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15FEDERATION OF ONTARIO COTTAGERS ASSOCIATIONS The Dorset Environmental Science Centre continued from page 13 Partnership Networks The popularity of the LPP collaborative program is underscored by the number of government and non- governmental agencies that collect water samples and share water quality data as LPP science partners. For example collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry MNRF Broad-scale Monitoring Program has provided water chemistry data from approximately 1000 lakes sampled by MNRF staff across Ontario. Partnerships with academic colleagues have further contributed to the DESC inland-lake data set. The Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network CAISN involved a multi- university study of the zooplankton and water chemistry of 350 Muskoka-area lakes. Subsequent surveys added data for another roughly 150 lakes. Similarly a cumulative-effects study funded by the Canadian Water Network targeted another 100 Muskoka-area lakes for sampling by researchers from Laurentian Waterloo Nipissing and Trent universities. Through collaborations between government academia non-government and public volunteers DESC- based inland-lake studies have amassed data from over 2000 Ontario lakes in the last 10 years. This total is roughly 1 of the provinces lakes and these partnership-based monitoring efforts provide an early-warning of emerging water-quality issues for Ontarios inland lakes. For more information the cumulative results for the LPP are available online here httpfoca.on.calake-partner- program-sampling-assistance. For sampling tips lake stewards are encouraged to review the FOCA instructional video by searching Lake Partner Program on YouTube.