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2022 New Monitor and Recertification Process
This summer we are again offering sessions, in partnership with the Maine DEP, to recertify volunteers at many lakes around the state. This boat host program is vital to the success of ensuring all volunteers have the ability to become recertified.
For New Water Quality Monitors
For both new Secchi Water Transparency Monitors and Secchi Water Transparency & Dissolved Oxygen Monitors, if you have not already been in correspondence with Tristan, please completed this form. You can see potential workshop sessions that you would be able to attend below, but you will need to complete a registration form which Tristan will share with you.
For Existing Water Quality Monitors
For existing Water Quality Monitors, both volunteers and professionals, please look for an email that was sent out on May 3, 2022. If you have not received this, please contact us.
Summer 2022 Schedule
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A DRAFT SCHEDULE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGES BASED UPON PARTICIPATION NUMBERS. After signing up for a session, a confirmation will be noted. About one week in advance of the training, you will receive more details, by email regarding the start time of your particular session. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
Training Type – 2022 Meeting – Waterbody – County |
New – 05/14/2022 – Washington Pond, Crystal lake – Knox County |
Recertification – 05/14/2022 – Washington Pond, Crystal lake – Knox County |
New – 05/24/2022 – Crescent (Rattlesnake) Lake – Cumberland County |
Recertification – 05/24/2022 – Crescent (Rattlesnake) Lake – Cumberland County |
New – 05/25/2022 – Woodbury Pond (Tacoma Lakes) – Kennebec County |
Recertification – 05/25/2022 – Woodbury Pond (Tacoma Lakes) – Kennebec County |
Recertification – 05/26/2022 – Pushaw – Penobscot County |
Recertification – 05/31/2022 – Pennesseewassee – Oxford County |
Recertification – 06/03/2022 – Long Pond (Belgrade) – Kennebec County |
Recertification – 06/10/2022 – Bauneg Beg – York County |
New – 06/14/2022 – Lewy – Washington County |
Recertification – 06/14/2022 – Lewy – Washington County |
Recertification – 06/15/2022 – Megunticook – Knox County |
New – 06/16/2022 – Cross Lake – Aroostook County |
Recertification – 06/16/2022 – Cross Lake – Aroostook County |
New – 06/17/2022 – Nickerson Lake – Aroostook County |
Recertification – 06/17/2022 – Nickerson Lake – Aroostook County |
Recertification – 06/21/2022 – Highland Lake (Bridgeton) – Cumberland County |
New – 06/23/2022 – Lower Wilson (Greenville) – Piscataquis County |
Recertification – 06/23/2022 – Lower Wilson (Greenville) – Piscataquis County |
New – 06/24/2022 – Auburn – Androscoggin County |
Recertification – 06/24/2022 – Auburn – Androscoggin County |
Recertification – 06/24/2022 – Wilson (Wilton) – Franklin County |
Recertification – 06/24/2022 – Auburn – Androscoggin County |
Recertification – 07/07/2022 – Damariscotta – Lincoln County |
New – 07/11/2022 – Auburn – Androscoggin County |
Recertification – 07/11/2022 – Auburn – Androscoggin County |
New – 08/12/2022 – Auburn – Androscoggin County |
Recertification – 08/12/2022 – Auburn – Androscoggin County |
Water Quality Check-In Sessions
LSM staff are conducting water-quality-focused discussion sessions twice a month during the 2022 summer. These check-in sessions (via Zoom) are intended as a way for volunteers to discuss any questions or issues they may have pertaining to their lake or monitoring work. For those with insufficient bandwidth for online video conferencing, there is the option to call in (phone information will be included in your registration confirmation email). These sessions will be informal, and will provide folks with an opportunity to speak directly with LSM staff about concerns, observed phenomena, or other broader water quality topics.
A few examples of the types of topics that may be discussed include, but are not limited to:
- Observations of recent conditions on/in a lake;
- Problems or questions regarding volunteer monitoring equipment;
- Any issues with quality assurance;
- Discussion / interpretation of recently collected (or historical) lake data;
- Any unusual phenomena recently observed; and,
- Changes in protocol due to the pandemic and other broader social issues as it related to lake monitoring and science.
You are welcome to attend as many of the sessions as you like throughout the summer. We will be there!
The sessions are currently scheduled to take place from 10-11:30 AM. Moderators will have the option to continue individual sessions beyond this point or conclude earlier depending upon participant interest. In addition, we will make the decision to offer additional sessions if there is a specific group that is interested in meeting or an additional time that will meet a persons schedule. If this is of interest to you, please send an email to Tristan@lakestewardsME.org.
May 26th at 10:00 AM
June 13th at 10:00 AM
June 29th at 10:00 AM
Please be sure to pre-register for each session you are planning to attend
Everything That You Might Want to Know About Lake Flushing Rates
LSM Technical Support Webinar with special guest Jeff Dennis
One of the most significant natural characteristics of a lake is the rate at which the volume of water in the lake is “flushed”, (aka: hydrologic retention period) over time. This phenomenon varies from one lake to the next, and it influences, among other factors, the vulnerability of a lake to a decline over time.
Join us for an in-depth discussion on this topic, presented by long-time Maine DEP Biologist, Jeff Dennis. Following Jeff’s presentation, there will be an opportunity for questions and answers, as well as an extended technical discussion with Jeff, for those who are interested.