Get your hands wet and participate in great science!
The Secchi Dip-in is a nationwide program and this year YOU can participate! Adopt a secchi disk and dip-in to Flathead Lake to measure water clarity!
HOW: Adopt a Secchi disk and learn how to use it.
WHEN: Training opportunities in June and July. Then, dip your Secchi disk in Flathead Lake on a sunny day during July 15-20 and report your location and value.
WHY: To keep a watchful eye on Flathead Lake’s beautiful, clear water as a community and participate in great science locally and nationally!
Adopt a Secchi Participation Options:
- Water clarity, $40 donation – Receive a custom-made Secchi disk, training to use it, and a final report for the Flathead Lake Dip-in.
- Water clarity, nutrients, algal biomass, & calcium, $100 donation – After you dip-in, take a water sample. Let’s learn more about Flathead
Lake’s water quality, your Flathead Lake site, and contribute to the Flathead Lake Monitoring Program.
- Sponsorship, Choose your own donation amount – Support our Citizen Science Initiative and Flathead Lake water quality monitoring.
- Own your own Secchi Disk? Contact Hilary Devlin to participate.
The Secchi Dip-in is a nationwide program and this year YOU can participate! Adopt a secchi disk and dip-in to Flathead Lake to measure water clarity!