Staff from Lacawac Sanctuary Field Station and Environmental Education Center in Pennsylvania presented the results of their project “Algal Blooms Spark Community Led Monitoring on Lake Wallenpaupack” at an international symposium of the North Americ...

We now have available a very detailed user guide, which explains nearly every aspect of the Lake Observer web submission system. The user guides cover the basics, such as creating an account and submitting data, as well as some of the more advanced f...

With EPA funding, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies will continue a partnership with Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB), Gold Systems, and the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) to make additional improvements to the Lake Observer ap...

Earlier this year, staff from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) decided to use the Lake Observer App to jump start a volunteer lake monitoring program in the state. The GLEON Lake Observer team worked with Megha...

In 2020, the Poconos Lake Ecological Observatory Network (PLEON) volunteer monitoring program began using the Lake Observer app to record water quality observations on Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania. The PLEON Water Quality in Action program genera...

The 26th year of North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Secchi Dip-In event is underway again in 2019. The Lake Observer app team is working closely with NALMS and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board on a project to upgrade the Dip-In database...

For those of you who prefer to leave your smart phone or tablet on shore, you may find the new web-based data entry form a convenient option. It allows data entry from a laptop or desktop computer. As with the mobile app versions of Lake Observer, us...

Check out the three new training videos on how to use the Lake Observer app for the NALMS Secchi Dip-In event. The videos are based on the updated Android version of the app, which includes a new user interface and updated Secchi Depth and Algae scre...

As part of the NALMS Secchi Dip-in beta test this summer, USEPA and RTI International developed a training video, a draft of which is now available on the Lake Observer website. The video uses the iOS version of the app to provide step-by-s...

The new iOS version 1.1.0 of the GLEON Lake Observer app was released earlier this month. The latest features include in-app user registration and re-ordering of fields on the Secchi Depth data entry screen.Other small changes were made in respo...