Spring Checklist For Your Lake Gauge
LOCSS Gauge at Flowing Lake, WA
Spring is right around the corner, and many of us are spring cleaning and to-do lists. As folks will start getting outdoors more & visiting their local lakes, we thought it would be beneficial to share a spring to-do list for citizen scientists and local partners who work with us on the LOCSS project. Whether you are a citizen scientist or local partner, and whether or not you lake freezes in the winter, an early spring check-in on the lake gauge can set us all up for a great year of monitoring the lake.
We've developed a short checklist of the most important things to know and do when spring arrives:
- If your lake freezes, please wait to report lake heights until the lake is no longer frozen.
- Know when upcoming target monitoring dates are by looking at the target date calendar. You can be reminded by email the day before a target date by signing up here.
- If you removed your gauge in the fall, you can reinstall it as soon as the lake is no longer frozen by following our instructions on how to install a lake gauge.
- Reference your lake gauge to a fixed point nearby to see if the gauge has shifted at all during the winter.
- Observe the gauge, and report any damage or issues to the LOCSS team by sending an email to [email protected]
If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know. And we are looking forward to a great year!
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