About Lake Stewards of Maine
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Lake Stewards of Maine Live Water Quality Monitoring Data
Lake Stewards of Maine Live Water Quality Monitoring Data
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Survey123 Data Collection and Data Presentation
Survey123 Data Collection and Data Presentation Quick Links Survey123 is a software that allows us to create and customize forms that are geospatially linked and sharable. The results of the form entries (surveys) can be analyzed and data visualizations can be produced to help illustrate what is taking place on lakes. The collection of 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
Webinar Series 2022
Webinar Series 2022 Quick Links Fridays at 4:00 for Lakes is back! Webinars will be offered throughout the summer covering a wide range of lake related topics. Presentations will be recorded and posted on this webpage. Webinars are approximately one hour in length, including Q&A after the presentation. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
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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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LSM Webinar 20210611 Mountain Ponds as Sentinels of Change in the Northeast
LSM Webinar 20210611 Mountain Ponds as Sentinels of Change in the Northeast https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/562847013/6a6aa1786b Quick Links Presented by Dr. Rachel Hovel Mountain ponds in the northeastern US generally have few direct anthropogenic impacts, so may act as a regional background signal for changing atmospheric deposition and climate change. This talk will present long-term trends on changing
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Healthy Vegetated Buffers – Healthy Lakes! Working with Mother Nature to Protect the Waters of Maine
Healthy Vegetated Buffers – Healthy Lakes! Working with Mother Nature to Protect the Waters of Maine https://vimeo.com/445920875 Quick Links Roberta Hill, LSM Invasive Aquatic Species Coordinator. Roberta will return to her “roots” in lake protection, extolling the many virtues and benefits of vegetated buffers.