Indiana Lakes Management Society upcoming events

Water Quality Monitoring with the Indiana Clean Lakes Program (In Person) (08 Aug 2026)

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Join Megan Gokey of the Indiana Clean Lakes Program (INCL) for a two-hour in-person workshop on water quality monitoring at the Blue Lake Community Center. Learn about why you should monitor water quality - and what it can and can't tell you. See a variety of equipment options from the very basic (thermometer, Secchi disk, etc.) to the more complex options like multiparameter sondes. We will discuss what parameters/tests the INCL program offers and how to interpret those results.

Indiana Clean Lakes Program is a multifaceted water monitoring and education program developed in partnership with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) Office of Water Quality and administered through Indiana University's O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The program has three main components:

Lake Water Quality Assessment conducted by staff and students
Volunteer Lake Monitoring conducted by community members working to understand the lakes in their communities
Outreach and Education to increase awareness of lake science and lake protection

This event will focus on the Volunteer Lake Monitoring portion of the program. Participants will first gather indoors for a presentation. Weather permitting, we will then move outdoors for a hands on demonstration on Blue Lake. The Blue Lake Community Center is located in northeastern Indiana (about 30 minutes northwest of Fort Wayne) at 7490 E 550 N, Churubusco, IN 46723.

Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) Program Webinar (03 Sep 2026)

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT

This webinar presented by DNR LARE Program Manager Nate Thomas will revisit information about IN DNR’s Lake and River Enhancement Program (LARE), a cost-share grant program that funds over $2 million dollars annually towards improving Indiana’s lakes, rivers, and watersheds. Topics covered will include introductions of staff, program mission and processes, and critical programmatic changes anticipated to occur for the 2027 grant awards.

Vibe Coding for Water Nerds - Building Water Data Widgets with Lovable (15 Sep 2026)

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT

In this 60-minute online workshop, you'll learn to use Lovable — an AI-powered app builder that turns plain-language descriptions into working web applications, no coding required — to create embeddable widgets for your organization's website. We'll start with what Lovable is and how it fits into a water resources workflow, then build a live widget together. You'll choose from options like a stream gauge display, a water quality snapshot, or a monitoring site map pulling from real data sources like USGS, EPA, and others. You'll leave with a working, publishable iframe or URL you can hand to your web team the same day. Your instructor, Jon Eynon, is the founder of EcoLogik, Inc., an Indianapolis web development firm with 25+ years of experience building sites and data tools for state agencies, universities, and watershed organizations. With a master's degree in fisheries and a career spent at the intersection of environmental data and the web — including the Hoosier Riverwatch portal for IDEM — he understands both the science you're communicating and the technology that gets it in front of the public.

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