The Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network (LWCBMN), coordinated by LWF, mobilizes citizen volunteers and conservation professionals to collect water samples across Manitoba in order to measure phosphorus concentration. Phosphorus is the nutrient responsible for the blue-green algae blooms on Lake Winnipeg and other water bodies.
This growing, long-term monitoring program has been actively sampling since 2016. A new report highlights insights gained by analyzing citizen-generated phosphorus data from the 2017 and 2018 field seasons. Among them:
Click here to read the full report.
Regional reports from the 2018 and 2017 field seasons can be found here. All data generated by LWCBMN is also available online at lakewinnipegdatastream.ca
The 2019 field season is well underway, with the network aiming to collect more than 2,500 samples from more than 150 sampling sites across Manitoba. If you’re interested in volunteering with LWCBMN, please contact Chelsea Lobson, LWF Program Manager, Community-Based Monitoring.