Survey123 for Aquatic Invasive Species 2024 Recording Now Available Quick Links Survey123 is a powerful and popular tool that allows volunteers to log accurate lake data in real-time. In this webinar, Becky Schaffner of Maine DEP will teach about Survey123. Watch Here LSM’s AIS Screening forms are available in a digital format using the Survey123 […]
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Advanced Plant Identification Quick Links This workshop picks up where IPP 101 leaves off, with more emphasis on learning the ecology and the distinctive physical characteristics of the native plants that inhabit Maine’s lakes and ponds. Attendees will hone their identification skills with live specimens, and have the option of participating in an Aquatic Plant ID Proficiency Certification exam.
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Invasive Plant Patrol Leaders Quick Links Invasive Plant Patrol Leaders ~ Welcome to our webpage just for YOU! When Lake Stewards of Maine (LSM) achieves its ultimate goal as an organization, virtually every lake in the State of Maine will have one or more water quality monitors and an active team of trained Invasive Plant Patrollers routinely
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Water Quality Monitoring Quick Links Community-based monitoring of Maine’s lakes by trained and certified volunteers is a vital part of ensuring the continued stewardship for future generations. Monitoring is carried out in order to better understand and assess the risks to ecological and human health. LSM has over 500 trained and certified volunteers who collect objective and
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Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Quick Links The introduction of non-native, invasive aquatic plant and animal species to the United States has been escalating with widespread destructive consequences. The impacts of the spread of invasive aquatic plants are well known: habitat disruption, loss of native plant and animal communities, reduced property values, impaired fishing and degraded
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Watershed Assessment Quick Links A watershed is defined as an area of land that drains to a common water body. Depending on the scale of the watershed you are looking at this could be a small brook, a stream, a large river, or, for our purposes at LSM, a lake. Because the health of a
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