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Happy Earth Day Volunteers
and Coordinators! In the spirit of the Earth
Day vision of grassroots activism to encourage positive environmental change, I
would like to start a discussion about how MiCorps can change to better support
volunteer monitoring groups across the state. The April edition of The
MiCorps Monitor newsletter, released yesterday, included a discussion topic
about what you, the volunteer monitoring community in Michigan, really want to
monitor. As explained in the article, MiCorps has initially chosen to
focus on a small set of parameters and standardize the collection of data for
those parameters across the state. There are many other important
environmental variables that can be very informative about the quality of our
state’s waterways. Many can be monitored by volunteers with proper
training and organization. Let’s start this
discussion by asking what you currently are monitoring and what you would like
to monitor and why. Feel free to comment on what you think you would need
to get such an effort going. How can MiCorps help? Don’t be
afraid to be critical of MiCorps efforts to date. We have thick
skin. We can take it. Please send a comment to the
list. It doesn’t have to be long or even fully thought out.
We want to know what you are thinking about. It’s you who MiCorps
was designed to support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ric Lawson Watershed Planner MiCorps Staff Huron
River Watershed Council 1100
N. Main St., Suite 210 Ann
Arbor, MI 48104 p:
734.769.5123 x13 f:
734.998.0163 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the Huron River Watershed Council, protecting the Huron
River since 1965. More info: www.hrwc.org |