Celebrate Lake Monroe Day on September 15 with special events all week including water treatment plant tours, pontoon rides, bike rides, hikes, and a party!

July 2024 Newsletter - Kayak Trip for New Paddlers, Boys & Girls Club Partnership, Boat Needed, Update on Septic Program

June 2024 Newsletter - Septic Voucher Program, Septic 101 Workshop, Kayak Trips, Field Day Report, Wilderness Bill Update

Hear about our latest cost-share project and our Soil Health Field Day held in partnership with Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District.

Cleaning up trash in North Fork Salt Creek

Watch the video from our Community Forum on Forest Management held on April 22.

May 2024 Newsletter - Soil Healh Field Day, Nebo Ridge Hike, Shoreline Cleanup, Successful Forestry Forum, No PFAs In Bloomington Drinking Water, Cost-Share Program Update

March 2024 Newsletter - SWCD Annual Meetings, First Cost-Share Project, Strategic Planning, and more.

A look back at our successes in 2023 - Public Meetings, Dock Cleanups, “Our Wondrous Watershed” Photo Gallery, Lake Monroe Week, and more

This quarter we wrapped up our first project through our Lake Monroe Conservation Cost-Share Program.

One year into our voluntary Conservation Cost-Share Program we have approved five projects, allocating $45,000 of the available $90,000 in grant funds.

Friends of Lake Monroe is pleased to present Our Wondrous Watershed, a new photo exhibit featuring work by fourteen members of the Bloomington Photography Club. The exhibit opens Friday, November 3rd at the Brick Room Gallery, 107 N College Avenue, and will be open from 5 to 8 PM each Friday during the month of November.

October Newsletter - Lake Monroe Day Becomes Lake Monroe Week, Conservation Field Day October 20th, Our Wondrous Watershed Photo Exhibit November 3rd, and more.

In the third quarter of our conservation cost-share program, we approved another 4 conservation projects. We have now allocated over half the $90,000 of available funding.

Celebrate Lake Monroe Day all week September 14-22! Hike, Bike, Paddle and Preserve.

August Newsletter - Lake Monroe Day, Conservation Cost-Share Program Update, Shoreline Cleanups, and more

June Newsletter - Thank You Bloomingfoods, Mark it with an "X," Friends of Lake Monroe Public Meeting Report , New "Clean Boater Pledge" Signs at Boat Ramps, Cover Crops and other Conservation Practices, and more.