Maine Boating Laws,a guide to boating laws and regulations passed by the Maine legislature or adopted by the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries &Wildlife.
Greater Lovell Land Trust (GLLT),dedicated to protecting the natural environment in the Kezar Lake watershed.
Town of Lovell:information about Lovell resources,activities,and government.
Lovell Invasive Plant Protection Committee (LIPPC,or ‘Lippick’):Newly-rejuvenated,this committee is working very hard to protect Kezar Lake and the ponds in the watershed from the introduction of invasive aquatic plants (milfoil is only one of eleven invasive aquatics in Maine!).
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library (Lovell Library).
Maine Congress of Lakes Association (COLA):provides technical information,education,advocacy and capacity building to lake associations and individuals statewide. Annual Maine Lakes Conference,quarterly newsletter,website,lake association visits. Courtesy Boat Inspection training north and east of Augusta.
Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants (MCIAP):Go-to site for information,and volunteer action regarding Maine’s 11 invasive aquatic plants. Resources,workshops,plant identification,hands-on training,virtual herbarium.
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP) provides lake data and information concerning lakes and their watersheds by coordinating a scientifically based lake monitoring and data management system. Provides training for water quality monitors. This site has the up-to-date information,and photographs,of invasive aquatic plants now present in Maine.
Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute (MLCI):Award-winning on-site learning programs;Floating Classroom provides hands-on lake ecology experience for adults and children during summer;schools program takes experiential curriculum to middle school students.
Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) Administers the Courtesy Boat Inspection (CBI) program and Cost Share Grants for the State,sponsors the Annual Milfoil Summit. Provides courtesy boat inspection workshops south and west of Augusta. Serves the Sebago and Long Lake Region.
George J. Mitchell Center,UMO. Water research institute generates key data for the public and for policy and decision making. Sponsors PEARL (Public Educational Access to Environmental Information in Maine),the on-line GIS-based searchable database for Maine lakes.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute (VitalSigns):This resource is an interactive website. It is educational and documents invasive species in Maine,both aquatic and terrestrial. Very interesting. The KLWA and LIPPC (Lovell Invasive Plant Prevention Committee,a Town committee) are partnering with VitalSigns in a program we’re calling ‘Eyes on the Water’,which will not only train volunteers to identify aquatic plants (both invasive and native),but to report them to the VitalSigns data base. This data base includes input from all over Maine. ‘Eyes on the Water’will have two training sessions during the summer,one in July and one in August (date tba) and will have a presence at Town Day. Please stop by and say ‘hello’,and plan to join in a training session to find out what it’s all about!
Lake Smart Program recognizes lakefront property owners who maintain their property so as to protect water quality. Free property evaluation leads to Award and site-specific guidance.
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (includes Bureau of Warden Service).
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Vermont Lakes and Ponds:good resource for invasive plant identification,and VT’s efforts to control invasive aquatic plants,including milfoil. Also very good links to other applicable sites.
Courtesy Boat Inspections Handbook:Produced by the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and LEA
Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel:http://www.northeastans.org/online-guide/—good id sheets.
