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 ]
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 ]
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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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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Survey of fish assemblages in lakes and streams of the Upper St. John watershed in Maine.
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 ]
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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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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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Study investigated water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and bacteria of Maine lakes, primarily in the southern part of the State.
Report summarizes lake and stream fish surveys of the Upper St. John conducted for The Nature Conservancy in 1999-2002. The data table accompanying this record is derived from the original survey data as incorporated into [...] [ click to read more ]
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Central Aroostook SWCD, working with the landowner and NRCS designed a series of BMPs to capture both sediments and nutrients coming off the cropland in the watershed of the Unnamed tributary. The [...] [ click to read more ]
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Perley Brook's water quality is presently threatened with nutrient loading from several agricultural fields and pastures, primarily due to run-off from both livestock and row crop activities. Approximately 52% of the [...] [ click to read more ]
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In 1998, a Serve Maine AmeriCorps member helped local residents survey the residential sections of the watershed. The survey identified eroding driveways, poor ditching, poorly installed or maintained culverts, and a lack [...] [ click to read more ]
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The 2000 305(b) Report, states that the Prestile Stream from Easton to Mars Hill is classified as Class A, but only attains Class C standards for dissolved oxygen and aquatic life. [...] [ click to read more ]
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Portage Lake is the second lake in the western chain of the Fish River Lakes. This project was designed to augment pollution prevention work already started in the Portage Lake watershed [...] [ click to read more ]
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The purpose of this project was to conduct a watershed survey of the remaining southern part of the watershed that was not surveyed in the previous projects. The Town of St. [...] [ click to read more ]
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In the summer of 1998 the Maine DEP, through an Americorps volunteer, worked with the Drews Lake Property Owners Association (DLPOA) to conduct a volunteer watershed survey of the residential section [...] [ click to read more ]
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The goal of this project was to conduct a watershed survey of the North Perley Brook watershed. This will allow landowners and agencies to target their resources and implement BMPs to [...] [ click to read more ]
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Perley Brook is threatened with not meeting Class B water quality standards as a result of agricultural runoff from both livestock and row crop activities. The Phase II Implementation project was [...] [ click to read more ]
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Echo Lake is a shallow (9 feet maximum depth) 90-acre lake located on the east side of Quaggy Joe Mountain on the south end of Presque Isle Township. The purpose of [...] [ click to read more ]
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Kennedy Brook and Mantle Lake by reducing sediment loads from agricultural land. The project focused on the steepest agricultural fields in the watershed.
NRCS engineers surveyed the site, completed an assessment and [...] [ click to read more ]
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(NRCS) and Maine Forest Service (MFS) staff, the St. John Valley SWCD conducted a NPS survey of the tributary and its watershed, using methods adapted from the DEP’s stream survey manual. [...] [ click to read more ]
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This Phase III project addressed three previously identified sites on three farms in both the South and North Perley Brook watersheds. Two farms are small diversified working farms with a variety [...] [ click to read more ]
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The 319-funded watershed survey completed by the St. John SWCD identified six major NPS sites, one is an ATV crossing and the other five are a combination of agricultural and road [...] [ click to read more ]
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A Storm Watcher survey collected storm event water samples to measure turbidity and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) as part of the Maine Volunteer River Monitoring Program (VRMP) administered by Maine DEP. [...] [ click to read more ]
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The watershed survey was performed using guidelines outlined in Stream Survey Manual Volume I: A Citizen’s Guide to Basic Watershed, Habitat and Geomorphology Surveys in Stream & River Watersheds. Natural resource [...] [ click to read more ]
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The purpose of the project was to conduct an NPS survey of the Kennedy Brook watershed, create an implementation plan for future work and carry out educational efforts to keep stakeholders [...] [ click to read more ]
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 ]
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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 ]
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 ]
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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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]