Weekly News & Updates

Inside This Newsletter

October 28th, 2024

I- Water Quality Program

WQ Data Submission

II- Aquatic Invasive Species Program

Upcoming Webinar

Recording Available

AIS Data due November

2024 AIS Screening Forms Available

Volunteer Community

IV- Office Hours

Water Quality Program

To learn more about LSM's Water Quality Program, please visit our website.

Water Quality Data Submission

If you haven’t submitted your 2024 data yet, please do so as soon as possible. We’re aiming to digitize everything by the end of October for submission to the Maine DEP. The sooner you can send in your data, the better!

If you plan to continue to collect data, please send it in when you have wrapped up your season.

Your data is crucial to our efforts to protect Maine's lakes. Proofed data will be available on the Lakes of Maine webpage, and unproofed volunteer data can be found on our Water Quality Data Dashboard.

Aquatic Invasive Species Program

To learn more about LSM's Aquatic Invasive Species Program, please visit our website.

For any questions related to IPP workshops, registration, or the aquatic invasive species program, please email stewards@lakestewardsme.org.

"Know Your Plants" Webinars

"Know Your Milfoils" webinar will consider milfoils, a famously tricky to identify group of plants. This program will show how to determine Maine's six native species of milfoil from three invasive species found in the state.

To register, please follow the link below:

- 11/6, 9:00 am - "Know Your Milfoils"

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eRqDgj99R5uZevHf1AvPPQ

Know your Milfoils Webinar

Recording Available

🌿 "Know Your Naiads" webinar recording is available now.

AIS Data Due November 15

Invasive Plant Patrollers should submit their 2024 survey data to Lake Stewards of Maine by November 15.

IPPers should submit either paper screening survey data forms to the Lake Stewards of Maine office by mail, or email scanned data to stewards@lakestewardsme.org.

Volunteers may also use Survey123 to enter their season's data. An introductory webinar on how to use Survey123 can be found Here.

2024 Invasive Aquatic Plant Screening Forms

Now Available Online

An updated version of the Invasive Aquatic Plant (IAP) Screening Survey Documentation Form is now available on our website. This useful data form is comparable to the updated fields on the 2024 update for Survey123.

Download the PDF of the 2024 Screening Survey form:

2024 IAP Common Name Form

2024 IAP Scientific Name Form

The common name and the Scientific name forms are currently available online.

Volunteer Community

This week's community update

There’s no age limit when it comes to caring for Maine’s lakes! At Lake Stewards of Maine, we’re honored to have volunteers of all ages dedicated to preserving our waters.

Meet Roc: "I am a fourteen year old advocate for Torsey Lake. My mom and I have been doing the Secchi disk water quality readings for 3 years. Together, we take our boat out to the station, drop the anchor and measure the water clarity every 2 weeks. My job is to lower the disk itself, while my mom looks through the scope and I read the tape. It’s pretty exciting to be the first to know how much better (or worse) the water clarity may be while helping preserve our lake for my future kids and grandkids to enjoy."

🌊 Thank you, Roc, for inspiring us all to take action!

New Office Hours for Fall and Winter

Monday - Thursday

8:30 AM -4:30 PM

Closed Fridays

(staff working remotely)

We recommend calling ahead,

(207) 783-7733.

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