Educational Materials
How to documents, instructions, and forms from LSM and our partners!
Using the LSM Ice Cover Form
Using the LSM Ice Cover Form Quick Links This video, presented by Tristan Taber (WQ Program Director for LSM), demonstrates the usage of the Ice Cover Tracking Form used to better understand lake ice cover
Understanding the New Maine DEP Lake Scorecard on Lakes of Maine
Understanding the New Maine DEP Lake Scorecard on Lakes of Maine https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1146738338 Quick Links Jeremy Deeds, PhD; Understanding the Maine DEP Lake Scorecard on the Lakes of Maine website www.lakesofmaine.org is the most comprehensive online
LSM Overview Slide Deck
LSM Overview Slide Deck This slide deck provides an overview of Lake Stewards of Maine’s activities. If you have any follow up questions, please contact us stewards@lakestewardsme.org. To support LSM through donations, contact us or
Webinar: Know Your Basal Rosette Plants
Webinar: Know Your Floating Leaf Plants – Copy Quick Links “Know Your Basal Rosette Plants Webinar” Recording available These plants, which feature leaves alternately arranged radiating out from a central base at substrate level, are numerous and
Navigating to Station Using Google Maps
Navigating to Station Using Google Maps Quick Links This video, presented by Tristan Taber (WQ Program Director for LSM), illustrates a simple way to navigate to an established station on a lake using a cellphone
Metaphyton in Our Maine Lakes
Metaphyton in Our Maine Lakes To download the PDF, simply click the button below. Download
Most Unwanted Poster
Most Unwanted Poster Maine’s Most Unwanted Aquatic Invasive Plants Poster This poster with line drawings depicting the 15 Aquatic Invasive Plants on Maine’s watch list is a helpful educational resource. Download
Webinar: Know Your Floating Leaf Plants
Know Your Floating Leaf Plants Webinar Quick Links “Know Your Floating Leaf Plants Webinar” Date: October 19th, 2023 Recording available Lake Stewards of Maine will host a webinar titled “Know Your Floating Leaf Plants” on Thursday, October 19 via Zoom at 9:00 am.
Dissolve Oxygen Saturation Table
Dissolve Oxygen Saturation Table To download the PDF, simply click the button below. Download
NANPS Rain Garden Infosheet
NANPS Rain Garden Infosheet To download the PDF, simply click the button below. Download
NANPS Guide to Pollinator Garden
NANPS Guide to Pollinator Garden To download the PDF, simply click the button below. Download
Ice Variability
Ice Variability Quick Links 01/09/2023 Severe temperature fluctuations are a well-recognized potential impact of human-caused climate change.1,2 The warming climate exacerbates the volatility of weather leading to less stability in a season. Over the past
How to Construct a View Scope
How to Construct a View Scope Quick Links A “Kayak Scope” is an effective and cheap alternative to monitoring for aquatic invasive species. Kayak scopes remove the reflective quality of the water surface and provide
Total Phosphorus Surface Grab Sampling Instructions for Volunteer Monitors
Total Phosphorus Surface Grab Sampling Instructions for Volunteer Monitors To download the PDF, simply click the button below. Download
Understanding Water Quality Indicators
Understanding Water Quality Indicators Quick Links Transparency, Polluted Stormwater Runnoff, and Algae There are many imminent threats to Maine lakes. Near the top of the list, and perhaps the most pervasive, is the potential for
2021 Water Quality Monitoring Summit Morning Session
2021 Water Quality Monitoring Summit Morning Session https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/543103378/aec1b519b6 Quick Links Maine Lake Monitoring Summit Morning Sessions. April 8th, 2021 Guest Speaker Dr. Jasmine Saros (University of Maine – Orono) Lakes as Sentinels of Environmental Change
Gloeotrichia
Gloeotrichia Photo Credit: Lake Stewards of Maine, J. Ferendo. Gloeotrichia on Swan Lake, Maine. CC BY-NC-ND Quick Links Gloeotrichia (pronounced “glee-oh-tricky-ah”) echinulata is a colonial cyanobacteria (FKA blue-green algae) that forms tiny spheres, which can be seen without
Other Lake Phenomena
Other Lake Phenomena Quick Links Other Lake Phenomena There are many factors besides water quality and invasive aquatic species that can affect lake health, and the LSM helps train volunteer citizen scientists to monitors and track