Maine Volunteer
Lake Monitoring Program

The Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP), formed in 1971, is the oldest and one of the largest citizen lake monitoring groups in the United States, and the largest provider of scientific lake data in Maine. The VLMP is a statewide non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to foster stewardship of Maine’s lakes and their watersheds in order to ensure high water quality and ecological integrity.

The VLMP accomplishes its mission by—

enlisting and training hundreds of citizen volunteers around the state in technical monitoring skills to collect a broad range of lake water quality data, conduct invasive plant screening surveys and be stewards for their local lakes and ponds

providing extensive scientific lake water quality data and technical guidance to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and other state and government agencies, educational institutions, organizations, towns, lake communities, and others responsible for assessing environmental conditions and trends to help protect and restore Maine’s lakes and ponds

providing educational information concerning lakes to the citizens of Maine

Water Quality Monitoring

Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants

Woodbury Brackett Environmental Center

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

vlmp@mainevlmp.org
24 Maple Hill Road, Auburn, ME 04210
(207)-783-7733
www.MaineVolunteerLakeMonitors.org
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