2007 Lower Penobscot River stream barrier surveys
Abbott, Alex
This report provides a summary of the Lower Penobscot River Stream Barrier Inventory conducted by the Maine Forest Service in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Coastal Program. The majority [...] [ click to read more ]

Holocene Climate and Vegetation in the Milford Drainage Basin, Maine, USA, and Their Implications for Human History
Almquist-Jacobson, H.; D. Sanger

Pollen record from Mansell Pond, Milford, and relation to cultural history.


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 ]


Atlas of surveyed road crossings in the Kenduskeag Stream subdrainage
Baker, Chad
Atlas of road crossings, dams, and culverts in the Kenduskeag stream. Have data files and maps.

Blackflies of the Piscataquis watershed, Maine
Bauer, L.S. (data source); P. Vaux (compiler)

This data set contains species records from Bauer (1977) as digitized and compiled by the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project in 2003. Samples were collected in each month between April 1976 and May 1977, with [...] [ 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 ]


Penobscot River sampling sites: multiple projects (Google Earth map)
Collins, Matt; Kopp, Blaine
This Google Earth file illustrates the biotic and abiotic sampling sites on the Penobscot River as of Fall 2009. Various agencies including DMR, DEP, NOAA, USGS, UM, USFWS, and the Penobscot Indian Nation are [...] [ 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 ]


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.

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


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 ]


Pushaw Lake NPS Watershed Project, Phase 1
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Cove Brook NPS Pollution Control Project
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The goal of this project was to reduce sediment loading to Cove Brook by fixing three large high priority NPS sites in the watershed. The project addressed a quarter mile section [...] [ click to read more ]


Birch Stream NPS Watershed Management Plan
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The purpose of this project was to develop a comprehensive watershed management plan for Birch Stream. Steps in the process included: mapping the watershed’s storm systems (including property boundaries and impervious [...] [ click to read more ]


Bangor Stormwater Utility Planning
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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With input from consultants and stakeholders, the City of Bangor identified and examined key components, complex issues, and concerns associated with forming and funding a stormwater utility. The project used focus [...] [ click to read more ]


Capehart Brook Restoration, Phase I
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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The subsurface bioretention cells installed at the Rangeley South and Downeast School sub-catchments will provide much needed reduction in peak flows and will filter out pollutants commonly found in urban stormwater. [...] [ click to read more ]


Penjajawoc Stream Watershed LID Retrofit Project
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

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Stormwater from Swett’s and a portion of Hogan Road will now be treated by a filter-equipped catch basin on Hogan Road. Curbing was also installed along the edge of Swett’s gas [...] [ 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 ]


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 ]


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 ]


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 ]


Stream chemistry: Penobscot & Downeast rivers composite data
Nelson, Sarah; Ken Johnson

This composite data set contains stream chemistry data compiled from six monitoring projects conducted by the University of Maine (Mitchell Center).  The list of measured water quality parameters differs among projects, as does the time [...] [ 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 ]


Water Quality Summary for Kenduskeag Stream and Upper Watershed Tributaries
Whiting, Mark
The Kenduskeag and its upper tributaries have unusual chemistry. The high pH and high buffering capacity places these streams among only 4% of Maine’s surface waters. The high buffering capacity is adequate to [...] [ click to read more ]

Kenduskeag Stream water chemistry
Whiting, Mark

In the fall of 2003, Ed Lindsey, a teacher at Central High School in Corinth wanted to have his chemistry class engaged in a community-oriented environmental project with real life science problems.  Kenduskeag Stream and [...] [ click to read more ]