Who to Contact: State Resources
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Cyanobacteria
- Patrick Lind is Biologist II with the Lakes Group at the Maine DEP. Their contact number is and their email is . Please contact Patrick and Tristan (stewards@lakestewardsme.org) regarding any cyanobacteria or suspected cyanobacteria sightings in the state.
- Robin Sleith is
Water Levels and Dam Safety
- Tony Fletcher is the Acting State Dam Safety Inspector with Maine Emergency Management Association. Their contact number is 207-624-4400 and email is tony.fletcher@maine.gov. You can ask for info such as dam hazard classification and any engineering info that MEMA might have on your dam.
Fisheries
Water Quality
Permitting
Aquatic Invasive Species
Invasive Terrestrial Species
Loons and Wildlife
Waste and Oil Spills
Shoreland Zoning Issues
Flooding and Road / Culvert Washouts
Buoys
- Tim Thurston is the Navigational Aids Supervisor for the Maine Bureau of Parks and Public Lands. Their contact number is 207-582-577 and their email is. If you have questions regarding buoys and buoy placement on lakes in the state, you should contact Tim. In general, one single round orange ball buoy (minimum of 24" diameter), used for monitoring purposes does not need any special permitting. It WILL NEED to have "Monitoring Station" and the lake association name written on it. It cannot be left in the lake overwinter. A subsurface buoy potentially could be left in at 3+ meters depth, but we recommend clarifying all buoy placements with Tim. A "permanent" regulation-style buoy requires a call to Tim and submission of paperwork.
Advocacy
- Lake Protection Coalition
- Maine Lakes
