Lake Associations
Other Organizations
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Project and their sister site, Lakes of Maine.The VLMP trains, certifies and provides technical support to hundreds of volunteers who monitor a wide range of indicators of water quality, assess watershed health and function, and screen lakes for invasive aquatic plants and animals. In addition to being the primary source of lake data in the State of Maine, VLMP volunteers benefit their local lakes by playing key stewardship and leadership roles in their communities.
Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance (BRCA)
BRCA conserves the lands, water quality, and natural heritage of the Belgrade Lakes Watershed.
A clearing house organization for information and links to all the other lake associations and groups.
Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute has merged with Maine Lakes Society. Their Facebook page is. here. You can check out their blog here.
A group dedicated to understanding, preserving and restoring the health of Maine’s lakes
Maine Rivers
An organization whose mission is to protect, restore and enhance Maine’s river systems.
The Maine chapter of Audubon that works to conserve Maine’s wildlife and wildlife habitat.
PEARL (Public Educational Access to Research on Lakes) Program
Maine DEPÂ GIS Maps and Other Data Files
An on-line GIS-based searchable database for Maine lakes developed by the University of Maine and maintained by Maine DEP.
Belgrade Lakes Watershed Sustainability Project
web.colby.edu/epscorÂ
MPSLA Forum
Other Area Resources
Camp Road Maintenance Manual 2016 Revised is available.
“Home Science: Backyard Conservation” Recommended link by Miss Ainsworth and her summer environmental science students: Anna, Josie, Emily, and Tyler because it has lots of great information for kids on conservation. Thanks for the recommendation, keep on learning so you can keep on protecting!
Maine Lakes Resource Center (MLRC) Presentation of Colby College research, Dr. D. Whitney King, Miselis Professor of Chemistry. (Scroll to bottom of MLRC page to finds dates of previous presentations.)