Volunteers are needed to help clean Monroe Lake’s shorelines, and they will be treated to a cookout for their efforts.

The lake’s cleanup day will be Oct. 6 starting at 1:30 p.m. Workers should meet at Cutright State Recreation Area, where they will be transported to different parts of the shoreline by boat. Work will last until 5:30 p.m. After the work there will be a free thank you cookout at Cutright SRA.

Advance registration is required by Oct. 4 at bit.ly/monroeshoreline2019 (in the upper right-hand corner) because space on the boats is limited to 80 volunteers. All volunteers must be at least 10 years old, and workers ages 10-17 must be accompanied by a registered adult.

The annual shoreline cleanup is coordinated by Monroe County Stormwater Services, Hoosier National Forest, City of Bloomington Utilities Department, Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District, and the Friends of Lake Monroe, in partnership with Monroe Lake.

For more information about the cleanup, contact Monroe Lake’s interpretive naturalist, Jill Vance, jvance@dnr.IN.gov or 812-837-9967.

Monroe Lake (on.IN.gov/monroelake) is at 4850 South State Road 446, Bloomington, 47401.

To view all DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.

Media contact: Jill Vance, interpretive naturalist, Paynetown Activity Center at Monroe Lake, 812-837-9967, jvance@dnr.IN.gov.