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Congratulations Lake Lovers on making headlines!
Three separate media outlets - Fox 32 Chicago, The Tribune and the Daily Herald - covered the launch of the 2026 Lake Monitoring Program with 21 lakes. You can now view the participating lakes' health data and trendlines via Google Earth Engine.
Learn more by following the links below, and help us spread the word on these timely programs:
- THIRD THURSDAY ZOOM: "Considering a Dredging Project?" 7 pm Zoom, Thursday, May 21, http://bit.ly/LCLLMay21, Learn about dredging opportunities, challenges, and lake restoration impacts.
- LAKE APPRECIATION MONTH: “Algae-Palooza” 5:30-8:30 pm Sunday, July 19, http://bit.ly/2026LakeStories, Hear inspiring lake stories on collaborative lake stewardship that can improve our habitats, health, and property values.
Together, we are fostering collaboration and enabling decision-quality data to help lake teams care for their lake.
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Lakes Are Speaking: View 2026 Lake Data on Google Earth
Why Make Data Transparent? Lake County Lake Lovers believes transparent data is essential to engaging communities and influencing change. We are thrilled to be launching our new LAP tool that automates our collected data to Google Earth Engine, shares the data collected at the most recent monitoring data and assembles data trend lines for three...
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Lake Lover News Coverage Reminds All of The Power of Water to Unite Us
On Earth Day 2026, we celebrated something simple, essential, and profoundly unifying: water. We also observed, through a tri-fecta of coverage by local media, a keen interest in collaboration around our environment. Across the world, water connects us all—but right here in Lake County (Global Water Works' home county), we’re seeing something ev...
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Tap the experts and attend Algae-Palooza
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Thursday, May 21 at 7:00 PM CDT
Planning a Lake Dredging Project with Peter Berrini, P.G., CLP
Is your lake community considering (or has it already undertaken) a mechanical dredging project? What about biological approaches to sediment management? Join us for our May "Third Thursday" presentation as we explore the world of lake dredging. Our special guest is Peter Berrini, P.G., CLP, a Professional Geologist and Certified Lake...
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You're Invited to July 19th's Algae-Palooza!
To celebrate July being Lake Appreciation Month, Lake County Lake Lovers will be gathering in person on the north side of Long Lake in Ingleside, IL on Sunday, 19 July for Algae-Palooza: Dinner and Lake Stories Event! When: Sunday, 19 July 2026 Time: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm What: Algae-Palooza: Dinner and Lake Stories Event Cost: Dinner tickets a...
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Fox Waterway Septic Insights and Student Lake Lessons (from Butler Lake Day) now on YouTube
We've updated our Third Thursday recordings to include the recent presentations by our Fox Waterways experts (on Septic) and Libertyville High School (on Butler Lake Student Day). Listen in to the presentations for helpful insights, relevant to Lake County lakes. More than 13 experts share a range of solutions -all available by scanning the QR c...
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Did you know?
😢 70% of Lake County's Lakes are classified as impaired
😢 Impaired lakes negatively impact property values - as much as 25%
✅ Solutions exist to restore our lakes to sustainable health
Thanks for caring for Lake County's lakes and the communities they serve!
Becky Sawle and William Cotey
Co-Chairs of Lake County Lake Lovers
Lake County Lake Lovers is part of the Global Water Works, 501(c)3 collaboration platform, and includes an event calendar, FAQ, discussion forums and spaces for your lake groups to connect and track progress.
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