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Aquatic Invasive Species Workshops

Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, Workshops & Events / By Claudia Carbonell

Lake Stewards of Maine offers a variety of free Invasive Plant Patrol (IPP) workshops. IPP Workshops are designed to teach volunteers how to look for suspicious plants, determine native from invasive species, and how to properly survey and report findings.

IPP volunteers are crucial to LSM’s work monitoring for aquatic invasive species. On this page volunteers can find out details, dates, and registration links for both in-person and online IPP workshops.

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Invasive Plant Patrol 101

Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, Workshops & Events / By Lakes Stewards of Maine

Learn about how to identify each of Maine’s 15 potentially invasive plants and their native lookalikes, proper surveying methods and how to organize an invasive plant patrol team, and how to properly report and submit findings. This class is required for those seeking Tier 2 Certification by Lake Stewards of Maine. An accompanying review quiz will be required for certification.

Date: May 9, 9am – 12 pm

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Webinars: Aquatic Invasive Plant Manual Control Methods Trainings

AIS Video, Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, Videos, Workshops & Events / By Lakes Stewards of Maine

This webinar outlines a variety of manual control methods for aquatic invasive plants present in Maine. Guests will learn about basic biology and identifying characteristics for a variety of known aquatic invasive species (AIS) and their native lookalikes, how to manually remove AIS safely and effectively, and Maine permitting and reporting requirements for manual control methods.

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LSM Webinar – Sedges, Rushes, and Grasses of Maine Lakes, Standley

Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, process: complete, Resources, Videos / By Tristan Taber

LSM Webinar – Sedges, Rushes, and Grasses of Maine Lakes, Standley Quick Links Sedges, Rushes, and Grasses of Maine LakesPresented by Lisa Standley, PhDRecorded on 2022-09-30 The presentation is technical in nature and covers the key features of sedges, rushes, and grasses. Lisa will describe the common and dominant species for each lacustrine habitat type.

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News: $1.5 million raised to help fight invasive plants at Cobbossee Lake

Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention / By Tristan Taber

News: $1.5 million raised to help fight invasive plants at Cobbossee Lake Quick Links BY CHRIS BOUCHARD KENNEBEC JOURNAL More than $1.5 million has been raised to continue the fight against invasive plants at Cobbossee Lake, and lake association officials say the money could help protect one of central Maine’s largest bodies of water for up

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Volunteer Time Tracking Form

Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, Form, Ice Tracking, Resources, Water Quality Monitoring, Watershed Assessment / By Tristan Taber

Volunteer Time Tracking Form Quick Links Attention LSM volunteers please complete this form providing us with your hours dedicated to monitoring and lake stewardship activities this past year. This information helps us determine volunteer value which is reported to various funding sources and helps us secure future funding. Use this form to submit any time

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Maine Field Guide to Aquatic Phenomena App Feedback

Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, Form, Resources, Water Quality Monitoring / By Tristan Taber

Maine Field Guide to Aquatic Phenomena App Feedback Quick Links Please use if you have run into an issue with (or you have a suggested improvement for) the Maine Aquatic Field Guide application or website. This form is for the submission of errors, glitches, suggested improvements to the app. Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Phone Submission

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How to Construct a View Scope

AIS Video, Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention, Educational Material, Resources, Videos / By Claudia Carbonell

How to Construct a View Scope Quick Links With a “Kayak Scope” folks concerned about the proliferation of invasive plant species in their water bodies, can very easily see below the reflective water surface. Lake Stewards of Maine (LSM) scope kits are limited in supply and are available only to people directly involved in Maine’s

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