Cyanobacteria Bloom Training for Citizens

Cook County SWCD is collaborating with NRRI and MN Sea Grant on MN Lakes Look Out Program 

The program monitors cyanobacteria and chloride in our lakes. It is a citizen science based program. 

Additional information can be found at: For more information about the Lake Look Out Program, pleas visit: https://seagrant.umn.edu/programs/healthy-coastal-ecosystems-program/mn-lake-lookout  and https://mnlakelookout.org/about


The SWCD in collaboration with NRRI will be holding a training session on Friday, August 28, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Sea Gull Lake Community Center. It is also available via zoom upon request to: ilena.hansel@cookcountymn.gov  If you are curious about learning more, come on up, enjoy the area and decide if this is something for you.

We are looking for someone for Poplar and Devil Track Lakes specifically. We are also hoping to enable folks to monitor the lake they reside on or care about if they notice a bloom.

For more information about Friday, please see the flier.
For more information about the Lake Look Out Program, pleas visit: https://seagrant.umn.edu/programs/healthy-coastal-ecosystems-program/mn-lake-lookout  and https://mnlakelookout.org/about

Contact Ilena Hansel at 218-387-3648 or  Hilarie Sorensen, Minnnesota Sea Grant Water Resources Extension Educator, at soren360@d.umn.edu.

unding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).