Webinar: How to Lead a Plant Paddle (2025) Quick Links This webinar instructs invasive plant patrol (IPP) team leaders how to conduct a plant paddle workshop for volunteers. This “train the trainers” webinar teaches volunteers how to instruct others how to survey for and rule out suspicious aquatic plants. The program focuses on how to […]
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Webinar: Travel Team Orientation Quick Links This webinar is about Lake Stewards of Maine’s IPP Travel Team, a group of dedicated invasive plant patrollers who venture their home lakes to address aquatic invasive species issues across Maine. The Travel Team has proven itself to be one of LSM’s most powerful tool in confronting the spread
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2025 Invasive Plant Patrol (IPP 101) Quick Links Invasive Plant Patrol (IPP) 101 is a 3-hour online class designed to teach beginner invasive plant patrollers about how to survey for aquatic invasive species (AIS). In this course, volunteers learn how to identify the 15 aquatic invasive plants found on Maine’s watch-list and the threats they
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Navigating to Station Using Google Maps Quick Links This video, presented by Tristan Taber (WQ Program Director ffor LSM), illustrates a simple way to navigate to an established station on a lake using a cellphone or another location enabled mobile device using Google MapsTM.
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Survey123 Webinar (2025) Quick Links Recording Available Survey123 for IPPers teaches invasive plant patrollers how to use Survey123, an online survey tracking tool. Survey123 is a powerful geographic information system (GIS) tool used in tracking volunteer surveys. In this program, Becky Schaffner of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) demonstrates the basics of Survey123, how
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Know your Naiads webinar Quick Links
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2025 Lakes Webinar Series Quick Links Jump into Lake Advocacy Presented by Susan Gallo, Maine Lakes A Legislative Update with Susan Gallo, Maine Lakes, covering upcoming bills impacting lakes and water quality that will be before the legislature in 2025, how to get involved, tips for effective (and easy!) testimony, and how to get updates
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LSM Lakes of Maine Data Tutorial Quick Links Lakes of Maine Data TutorialRecorded on 2024-08-13 The presentation is quick step-by-step guide on how to locate the most recent water quality data available on Lake Stewards of Maine’s data portal: Lakes of Maine. For any additional questions about the data and the Lakes of Maine website,
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LSM Metaphyton Form Usage Quick Links How to use the LSM Metaphyton Tracking FormPresented by Tristan TaberRecorded on 2024-07-24 The presentation is step-by-step guide on using the LSM metaphyton tracking form. For any additional questions on the use of the form, please contact stewards@lakestewardsme.org.Link to form
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