Maine Volunteer
Lake Monitoring Program

The Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP) is one of the largest and oldest citizen-based lake monitoring programs in the country.

Our Mission is to provide protection for the nearly 6,000 lakes in Maine through the acquisition of scientific data, and to raise public awareness about the extraordinary ecological, aesthetic and economic value of  our lakes and ponds.

VLMP News

Submit Ice-in Observations

Water Column Winter 2010

Volunteers come from all walks of life and are of all ages. Many have been with the program for over twenty years. Every summer, hundreds of certified volunteer lake monitors throughout the state collect valuable scientific data to:

Define and characterize Maine lakes

Work with lake and watershed associations to raise awareness of the connections between lakes and their watersheds, and to foster lake protection through watershed stewardship

Assist towns in developing protective standards for their lakes

Provide information for educational purposes to schools, lake associations, and municipalities

Provide water quality information to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Congress, Universities, Lake associations, towns, and many other organizations interested in the water quality of Maine lakes

The VLMP is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to the collection of information pertaining to lake water quality. For 39 years, trained volunteers throughout Maine have donated their time so that we may all learn more about one of Maine’s most beautiful and important resources — our lakes.

Lake Water Quality Monitoring

Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

vlmp@mainevlmp.org
24 Maple Hill Road, Auburn, ME 04210
(207) 783-7733
www.MaineVolunteerLakeMonitors.org
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