GLIN==> August 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 August 2009 edition of the MiCorps Monitor! 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/august/index.html> directly to the
full newsletter online.

	
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article1.html> 	 MiCorps
Sampling Events Lure over 
1,000 Participants in the Spring of 2009
Benthic macroinvertebrate sampling (or "bug" sampling) is the cornerstone of
many volunteer stream monitoring programs, including MiCorps.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article2.html> 	 2009 Stream
Monitoring Training Event
This year's workshop on stream monitoring methods for MiCorps Volunteer
Stream Monitoring Program grant recipients and other interested parties was
held June 29.  <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article2.html>
continued... 


	
 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article3.html> 	 Focus on
the 
Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP)
Healthy ecosystems include a diversity of animal and plant species that are
adapted to live together in harmony. Sometimes, however, an invasive species
upsets this balance.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article4.html> 	 Stream
Monitoring with MiCorps Grantee, Huron Pines
Huron Pines, whose mission is to conserve the forest, lakes and streams of
Northeast Michigan, has begun tapping into the growing momentum of
volunteers as stream and habitat monitors.
<http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article4.html>   continued...



	
 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article5.html> 	 Volunteer
Corner: An Interview with Gene Stagner
Gene Stagner, a relatively new volunteer with the Pine River / Van Etten
Lake (PRVEL) Watershed Coalition, talks with the MiCorps team about his
experiences thus far.
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 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article6.html> 	 MiCorps
Updates
Read about a MiCorps volunteer making national news, and find out about
upcoming funding opportunities through the EPA-led, interagency Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative!
<http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article6.html>   continued...



	
 <http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article7.html> 

	Volunteer Monitoring Program Spotlights: 
Alabama Water Watch & Wisconsin's Citizen-Based Water Monitoring Network 
We put the spotlight on two programs that have goals that are similar to
MiCorps, but which take slightly different approaches.
<http://www.micorps.net/newsletter/2009/august/article7.html>   continued...


	

 <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, MiCorps Staff, Great Lakes Commission, (734)
971-9135 or laurak at glc.org
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