight offerings on their website:
http://midwestglaciallakes.org/resources/webinars/
Common Carp Management and
the Lost Island Lake Restoration
With Mike Hawkins on February 14, 1:00 P.M., Register here
Efforts to reduce Common Carp abundance to improve water quality, fisheries, and aquatic habitat are seldom successful or tend to provide only short-term improvements. However, we were able to achieve long-term (greater than 10 year) improvements through the use of a subsidized commercial fishing technique and limiting spawning areas within the lake’s watershed. In 2010, the Common carp biomass was reduced from 320 lbs/acre to less than 50 lbs/acre. This biomass reduction has been maintained for over eleven years. Meanwhile, improvements to the fishery, water quality, and aquatic plant community were documented. Restricting the movement of common carp in the watershed also allowed for improved habitat and water quality in a number of large wetlands. In 2018, the lake was removed from Iowa’s impaired waters list. This project has had broad community support and involvement and has provided Iowa’s Lake Restoration Program with an alternative to whole-lake fisheries renovations.
Tools for Building Resilience in
Midwest Lake Organizations
With Eve Whittaker & Chris Solomon on February 28, 1:00 P.M., Register here
Introducing the Lake Resilience and Systems Thinking Hub. Whether you are a lake organization member, environmental educator, or you have an interest in protecting lakes—we are excited to share our resources with you. This webinar introduces resources that were developed and tested alongside lake and watershed conservation groups. These materials are designed to facilitate discussions around long-term changes and planning that lake social-ecological systems may experience. We encourage you to come learn how to use these resources to facilitate discussions with your organization members, your partners, and your leadership team. These tools may guide discussions that focus on a specific, existing issue, or they could be used to direct preemptive planning.
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DNR will accept public comment on proposed Camp Grayling expansion through Feb. 8
Contact: DNR-Public-Info@Michigan.gov
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will continue to accept public comment through Wednesday, Feb. 8, on the National Guard’s proposed expansion of its Camp Grayling training facility to include 162,000 acres of DNR-managed forest land.
The comment period will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8. The DNR has been receiving public comments since June 2022, and the DNR and the military have sponsored and appeared at many public meetings to collect feedback throughout the summer and fall regarding the proposed expansion. Several thousand comments have already been shared with the DNR, and staff has been evaluating public input as it is received. A summary of the comments will be posted on the DNR’s Camp Grayling proposal information page.
The DNR will review the feedback received and continue discussions with the military about use of state-managed forest land for military training.
The Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, including 148,000 acres in and around Grayling, is the largest National Guard training facility in the United States. Michigan military leaders last winter proposed a lease of up to an additional 162,000 acres of state forest land around the existing camp to conduct training activities such as drone operation, cyber and electronic warfare and operation of space and communication systems.
Protecting water and maintaining public recreational access to land have been key concerns expressed by fishing, hunting and conservation groups throughout the comment period.
Additional resources from some concerned organizations:
MUCC article
Sierra Club article
Au Sable North Branch Area Foundation article
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Michigan Lakes and Streams Association, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, state-wide organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and wise management of Michigan’s vast treasure of inland lakes and streams.
Ready to help us protect Michigan's waterways?
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