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July is Lakes Appreciation Month
What can you do to protect and enjoy lakes?
Here are some activities that you can take part in whether you live on a lake or just enjoy visiting one. You and your friends or family can:
• Help monitor your local waterbody or watershed
• Visit a local lake, pond, or reservoir
• Go boating, kayaking, canoeing, sailing or rowing
• Go swimming
• Go SCUBA diving or snorkeling
• Go fishing
• Host a activity and bring enough sampling gear, ID keys and other materials for everyone to join in the fun
• Ask your local lake agency about shadowing a lake manager for a day
• Arrange a lake or watershed clean-up event
• Start a watershed storm drain stenciling program
• Have your septic system pumped if you live close to a waterbody
• Go birding or take pictures at a lake or pond
• Tap into your artistic side and draw or paint a lake scene for your home or office
• Organize a lake field trip for students
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