AWW Director, Eric Reutebuch, had the pleasure and the privilege of presenting the 2016 ‘Smith State of the Lake Address’ to a packed house at the Smith Lake Civic Association Building near Jasper, AL last week. Eric was thrilled to see such a large, enthusiastic crowd gathered to learn about watershed stewardship!
![Smith SOLA-1](https://aaes.auburn.edu/wrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/01/Smith-SOLA-1-1024x476.jpg)
SLCA President, John Kulbitskas, welcomes the record crowd to the SLCA annual meeting and the Smith ‘State of the Lake Address.’
![Eric explaining to Smith Lake stakeholders how exceptionally clean and precious their lake is, and watershed stewardship actions they can take to keep it that way.](https://aaes.auburn.edu/wrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/01/DSC_2438-1024x404.jpg)
Eric explaining to Smith Lake stakeholders how exceptionally clean and precious their lake is, and watershed stewardship actions they can take to keep it that way.
![Group of dedicated citizen volunteers that got certified as AWW Bacteriological Monitors following the 'State of the Lake' presentation.](https://aaes.auburn.edu/wrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/01/AWW-Group-1024x669.jpg)
Group of dedicated citizen volunteers that got certified as AWW Bacteriological Monitors following the ‘State of the Lake’ presentation.