Water Quality
VLMP Board of Directors and Staff
Board of Directors
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Tamara Lee Pinard (Westbrook) President Mary Jane Dillingham (Auburn) Vice President Lew Wetzel (Casco) Treasurer Phoebe Hardesty (New Gloucester) Secretary Linda Bacon DEP Advisor |
George Cross (Sangerville ) Peter Fischer (Bristol) |
Matthew Scott (Belgrade) Peter Vaux (Orono) Clyde Walton (Fayette) |
Staff
Scott Williams is an Aquatic Biologist and Limnologist, with more than three decades of experience working on the assessment and protection of hundreds of lakes and ponds throughout Maine. During this time, he has been an advisor and consultant to lake and watershed associations, community watershed planning groups and conservation commissions, town planning boards, land trusts and other entities focused on aquatic resource protection.
He has been the Executive Director of the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program since the program transitioned from state government to an independent nonprofit organization in the mid 1990’s. He is past-President, and long-time Science Advisor of the Maine Congress of Lake Associations (COLA), and former co-chair of the Maine Council on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (CEMA). He is a member of Governor Baldacci’s Task Force on Invasive Aquatic Species, and has served on numerous technical advisory committees in the development of lake water quality protective standards for state, local and regional laws and ordinances, including the Maine Shoreland Zoning Ordinance and the Maine Stormwater Management Law.
Under his leadership, the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program has experienced substantial growth, and has been recognized by lake-focused organizations throughout the country for the innovative approaches used to recruit, train and support volunteers. The Maine VLMP has been repeatedly referenced as a national model for citizen monitoring by the US EPA.
Scott’s work has been recognized by the Maine Legislature, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine Soil and Water Conservation Districts throughout Maine, and the North American Lake Management Society, which presented him its Technical Excellence Award in 2000.
Roberta Hill is an aquatic ecologist and environmental educator who has been has been active in the field of lake water quality protection and community outreach in Maine for the last fifteen years. Roberta has led community-based projects ranging from watershed surveys, to non-point source remediation, to invasive aquatic plant monitoring, and has also been instrumental in the creation of some of Maine’s most successful and comprehensive environmental education programs for K-12 students. Roberta now works for the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program, the longest standing citizen lake monitoring program in the US, where she helped to establish the VLMP’s Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants. Since its inception in 2003, the VLMP Center has worked in close collaboration with lake associations, conservation groups and State Government, to train nearly 2000 individuals, including volunteers, professionals, agency personnel, students, teachers and others, to screen Maine waterbodies for the presence of invasive aquatic plants. The Center’s Invasive Plant Patrol program is now seen as a model for citizen-based early detection. Roberta is the principal author of the Maine Field Guide to Invasive Aquatic Plants.
Jim Roby-Brantley Entwood has been with the VLMP since 2003 as a Coordinator for water quality programs and Webmaster. He has a background in science with a B.A. in Physics from the State University of New York at Geneseo. Jim moved to Maine in 2001 and began working in the environmental field as the Volunteer Coordinator at the Maine Department of Transportation, recruiting volunteers for roadside conservation projects. He enjoys connecting individuals to meaningful volunteer opportunities.
Jim has 16 years experience in computer programming and has been designing databases, websites and information systems since 1996. Part of his work at VLMP includes data management and quality control of volunteer lake data. He sees information as critical to understanding and making informed decisions about our environment. Supporting volunteer lake monitors, ensuring the quality of their data and publishing their data in various formats provides great meaning to his work at VLMP. Jim is studying how to create environments to engage and support volunteers in the Masters of Leadership Studies program at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College.
Christine Guerette is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Maine. She is keenly interested in limnology and aquatic biology and has worked on a number of research projects involving aquatic systems during her school career. She has lived on the shores of Maine lakes all her life and has an interest in keeping our lakes and rivers healthy and pristine. She loves boating, kayaking, swimming and anything else that keeps her near the water. Christine has been with the VLMP for four years and loves the opportunities it provides to work closely with dedicated volunteers and other interested parties, and to educate the public about important environmental issues.
Interns and Office Volunteers
- Intern program description and application information
Spring and summer are very busy seasons at the VLMP
office. We are presenting workshops on water quality and invasive aquatic plants, running the annual
meeting, and working on new projects. Intern and volunteer help is very
important to the success of the monitoring season and expansion of our
programs.
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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