Help track Minnesota’s loon population. Now celebrating its 33rd year, the Minnesota Loon Monitoring Program is recruiting volunteers to count the number of adult and juvenile loons on pre-selected lakes one morning between Friday, July 3 and Monday, July 13.

Detailed instructions, training materials, maps, and a data form will be provided. Time commitment is two-four hours per lake. Surveys must be done sometime between 5 a.m.-12 noon. Volunteers must commit to completing assigned lake(s) within the specified time frame and returning completed survey materials.

To see what lakes need a volunteer surveyor or to sign up, go to mndnr.gov/eco/nongame/projects/mlmp_state.html and click on “Volunteer Map”.

For questions or more information, call or e-mail the loon monitoring coordinator: Amy Westmark, 218-849-9689, amy.westmark@state.mn.us