Maine Lakes Transparency, Color & Chemistry: Overall Mean Values
Bacon, Linda

This data set contains overall mean values for Secchi transparency, color and a series of water chemistry parameters for surveyed Maine lakes. Data were collected by Maine DEP (MDEP), the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP) [...] [ click to read more ]


Maine lakes water quality - pH, color, conductivity, alkalinity (by date)
Bacon, Linda

This data set contains pH, color, conductivity and alkalinity data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data are provided by ME [...] [ click to read more ]


Maine lakes water quality - chlorophyll (by date)
Bacon, Linda

This data set contains chlorophyll data for Maine lakes sampled by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data were provided by Linda Bacon, ME DEP.

Data are current through the 2018 sampling year.

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Maine lakes water quality - total phosphorus (by date)
Bacon, Linda

This data set contains total phosphorus data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data are provided by ME Dept. of Environmental [...] [ click to read more ]


Maine lakes water quality - Secchi transparency (by date)
Bacon, Linda

This data set contains Secchi transparency data for Maine lakes, by date of collection. Data were collected by ME DEP, Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other organizations. Data are provided by ME Dept. of Environmental [...] [ click to read more ]


Maine lakes water quality - temperature & dissolved oxygen profiles
Bacon, Linda

This data set contains water temperature and dissolved oxygen data for Maine lakes. These data are current through 2018. Data were collected by ME Dept. of Environmental Protection, the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and other [...] [ click to read more ]


Maine Lakes Transparency, Color & Chemistry: Annual Mean Values
Bacon, Linda

This data set contains annual mean values (with maxima and minima) for Secchi transparency, color and a series of water chemistry parameters for surveyed Maine lakes. Data were collected by Maine Department of Environmental Protection [...] [ click to read more ]


Aquatic vegetation surveys for selected Maine lakes: data set
Cameron, D.

This data set contains data from a survey of Maine lakes conducted by D. Cameron (Maine Natural Areas Program). The data were compiled into this file by P. Vaux (University of Maine) as part of [...] [ click to read more ]


Lake plant surveys: Maine
Cameron, Don; Keith Williams; Roberta Hill

To open the data file (which also contains the metadata), click HERE.

This file contains data from surveys of plant assemblages in Maine lakes and ponds. The first two data worksheets contain data from "rapid [...] [ click to read more ]


Lake fish surveys (Maine): 1938-1944
Cooper, G.; J. Fuller

G. Cooper and colleagues conducted detailed lake surveys of Maine lakes in the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to species lists, the fisheries data include relative abundance, food habits and age-growth. Other data generated [...] [ click to read more ]


Lake benthos surveys (Maine): 1938-1944
Cooper, Gerald and John Cooper

This data set contains the benthic macro-invertebrate data from the Cooper and Fuller surveys of Maine lakes, conducted from 1938 to 1944. Other data generated from these surveys cover water quality, fish and plankton. The [...] [ click to read more ]


Profundal chironomid communities in Maine lakes (data set)
Courtemanch, David

Profundal chironomid communities were sampled in late winter. The chironomid data were used to assign a chironomid-based lake type to each of the study lakes, based on Saether's 1979 lake classification scheme, which defines a [...] [ click to read more ]


Relationships between profundal chironomid communities, water quality, and the lake classification system in Maine
Courtemanch, David L

This study used a group 49 lakes with varying trophic state but which are geographically close and morphometrically similar to assess the use of the chironomid fauna as an alternative lake classification technique.

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Descriptive and comparative studies of Maine lakes
Davis, Ronald B.//Bailey, John H.//Scott, Matthew//Hunt, Gardner//Norton, Stephen A.

Study investigated water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and bacteria of Maine lakes, primarily in the southern part of the State.


Marine invasive species: validation of citizen science and implications for national monitoring networks
Delaney, David G.; Corinne D. Sperling; Christiaan S. Adams; Brian Leung

Approximately 1,000 volunteers assessed the presence of invasive (Carcinus maenas and Hemigrapsus sanguineus) and native crabs within the intertidal zone of seven coastal states of the US, from New Jersey to Maine. Identification of crab [...] [ click to read more ]


Thompson Lake Watershed Survey Report
Kuhns, Cynthia; Gallant, Rachel; Hackett, Jeff
The purpose of this survey was to identify and categorize nonpoint source pollution problems represented in the form of polluted runoff and erosion and sedimentation to the lake. This information will then be used to [...] [ click to read more ]

Androscoggin Watershed
Roadside Erosion Control Project, Phase II

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of this demonstration project was to expand the use of conservation practices on road construction and maintenance projects throughout the Androscoggin River watershed in order to reduce soil erosion [...] [ click to read more ]


Tripp Lake Watershed Management Plan Development
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of this project was to develop a locally generated management plan for long-term water quality protection of Tripp Lake, through interactive public meetings, surveys, and education. The planning procedure [...] [ click to read more ]


Norway Lakes Improvement Project, Phase III
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Norway's major lakes include Pennesseewassee Lake, North Pond, Little Pennesseewassee Lake (also known as Hobbs Pond) and Sand Pond. Both Little Pennesseewassee and North Pond drain into Pennesseewassee, which is a [...] [ click to read more ]


Sunday River Sub-Watershed NPS Project, Phase I
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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This project consisted of two major efforts: to complete a watershed survey of soil erosion problems in the remaining (western) half of the Sunday River watershed and to install a number [...] [ click to read more ]


Middle Range Pond Improvement Project: Watershed Assessment
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of the project was to identify, document and prioritize soil erosion sites in the Middle Range Pond watershed. The project was also intended to raise community awareness and prepare [...] [ click to read more ]


Bear Pond Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase I
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of the Bear Pond Water Quality Improvement Project was to reduce loading of polluted runoff to the ponds, build local commitment for long-term watershed protection, and improve or stabilize [...] [ click to read more ]


Sabattus Pond Watershed Project: Phase 1
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Sabattus Pond is a shallow 2036 acre waterbody with a direct watershed of 25.3 square miles. Sabattus Pond has experienced algal blooms for more than 40 years and does not meet state water quality standards. [...] [ click to read more ]

Taylor Pond Watershed Survey
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Taylor Pond is a 640-acre lake in the City of Auburn that outlets into a small brook draining into the Androscoggin River. In 1991, the Androscoggin Valley SWCD, Taylor Pond [...] [ click to read more ]


Echo Lake Watershed NPS Reduction Project
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Echo Lake is a medium-sized waterbody (1,037 acres) with relatively good water quality and a low potential for algal blooms. The goal of the project was to reduce sediment and phosphorus [...] [ click to read more ]


Middle Range Pond Improvement Project, Phase I Implementation
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Middle Range Pond is part of a chain of three ponds that flow into the Little Androscoggin River. The ponds are known as a top fishing spot with stocked brown, brook [...] [ click to read more ]


No Name Pond Conservation Project, Phase I
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of this project was to significantly reduce erosion and export of sediment and phosphorus into No Name Pond. Conservation practices were installed at 27 priority NPS sites in the [...] [ click to read more ]


Lake Auburn Nonpoint Source Improvement Project
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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This project installed major structural BMPs at six of the 45 sites identified in the watershed survey. Central Maine Community College (CMCC) installed infiltration dividers, infiltration islands, grassed infiltration strips, and [...] [ click to read more ]


Hart Brook Watershed Management Plan Development
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of this project was to develop a Watershed Management Plan (WMP) for the Hart Brook Watershed that would allow for continued development in the watershed while also working to [...] [ click to read more ]


Hart Brook Unified Subwatershed and Site Reconnaissance Survey
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Subwatershed and Site Reconnaissance (USSR) assessment within the Hart Brook watershed neighborhoods, conduct an educational campaign in the neighborhoods, and install at least two residential pollution prevention projects. 

The USSR survey, completed [...] [ click to read more ]

Allen Pond Demonstration Project - Phase II
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The project continued work to demonstrate the value of erosion and sediment control BMPs to reduce existing runoff and erosion problems in the Allen Pond watershed. Technical assistance was offered to [...] [ click to read more ]


Maine stream biomonitoring: Google Earth map
Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

The Biological Monitoring Program displays its sampling locations and provides select biological, physical and chemical data to the public via Google Earth. All of our sampling sites are displayed and they all have general location [...] [ click to read more ]


Echo Lake watershed NPS reduction project
Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
An NPS watershed survey was completed in 2003 and over 40 sites were identified - 21 of which were deemed to be high or medium priority sites. A significant portion of the identified sites were [...] [ click to read more ]

Lake fish of Maine
Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

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This data set contains lists of fish species in Maine lakes and are derived from MDIFW's lake survey database (2007 update). The database contains a listing of all fish [...] [ click to read more ]


Lake associations & environmental organizations in Maine
Maine Lake Monitoring Program

This file contains a list of lake associations and conservation / environmental organizations that work, in some capacity, with lakes in Maine.  The data include the MIDAS codes and names of lakes present in the [...] [ click to read more ]


Maine Wildlands Lakes Assessment
Maine Land Use Commission

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The Maine Wildlands Lake Assessment was initiated by the Land Use Regulation Commission in order to strengthen the Commission's ability to make informed decisions regarding the protection and [...] [ click to read more ]


Documented infestations of invasive aquatic plants and animals in Maine
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program; Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection (compilers)
This data set contains a list of documented infestations of invasive aquatic plants and animals in Maine lakes and streams/rivers. At present, the only animal species included in this data set is the Chinese mystery [...] [ click to read more ]

Lewiston Maine Area Water Quality Data 1971
Morrison, R.F.
This report summarizes analytical data collected from selected lakes in southwestern Maine during the summer of 1971. Lakes sampled were: Range Ponds, Sabattus Pond, Sabbathday Lake, Thompson Lake and Tripp Pond. Physical, chemical and biological [...] [ click to read more ]

The Sabattus Pond Restoration Project
Mower, Barry
In 1979 a two phase restoration project was developed and implemented. Phase I, enhanced seasonal flushing (ESF), involved drawdown of the lake at the height of the algal bloom to flush associated TP from the [...] [ click to read more ]

Maine lakes chemistry: Mitchell Center data
Nelson, Sarah

These chemistry data were collected from Maine lakes that are part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s ongoing Regionalized Long-term Monitoring Program (RLTM), begun in 1982; Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems (TIME) program that began [...] [ click to read more ]


Freshwater mussels of Maine
Swartz, Beth (data provider)

This data set contains the results of the statewide freshwater mussel survey conducted under the direction of MDIFW. Most of the survey was conducted between 1992 and 2009. In addition to survey-collected samples, there are [...] [ click to read more ]


Lake fish of Maine: Google Earth map
Vaux, P. (compiler). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (data source)

The map displays surveyed lakes, list of fish species at each lake and fishery management type (as designated by MDIFW).

Data may be viewed in this Google Earth file: Lake_fish.kmz.

Lists of fish species in Maine [...] [ click to read more ]


Caddisflies of Maine: composite data
Vaux, P. (compiler). Multiple data sources

This data set contains a compilation of caddisfly data from the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project database (completed in 2005). Data are from multiple sources; sources are provided for each record. Included in this [...] [ click to read more ]


Blackflies of Maine: composite data
Vaux, P. (compiler). Multiple data sources

This table contains a compilation of blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) data from the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project (MABP) database. Data were extracted from the MABP database in January 2005. Taxon names represent taxonomy current [...] [ click to read more ]


Stoneflies of Maine: composite data
Vaux, P. (compiler). Multiple data sources.

This data set contains stonefly records for Maine, compiled from multiple data sources by the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project. Some records are geo-referenced only to the county or state levels, while site coordinates have been [...] [ click to read more ]