Lake monitor volunteers sought

The Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District is once again looking for volunteers to monitor lakes around Cook County for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Citizen Lakes Monitoring Program.

Eleven lakes will be targeted for monitoring this year, they include East Bearskin, Elbow, Gust, Leo, McFarland, Tom, Aspen, West Twin, Little Iron, Iron, and Mayhew.

These lakes were chosen because of their priority status in the Cook County Water Plan, their lack of water quality data or their potential for development. Soil and Water will provide training and pay for the cost of analyzing water samples and shipment to the lab. Past volunteers are invited to return and new volunteers are welcome as well.

Volunteers are asked to take a water sample five times a summer for one to two summers. Volunteers can be any adult with a watercraft willing to get out on the lake about once a month. Anyone interested in this program can call Ilena Berg or Cindy Gentz at 387-3648 for more information.