Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians (LTBB) water quality monitoring program, MI USA, 2000-2011

The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBB) is conducting a baseline assessment in selected water bodies within and adjacent to the 1855 historically delineated reservation boundaries. This baseline study began in Y2000, and LTBB began to acquire consistent data in 2001, and will continue until a sufficient amount of data is collected to assess current water quality conditions. Ten lakes have been chosen to be part of this program for sampling. Physical and chemical parameters measured in all selected water bodies are: dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, water depth, pH, nitrate/nitrite, total phosphorus, total kjeldahl nitrogen, and chloride. Parameters measured in the lakes only consist of chlorophyll a and water clarity.