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.

To [...] [ click to read more ]


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 ]


Fertilization and Algae in Lake Sebasticook, Maine
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
The purpose of the study was: 1. to identify major sources of nutrients to Sebasticook Lake; 2. to assess their significance; and 3. to recommend the most feasible nutrient control measures that will effect a [...] [ click to read more ]

Loss of freshwater shellfish and some ecological impacts after water drawdown in Lake Sebasticook, Maine
Jiffry, Fahumiya

Water drawdown to improve water quality of Lake Sebasticook stranded freshwater mussels, and virtually all mussel habitat was exposed. The age structure and growth curves were documented for the two most abundant species (Elliptio [...] [ click to read more ]


Audubon Loon Counts: Maine
Maine Audubon

To DOWNLOAD this data file (and metadata), click HERE .

 (Note: If your screen displays the file "AudubonLoonCounts_Maine.zipx, please ignore this file - it is an old version of the data)

The data reported here are [...] [ click to read more ]


Sebasticook Lake Watershed Project Phase 1
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Download this report here.

Twenty-seven years of monitoring data show that declining water quality has been an ongoing issue in Sebasticook Lake. Over the past 19 years, the Penobscot County SWCD and Natural Resources Conservation [...] [ click to read more ]


Sebasticook Lake Watershed Project Phase 2
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of the Phase 2 project was to reduce soil erosion and polluted runoff to Sebasticook Lake by installing water quality best management practices (BMPs) on 23 NPS sites. The [...] [ click to read more ]


Sebasticook Lake Watershed Project, Phase 3
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Download this report here.

Sebasticook Lake was once recognized as one of the most polluted lakes in Maine, and it remains on Maine's list of impaired waters. The purpose of this project was to educate [...] [ click to read more ]


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

To open data file, click HERE.

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 ]


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 ]


Fisheries indices and shellfish populations in Sebasticook Lake as affected by water drawdown
Trial, J.G.; F. Jiffry; L. Glanz; J.R. Moring

Chapter in Courtemanch, D. The restoration of Sebasticook Lake.  Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

(Note: Following abstract refers to the mussels part of this study, only.) Water drawdown to improve water quality of Lake Sebasticook stranded [...] [ 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 ]