The Water Column Fall 2010 - Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

Contents Fall 2010 Home Page General Notices President's Message Lakeside Notes Getting Into Maine's Lakes Thank You Supporters! Lake or Pond? Welcome New Monitors New Workshop Offerings Is Your Lake All Mixed Up? Pleasant Lake Free of Milfoil Conference Highlights Brackett Center News
	Vol. 15, No. 2		Fall 2010

2010 Fall Newsletter Cover Photo of Dennis Roberge
Get Into Maine's Lakes

Select articles from the Table of Contents at top or below.

General Notices
Events, News and New Offerings

Presidents Message Tamara Lee Pinard

Lakeside Notes Scott Williams
Remembering Last Summer

Getting Into Maine's Lakes Roberta Hill
Interview with Dennis Roberge, Maine's preeminent snorkeling Plant Patroller
See the stunning underwater photos Dennis took in 2010.

Thanks to Spring Appeal Donors!

Lake or Pond?

Welcome Aboard New Monitors

New Workshop Offerings

Is Your Lake All Mixed Up?

DEP Declares Pleasant Lake in Casco Free of Plant Invasion

2010 VLMP Lake Monitoring Conference Highlights

Brackett Center Updates

Notices

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Volunteers - Time to send in your data!

Fall Fundraising Appeal

Keeping an eye on the health of Maine's lakes involves the dedicated efforts of over 900 volunteers around the state who monitor and respond to threats facing our waters. It also takes significant financial resources to coordinate, collect, equip, and support those volunteers, and to track and publish their data.
Please consider supporting VLMP volunteers in these efforts by contributing to our Fall Appeal. Every donation contributes to ensuring the health and protection of Maine's lakes.

Web Updates

Check out the VLMP's new website offerings:

2010 Secchi Data

Native Plant Lists for your lake

New Meet the Monitor Posts

VLMP Holiday Party Firday December 10, Please RSVP to 207-783-7733

Photo of Ron Gestwicki

Passings

Ron Gestwicki was an active VLMP lake monitor for 13 years, during which he monitored the Five Kezar Ponds. He also worked with the VLMP in program development. Ron loved the outdoors, and was a passionate conservationist, serving on the board of the Greater Lovell Land Trust, and as President of the Five Kezar Ponds Watershed Association. After retiring from his distinguished teaching career, Ron earned a graduate degree in Environmental Studies. He then worked as a field biologist for the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation from 2001-2007. Ron was also an intensive journalist consultant, and a published author.

2010 VLMP Staff	2010 Board of Directors
The Water Column Fall 2010 Download PDF print version of this newsletter.
Scott Williams, Executive Director Roberta Hill, Program Director VLMP´s Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants Jim Entwood, Program Coordinator Christine Guerette, Program Assistant Linda Bacon, QA/QC Advisor (Maine DEP)	Tamara Lee Pinard, President Mary Jane Dillingham, Vice President Lew Wetzel, Treasurer Phoebe Hardesty, Secretary George Cross Peter Fischer Bill Monagle Gerry Nelson Mary Nelson Kirsten Ness Elizabeth Payne Matt Scott Peter Vaux Clyde Walton
Editorial Staff
Scott Williams Roberta Hill Jim Entwood, Web Design
Funding for this newsletter is made possible by grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, through Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.

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