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October 27, 2025

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LSM's Events Calendar

Water Quality Program

Community WQ Technical Discussion

Winterizing your Meter...

Aquatic Invasive Species Program 

AIS Data due November 1st

Know your Basal Rosette Plants

Office Hours

The final few months of the year are pivotal for nonprofits like LSM. We rely on donations from our community of supporters prior to December 31. Please watch for our annual appeal that will appear in the mail soon. Or, give online here!



Thank you for helping to sustain our mission!

Next Community Water Quality Technical Discussions 

🗓️ Our next session will be held on November 18 at

12:00 PM. Learn More

Winterizing Your Meter: Protect Your Equipment for Spring

Autumn is here and it’s important to properly winterize your meter and probe to prevent damage until next years use. Proper care and storage help protect sensitive components and extend the lifetime of the probe and meter.

Please refer to the winterizing guidance documents included in your training packet for detailed instructions regarding your meter.

If you’d like assistance or prefer to have your meter winterized by LSM staff, feel free to drop it off at the LSM office during normal business hours or arrange a time to meet with staff working around the state. Taking this small step now helps safeguard your investment and supports a smooth start to next year’s monitoring season.

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.

AIS Data Due November 1

2025 AIS Screening Survey Data is due by November 1. Paper AIS Screening Survey forms may be dropped off at the LSM office on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays, submitted via mail to 24 Maple Hill Road, Auburn, ME 04210, or scanned and emailed to stewards@lakestewardsme.org.

Please find printable AIS Screening Survey forms here. For a form in a different format, please email stewards@lakestewardsme.org.

For those using Survey123 to submit their data, please make sure the data is entered on the 2025 AIS Survey, and that all relevant information is gathered. For information on how to download, use, and submit data through Survey123, please see our 2025 webinar "Survey123 for IPPers."

(https://www.lakestewardsofmaine.org/survey123-webinar-2025/)

For more information, or questions on how to submit data, please contact stewards@lakestewardsme.org.

The Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) team will lead a webinar titled "Know Your Basal Rosette Plants" on November 7 at 9:00 am.

These plants, which feature leaves alternately arranged radiating out from a central base at substrate level, are numerous and can be confusing to invasive plant patrollers. This program will teach volunteers how to recognize a basal rosette plant, identify native basal rosette plants, and determine native plants from invasive water solider (Stratiodes aloides), a newcomer from northern Europe now found in the United States.

This presentation is part of the on-going Know Your Plants series, a collection of online webinars about identifying targeted groups of native and invasive plants.

This webinar will be held live, but will be recorded and posted on the LSM website. To attend please register in the link below!

Image credit: Chase Kilgore, SePro

Office Hours

WINTER HOURS

Mondays & Wednesday

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

or by appointment.

We recommend calling ahead,

(207) 783-7733.

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