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FEDERATIONOFONTARIOCOTTAGERSASSOCIATIONS5continuoushighqualityphosphorusdatacollectedbyvolunteers.ManyoftheselakeshavelakeassociationsthatareFOCAmembers.MOEandFOCAthankyouforyourhardworkanddedicationtowardsprotectingandunderstandingOntariosinlandwaters.www.foca.oncalake-partnerUpdateontheBroadscaleMonitoringProgramTheOntarioMinistriesofNaturalResourcesandtheEnvironmenthavealsobeencollectingvaluablewaterqualityandfisheriesdatafromlakesacrosstheprovinceaspartoftheirBroadscaleMonitoringProgram.TheBroadscaleMonitoringProgramworksonafiveyearcycle.Theprogramcompleteditsfirstfive-yearcyclein2012withjustover800lakesbeingsampled.TheselakesaredividedintotwogroupsofapproximatelyequalnumbersFixedlakesandvariablelakes.Long-termsamplingwillbeconductedonthefixedlakes.Theselakeswereselectedtoprovidearepresentativesampleofprovinciallakeswhichcontainwalleyelaketroutorbrooktrout.Thesespeciesaretoppredatorsandaregoodindicatorsofthehealthofcoldwaterandcoolwaterlakes.Eachoftheselakeswillbevisitedonceineachfiveyearcycle.Thissamplingwillprovideameasureofhowthefisheriesresourcechangesthroughouttimeandwillgivefeedbackonthesuccessorfailureofregulatoryandmanagementefforts.Thesecondgrouporvariablelakeswillbeselectedrandomlyatthebeginningofeachfiveyearcycle.Samplingtheselakesisdesignedtoyieldabroadoverallpictureofprovinciallakes.Itwillgiveasnapshotlookatthestateofthefisheriesresourceingeneral.Ifthelakeonwhichyoucottageorlivehasbeenselectedasafixedlakeitwillbevisitedonceineachofthe5yearcycles.Ifithasnotbeenselectedasafixedlakeitmightstillbechosenasavariablelakesometimeinthefutureandbesampledforatleastoneyearandperhapsmoreoften.ThewaterchemistrydataobtainedfromtheBroadscaleMonitoringProgramwillgiveusimportantinsightsonthecurrentstateofOntariosinlandlakes.Cycletwoofthisprogramwasscheduledtobegininthespringof2013andapproximately130lakeswillbemonitoredfortemperaturedissolvedoxygenwaterclaritywaterqualityfishabundanceandothercharacteristicsandinvasivespecies.