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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams
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The Michigan State University Extension Center for Lakes and Streams aims to advance the conservation and stewardship of Michigan’s inland lakes and streams through engagement, education, and research. Visit us at https://www.canr.msu.edu/cls
🌿🐟 Why do we care about Chara? Learn more about the importance of Michigan’s underwater understory! 🐟🌿

#MacrophyteMonday

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November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Michigan is having a dry spell. More than 40% of the state is in a drought, and an additional 20% is abnormally dry". We're featured in yesterday's @detroitnews.com story on how drought is lowering inland lake and river levels across central and lower Michigan.

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October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New lake and stream webinars announced! Learn about...
🦠 Harmful algal blooms
🗺️ Smart maps, stronger conservation
🔬 Microplastics
❄️ How glaciers formed our wetlands
💰 Funding for watershed councils in MI
🐌 Invasive mystery snails
...and more! Check out the calendar: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
💰 For our sixth season, our Clean Boats, Clean Waters program has funding to support aquatic invasive species outreach projects in Michigan - check out our mini-grants program! The applications are due January 30.

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October 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Enrollment now open: Popular MSU Extension course Introduction to Lakes Online offered January 2026. Register today for this unique opportunity to learn about inland lakes.

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September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Learn more about the Reduce Invasive Pet and Plant Escapes (RIPPLE) program, a partnership between MSU Extension and the Michigan Departments of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy; Natural Resources; and Agriculture and Rural Development.

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#InvasiveSpecies #fish
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Curious about lakes? It's never too late to go back to school! Enrollment is now open for our 🏅award-winning🏅 Introduction to Lakes Online course! Class starts at the end of January.

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September 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New lake and stream webinars announced! Learn about...
👻 TOMORROW! Local invasive species assistance
🦅 NEW! Birds, wetlands, and conservation collaboration
🌾 Wild rice
🐢 Herps
🔥 Wildfire impacts
🎣 Walleye stocking
...and more! Check out the full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
September 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Septic systems that function properly are critical to the health of our streams, rivers, and lakes. If you have a septic system on your property, check out these tips from @michiganegle.bsky.social

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September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Brought to you by our RIPPLE program - Reducing Invasive Pet and Plant Escapes! www.canr.msu.edu/invasive_spe...
September 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Not all claws are created equal - meet the invasive crayfish crew of Michigan. 📣 Check out our Great Lakes Almanac to Invasive Crayfish and learn how to tell these invaders apart from our friendlier native crawdads. 👉 bit.ly/crayfishalma...
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New lake and stream webinars announced! Learn about...
👻 Local invasive species assistance
🌾 Wild rice
🐢 Herps
🔥 Wildfire impacts
🎣 Walleye stocking
🦠 Harmful algal blooms
🗺️ GIS for conservation
☠️ Microplastics
🧊 Glacial wetlands
...and more! Check out the full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
September 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The list of lake-related webinars has been updated! Highlights include:
💲TODAY: Michigan Invasive Species Grants
💲9/10: Michigan Watershed Planning Grants
🚽 9/15: Septic systems & the environment
🌾 9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin

See the whole list at www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New guidebook! Protecting inland lakes through natural shorelines: An introductory guide to bioengineering techniques. Developed by staff from the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and @michiganegle.bsky.social. Free download! www.shorelinepartnership.org/library.html
August 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Webinar 7 PM ET tonight: Webinar on new research on wakesurfing boat impacts on inland lakes.

📷: Ben Hovland, @mprnews.org

#wakeboats

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August 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In May, Erick Elgin and Jo Latimore from our team presented a #NotMISpecies webinar They discussed the value of community science (volunteer monitoring) for finding invasive plants early in Michigan lakes, joined by volunteer from SE Michigan. Watch: us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/_Ni... #MacrophyteMonday
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Crayfish monitoring training events are being held across the Great Lakes region this fall. Free to attend!

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August 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lake webinars! Check out this freshly updated list, including:
🦓💪 Aug. 21: How zebra mussels are changing fish contaminants
🌊🛥️ Aug. 26: Wake boat impacts on lakes
💧💲 Sept. 4: Watershed grants from MI EGLE
💩🚽 Sept. 15: Septic systems and the environment
List: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
August 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There are still spaces available in this Aquatic Plant Identification workshop on August 13 at Michigan State University! Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Lake webinars! MILP just upcated their list. Some new ones:
8/21: How zebra mussels are changing fish contaminants
8/26: How wake boats impact lakes
9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin (wild rice)
10/2: When the forst burns, what's in the water?

Full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Great work, volunteers! They submitted chlorophyll samples from over 150 Michigan lakes through the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program! Here they are in the receiving room at the EGLE Environmental Lab this week. Results will land in the MiCorps Data Exchange: www.micorps.net/about-data-e...
July 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Want to ramp up your conservation skills? Enroll in the Michigan Conservation Stewards Program from MSU Extension! There will be 6 locations this fall: Alpena, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, St. Clair, and Washtenaw counties.

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July 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Within an hour of Lansing? Want to help stop aquatic invasive species? We have a CD3 boat cleaning station available to borrow!

It comes loaded with vacuum power, scrub brushes, and plug wrenches - everything a boater needs to STOP aquatic invasive species in their tracks! Message us if interested.
July 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Michigan Inland Lakes Partnership has updated their list of upcoming lake webinars and online events:
🚨 MiCorps AIS Detection Blitz (happening NOW!)
🌟 7/10: Biology and mgmt of starry stonewort
🌾 7/18: Conserving wild rice with an Anishinaabe worldview
The list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
July 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
You know that invasive plants are bad for our lakes. But do you know how to identify them? Do you know there's a Michigan program where you can learn to identify them, how to find them, and how to report them? It's the Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch! #MacrophyteMonday

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June 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM