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Maine Lakes Report
The Maine Lakes Report is the VLMP Annual Report summarizing
2007 Maine lake data with an overview of lake water quality and invasive aquatic plants. The report also
includes an update of lakes with certified volunteer monitors.
- For a hard copy of the Annual Report contact
us.
2007 Maine Lakes Report (pdf 7.05meg)
Newsletter: The Water Column
Current - Water Column Summer 2008 (3,200k)
Water Column Winter 2008 (1,800k)
Water Column Fall 2007 (2,600k)
Water Column Summer 2007 (1,300k)
Water Column Winter 2007 (1,400k)
Water Column Fall 2006 (1,200k)
Water Column Summer 2006 (315k)
Water Column Winter 2006 (850k)
Water Column Fall 2005 (571k)
Water Column Summer 2005 (935k)
Water
Column Summer 2004 (1.5meg)
Water Column Winter
2004 (1.8meg)
Water Column Fall 2003
(pdf 1.6meg.)
Water
Column Summer 2003 (pdf 1.6meg.)
Water
Column Winter 2002-2003 (pdf 1.7meg.)
Water
Column Fall 2002 (pdf 1.0meg.)
Water
Column Summer 2002 (pdf 2.7meg.)
Water
Column Fall 2001 (pdf 1.4meg)
Water
Column Summer 2001 (pdf 1.3meg)
Water
Column Winter 2001 (pdf 1.5meg)
Water
Column Summer 2000 (pdf 1.1meg)
Water
Column Winter 2000 (pdf 0.5meg)
Water
Column Fall 1999 (pdf .3meg)
VLMP Brochure
Water Quality Resources
Graphing Secchi Disk Transparency Instructions (pdf)
Water Quality Monitor Guidelines
Instructions for recording Water Quality Monitoring Field Forms
How to take a Secchi Disk Transparency Reading
Total Phosphorus Sampling Procedure
Quality
Assurance Project Plan (pdf 150k). The QAPP ("Quality Assurance Project Plan") is a guide for proper procedures for lake water quality monitoring by volunteers in the VLMP. This plan has been reviewed and approved by the U.S. EPA, and describes the VLMP structure and how we assure that quality data are gathered. It can serve as an example of how a formal Quality Assurance Plan should be constructed.
Invasive Aquatic Plant Resources 
Quick Key
To Ruling Out Maine's 11 Most Unwanted Invasive Aquatic Plants
The Quick Key is a convenient pocket sized guide to ruling out Maine's eleven most unwanted invasive aquatic plants. To request a copy please contact vlmp@mainevlmp.org.
Click here to download the
Field Guide PDF (3.7 MB)
Maine Field Guide to Invasive Aquatic Plants
and their common native look alikes
by Roberta Hill and Scott Williams
Newly updated and expanded, the Field Guide focuses on the eleven invasive aquatic plants currently listed by Maine law as imminent threats to Maine waters.
Also featured are many native aquatic plants commonly confused with these eleven invasive species.
Photographs, illustrations and narrative descriptions are presented for each of the featured species, along with a variety of cross-reference tools for easy comparison of similar species.
This 160-page reference--spiral bound and printed on tear-resistant waterproof paper--is built to hold up well to conditions in the field (including inclement weather and the occasional dunking).
Free Field Guides for VLMP Monitors: One complimentary copy per volunteer.
Invasive Plant Patrollers: If you attended an IPP workshop in 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2007 you should receive your free copy in the mail soon. (If you do not receive your field guide by the end of February, please contact us!)
Water Quality Monitors: Please contact us 207-783-7733 or email Jackey Bailey to request your free copy of the field guide.
The Field Guides can be ordered for $19.95 each plus shipping, handling & sales tax (for Maine orders).
To order online with a credit card through PayPal click the Buy Now button.
Or print the Field Guide order form to pay by check through the mail.
For purchase orders, bulk orders (>17 copies) or tax exempt orders in Maine please contact the VLMP office at 207-783-7733 or vlmp@mainevlmp.org or by mail to:
VLMP, 24 Maple Hill Rd, Auburn, ME 04210.
Errata: Field Guide Errata.
Friend or Foe? Learning Kit
Preventing the spread of invasive aquatic plants through education and boat inspections is essential to protecting Maine's water resources. But 100% effectiveness is unlikely no matter how comprehensive the prevention effort. At some point, an invader is bound to slip through the cracks. It is very important for people who enjoy Maine's lakes, ponds and rivers to learn how to recognize a suspicious plant when they see it, and know exactly what steps to take when they do. The Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants (MCIAP) announces a unique new educational tool that teaches exactly that! It will be available for a select number of schools, lake associations, civic clubs and other pilot groups in fall of 2005.
The Friend or Foe? Learning Kit has been designed to provide a quick, easy, hands-on method for teaching people with no previous plant identification experience how to quickly determine if a plant in question is a "friendly native" or a "suspected invader." The Kit contains a collection of several true-to-form plastic plants (some representing invasive species, others, harmless natives), a set of 25 Quick Keys to Ruling Out Maine's Eleven Most Unwanted Invasive Aquatic Plants, a self-guided practice sheet (that may be reproduced for students, or simply used by the instructor to guide the activity), and a host of other resource materials, including an instructor's guide with background information and additional, hands-on invasive species lesson plans. At the conclusion of the exercise, it is recommended that participants keep their Key. (The handy, waterproof, pocket-folded keys may be reordered at low cost from MCIAP.)
A limited number of kits will be ready for testing by schools and other pilot groups in the fall of 2005. If you are interested in participating in the pilot program, please contact the Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants at mciap@mainevlmp.org or 207-783-7733. Feedback from all pilot groups will help to refine the "final product." For those who do not make it into the 2005 pilot program, please stay tuned . . . MCIAP plans to shift the Friend or Foe? Learning Kits into full-scale production next year!
IAP Documents(requires adobe reader)
What can we do to prevent the spread of invasive plants (pdf)
(also in word format) Written by Maine DEP
Maine Waterbodies Surveyed for Invasive Plants
IAP Forms(requires adobe reader)
Report Form for Suspicious Plant
Certified IPP Application Form
Invasive Plant Patrol Screening Survey Form
Signs and Posters
 Warning sign for boat launches. |
 Maine's Eleven Most Unwanted Poster |
 Maine DEP Map of Known Locations of Invasive Plant Infestations (2007) |
IAP Links
Maine DEP Invasive Aquatic Plants Page
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants - UFL
New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services
Minnesota - Controlling Invasive Aquatic Species
Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region
Management of Invasive Non-native Plants in Maine
USGS Report on Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (pdf)
Collaborating Partners
The VLMP works cooperatively and in partnership with:
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Maine
Department of Conservation
Maine
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
The University of Maine - George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and
Watershed Research
Maine Congress of Lake Associations
Maine
Water Utilities Association (MWUA)
Auburn Water District / Lewiston Water District
The Cobbossee Watershed District
St. Croix International Waterway Commission
Pasamaquoddy Indian Nation- Tribal Government Environmental Department,
The Biodiversity Research Institute
Lakes Environmental Association
The Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute
The Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy
Lake associations
Towns and many other regional organizations concerned with water quality
issues.
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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