The PA Lakes Management Society this week announced Gov. Tom Wolf has declared July Lakes Awareness/Appreciation Month to urge the public to take time to appreciate your local lake, pond or reservoir and the benefits they provided.

As part of Lakes Awareness Month, the PA Lakes Management Society and similar groups across the country are participating in the Secchi Dip In during July.

The concept of the Dip-In is simple: individuals in volunteer monitoring programs take a transparency measurement on one day during the weeks surrounding Canada Day and July Fourth. Individuals may be monitoring lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, rivers, or streams.

These transparency values are used to assess the transparency of volunteer-monitored lakes in the United States and Canada. 

Find out how you can be involved in the Annual Secchi Dip-In!

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7/13/2015