The Worcester Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative (WCMC) is a group of citizen science volunteers that are working to better understand the diversity of algae and cyanobacteria in Worcester’s lakes and ponds. Summer 2020 will be the third year of sample collection as part of the Collaborative organized by Worcester DPW’s Lakes and Ponds Program. Lake residents and volunteers the Cronin Family and Mike Liberty have been collecting monthly samples June to Sept from three locations in Lake Quinsigamond. The samples are taken to the Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center in Worcester and are placed under a microscope for algae identificaiton. To date only occassional cyanobacteria cells have been observed in water from Lake Quinsig. We would like to collect samples from Flint Pond and Newton Pond but need volunteers to cover them. It only takes a couple hours per month and hey, lets be real, you are on the water anyway! If you are interested in training to collect samples and identify algae under the microscope, or just learn more about the project, contact us at info@LQWA.org or Burmeisterj@worcesterma.gov. |
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