Lakeside Living
Enjoying our lakes - one of the reasons we love the area.
photo by Jeff Harrits
Lakeshore property owners play a critical role in maintaining healthy water quality and aquatic habitat. In fact, there are many small things that property owners can do to drastically improve lake health.
Please take this short 8-question survey/self-assessment that lakeshore homeowners can use to learn more about lakeside best management practices.
CRC recently launched a program called Lakeside Living. This program seeks to collaborate with lakeshore property owners in the Seeley-Swan Valley, providing free 1-on-1 consultations that will enable homeowners to identify ways to simultaneously improve their lakeshore property and the health of the valley's lakes.
After the consultation homeowners will be better equipped with the knowledge and resources to enhance and implement sustainable practices on their property. One-by-one, lakeshore homeowners can ensure the health of our lakes are maintained for many generations to come.
If you are interested in learning more about this program, please email Jon Haufler ( jon@crcmt.org).
Summer 2022, gathering and recording lake water quality information. photo by Jeff Harrits
CRC has been actively involved with monitoring the lakes in the valley. There are several resource pages you may be interested in checking out. These include: our Adopt-A-Lake program, Aquatic Invasive Species monitoring, Aquatic Plant Surveys (2021 pdf document) and our Clearwater Lakes Alliance program featuring specific information about various lakes in the Seeley Lake - Clearwater Valley.
Lake Data generally includes information through the winter of 2021 with information for some lakes updated as additional data is analyzed.
Finally, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to
email Jon Haufler ( jon@crcmt.org).