Resource Links

There are many resources available for community members, teachers and children to learn more about watersheds, lakes and issues important in the Damariscotta Lake Watershed. The following is a list of links to some of these resources.

Click here for resources for the Board of Directors

Land protection

Maine State Conservation Center: Resources for the citizens of Maine

    www.stateconservation.org/Maine

Water quality

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

    www.mainevolunteerlakemonitors.org

LakeSmart

    http://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/lakesmart/

Maine Congress of Lake Associations

    http://www.mainecola.org/

Lakes Page (Maine Department of Environmental Protection)

    http://www.maine.gov/dep/water/lakes/index.html

Phosphorus-free fertilizer (Maine Department of Environmental Protection)

   http://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/fert/phospage.html

Information For Shoreline Property Owners (Maine Department of Environmental Protection)

   http://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/camp/index.html

Camp road manual, buffer handbook, 20 conservation practices, watershed survey manual and other resources (Maine Department of Environmental Protection)

    http://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/materials.html

Non Point Source Pollution (Environmental Protection Agency)

    http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/nps/index.html

Septic Systems (University of Maine Cooperative Extension)

    http://umaine.edu/waterquality/lake/lake-a-syst/household- 

    wastewater/

Lakes Environmental Association

    http://www.mainelakes.org/

Water Quality (University of Maine Cooperative Extension)

   http://www.umaine.edu/waterquality/

The Water Page

   http://www.thewaterpage.com/water-conservation.htm

Aquatic invasive plants

Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants virtual herbarium

http://www.mainevolunteerlakemonitors.org/mciap/herbarium/index.php

Maine Department of Environmental Protection Invasive plant program

    http://www.maine.gov/dep/water/invasives/index.html

Vital Signs

    http://vitalsignsme.org/

Invasive Aquatic Species (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

    www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/main.shtml

Aquatic life

Benthic macroinvertebrates in our water

    www.epa.gov/bioindicators/html/benthosclean.html

An introduction to benthic macroinvertebrates

    www.kywater.org/ww/bugs/intro.htm

Lake associations

Lakenet

    www.worldlakes.org

Maine Congress of Lakes Association

    www.mainecola.org

North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)

    www.nalms.org

Lakes Environmental Association

    www.mainelakes.org

For young people

Earth Force

    www.earthforce.org

Water Kids

    www.watereducation.org/doc.asp?id=1022

Drinking Water and Ground Water (Environmental Protection Agency)

    http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/index.cfm

Magic School Bus

    www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus

World Biomes

    www.kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/freshwater.html

Children's books

A River Ran Wild, by Lynne Cherry

She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head, by Kathryn Laskey

Squish: A Wetland Walk, by Nancy Luenn

Squishy, Misty, Damp & Muddy: In Between World of Wetlands, by Molly Cone

For educators

School watershed grants (Maine Department of Environmental Protection)

    http://www.maine.gov/dep/water/grants/watershed/index.htm  

North American Association for Environmental Education

    http://www.naaee.net/

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Educational Programs

    www.maine.gov/ifw/education/index.htm

Sharing Nature Worldwide: Experiential nature activities to uplift and inspire

    www.sharingnature.com

The Green Teacher

    www.greenteacher.com

World in Our Backyard: A wetlands education and stewardship program

    www.epa.gov/region01/students/teacher/world.html

Project Learning Tree

    www.plt.org

Water on the Web: A national curriculum for colleges and high schools

    www.waterontheweb.org

USGS Water Science for Schools

    http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html

EPA Educational Video/Interactive Resources for Students and Teachers

    www.epa.gov/adopt/resources/video.html

Project WET

    www.projectwet.org

Project Wild Aquatic

    www.projectwild.org

The Globe Program

    www.globe.gov

Watershed Education

    www.stjoeriver.net/wmp/edulinks.htm

Training

EPA training opportunities

    www.epa.gov/water/training.html

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program Workshops

    http://www.mainevlmp.org/wp/?page_id=1731

University/Research Sites

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research

    www.umaine.edu/WaterResearch

Watersheds and the Water Cycle

A Guide to Watersheds

    www.lakelubbers.com/articles/guide-to-watersheds.cfm

The Parts of the Water Cycle

    http://www.partstap.com/the-parts-of-the-water-cycle.aspx

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