New Hampshire has many
beautiful freshwater resources.
Not all of them are
able to be monitored
as intensely as they need to
be by just state organizations.
The Lakes Lay Monitoring Program
has a large, positive impact
on the state as a whole.
The monitoring that
we are able to do
with our volunteers
and our interns
allows us to collect a
much finer detail of data.
The data that we collect
can help inform towns
as they're trying
to make decisions
about how to better
protect their water bodies.
And it does this through
cost-effective, science-based
monitoring and research.
Throughout this internship,
I've done field research,
in which case we
collect various water
samples based on different
profiles that we establish.
And then we do lab work with
those samples that we collect.
I'd say this is a fantastic
undergrad opportunity.
Especially having a
paid one is a huge plus.
For me, personally, this is
my fourth year in the lab.
So I have four years of
summer fieldwork under my belt
and then four years of
lab work under my belt,
which looks extremely
good on a resume applying
for a job or grad school.
We take 100% of the funding
we get from our annual appeal
and apply it towards student
undergraduate internships.
So donor support not only helps
that undergraduate student
apply what they're learning,
network with businesses
and future employers,
but it also
provides an opportunity for
UNH to do more work that
impacts the life and well-being
of the residents of New
Hampshire.
The Lakes Lay Monitoring
Program is so important
because fresh water
resources are precious
and we need as informed
a public as we can get.
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