GLIN==> April 2009 MiCorps Monitor E-newsletter Now Available

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 <http://www.micorps.net/> A bulletin of the Michigan Clean Water Corps
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	Welcome to the April 2009 edition of the MiCorps Monitor, our first
online-only issue! That's right, the MiCorps Monitor is now paperless. As
always, this edition is full of updates and information on the activities
and individuals of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's
Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps). Browse the articles below, or go
<http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/index.html> directly to the
full newsletter online.

	
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article1.html> 	 Fourth
Annual MiCorps Conference: Celebrating our Volunteers
The fourth annual Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) conference was held
October 20-21, 2008 at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center in Higgins
Lake, Michigan.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article2.html> 	 Volunteer
Stream Monitoring Gains Steam across Michigan's Upper Peninsula
The Central Upper Peninsula Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program began in the
spring of 2007 with the goals of training volunteers to collect baseline
water quality data and increasing stewardship of aquatic resources through
community involvement and education.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article3.html> 	 Volunteer
Stream Monitoring Grants Awarded for 2008
The MiCorps program is pleased to announce its support of four organizations
under the 2008 Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program, totaling nearly
$50,000 in grant funds.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article4.html> 	 Highlights
from the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) 
Ralph Vogel has been collecting lake data for 35 years through the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality's volunteer-based Cooperative Lakes
Monitoring Program (CLMP).
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article5.html> 	 The
Volunteer Corner: An Interview with John Sanchez and Roy Tassava (CLMP) 
For the first installment of the Volunteer Corner, we caught up with
volunteers John Sanchez and Roy Tassava, experienced team leaders of the Tip
of the Mitt Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article6.html> 	 Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality Five Year Watershed Assessment Cycle
In 1997, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) formed a
water quality monitoring strategy that established a five year cycle in
their monitoring of Michigan's watersheds.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article7.html> 

	MiCorps Updates 
As with most things, change is to be expected. This, too, is true of the
MiCorps team.  <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article7.html>
continued... 

	
 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/winter/article8.html> 	 Discussion
Topic: What do you (want to) monitor? 
Since MiCorps began, there has been discussion about what types of
monitoring MiCorps should support. This question actually has several
implied questions within it.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/> 	 The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps
<http://micorps.net/> ) was created through an executive order by Governor
Jennifer M. Granholm to assist the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ
<http://www.michigan.gov/deq/> ) in collecting and sharing water quality
data for use in water resources management and protection programs.	
 
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Contact: Laura Kaminski, Great Lakes Commission, (734) 971-9135 or
laurak at glc.org
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