The North Pond Association will offer LakeSmart-er Workshop II 2016 at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 9.

Nathan Durant, Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance Youth Conservation Corps director, will explain and demonstrate some BMPs utilizing the association’s display of BMPs at Fairview Grange 342 in Smithfield on the water’s edge.

Participants can become eligible for money back on any work done to buff up their property. Those interested can sign up for a free site visit with Durant or with LakeSmart certified Linda Rice.

Water quality is of great concern in the Belgrade Watershed, across the state and beyond. A simple way for everyone, not just those with waterfront property, is to practice Best Management Practices or BMPs. It means just what it says, managing your property with water quality of rivers, streams and lakes in mind. After rain, run-off from your property may contain harmful to water bodies phosphorous. Phosphorous overloading in lakes leads to algal blooms which can look like green slime on the surface at the same time depleting water of necessary nutrients and oxygen for plants and animals to live.

For more information, call 362-1009.