LSM-DEP Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Form 142a
LSM-DEP Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Form 142a Form last updated 2025 To download the PDF, simply click the button below. Download
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Water Quality Monitoring
Viewing Scopes
Viewing Scopes Quick Links View scopes, regardless of their type, help us peer through the reflective surface of the water and into the amazing aquatic world! LSM supplies, offers demonstration workshops, sells, and provides instruction on how to make your own view scope. Instructions to fabricate a view scope by type: Bucket Scope Cover Bucket
Maine Lake Data
Maine Lake Data Quick Links Lake Stewards of Maine (LSM) trains volunteers to collect many types of data related to lake health. In addition, LSM collects and catalogs data from other organizations, such as the Maine Audubon, Maine DEP, Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, USGS, and NOAA. LSM and partner data is stored in a
Volunteer
Volunteer Quick Links Training and certification are central to the work we perform here at Lake Stewards of Maine. All volunteer water quality monitors and invasive plant patrollers must go through certification in order for us to share this data with the public. The essential role of high quality and replicable data collection is at
eDNA
eDNA Quick Links Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a method of testing for the presence of specific species or groups of organisms in a background sample. Unlike traditional DNA testing, eDNA can identify organisms that are not directly present in a sample but have left genetic material behind or free-floating in the water. eDNA is diluted
Lake Stewards of Maine Live Water Quality Monitoring Data
Lake Stewards of Maine Live Water Quality Monitoring Data
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Maine’s Water Quality Data
Maine’s Water Quality Data Quick Links Distribution of Water Quality Data The data illustrated here are based on the long-term means (average of all the historical annual averages) for each parameter measured in Maine lakes. Every effort has been made to ensure that the data are representative. Data Source: LSM and Maine DEP This page
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Secchi Simulator
Secchi Simulator Quick Links The Secchi Simulator is currently under construction. The simulator is currently being redeveloped by LSM Staff and the VEMI lab at the University of Maine. We plan to launch it in early 2025. It will include the simulation as well as training videos and protocols and quizzes to help enrich your
Cyanobacteria Monitoring
Cyanobacteria Monitoring Quick Links Citizen lake scientists are helping detect cyanobacteria blooms. Want to help? Please check out these three excellent programs available through EPA! BloomWatch – Do you notice that a lake suddenly turned the color of pea soup or a blue-green paint spill? Do you see green clumps, flakes or filaments floating in a
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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 lakes to become nutrient enriched and more biologically productive due to development in lake watersheds. This condition is often characterized
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