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.

April Newsletter - Round Up at Bloomingfoods. Public Meeting with Dr. Eric Barefoot, U.S. Forest Service Halts Houston South Project, Kayak Trips, Hikes, and more.