(Posted by Christine Herwig <[email protected]> via moumn.org)
Hi, MN DNR is looking for volunteers to help monitor loons. The Minnesota Loon Monitoring Program is a long-term project of the Nongame Wildlife Program. Hundreds of volunteers collect information about common loon numbers on more than 600 lakes. These lakes are found in Aitkin/Crow Wing, Becker, Cook/Lake, Itasca, Kandiyohi and Otter Tail counties. **NEW this year is an online sign-up system. There is an interactive map that allows you to see what lakes need volunteers. Create an account, add a lake you want to survey to your "cart" and check out (i.e., become a loon volunteer). Volunteers visit each lake one morning during a 10-day period in the summer and count the number of adult and juvenile loons. More information about the survey and links to the interactive map can be found here: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nongame/projects/mlmp_state.html Please share with others that you think may be interested. Thanks! Christine Herwig Regional Nongame Specialist MN DNR Bemidji, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
