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"The Watershed"

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.

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

Maine Stream Team Program

    www.state.me.us/dep/blwq/docstream/team/streamteam.html

Nonpoint Source Pollution Education Resources

    www.epa.gov/OWOW/nps/eduinfo.html

LakeSmart

    www.state.me.us/dep/blwq/doclake/lakesmart/index.htm

Aquatic invasive plants

The Aquatic Plant Management Society, Inc.

    www.apms.org

U.S. Department of Agriculture

    www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/main.shtml

Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants

    www.mciap.org/herbarium/invasive/php

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

Maine Lakes Conservancy

    www.mlci.org

North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)

    www.nalms.org

Lakes Environmental Association

    www.mainelakes.org

For young people

Earth Force

    www.earthforce.org

Critter Questions

    www.wld.fwc.state.fl.us/critters

Water Kids

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

Drinking Water and Ground Water

    www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids

Magic School Bus

    www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus


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

North American Association for Environmental Education

    www.eelink.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 Biomes

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

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: Curriculum and activity guide

    www.projectwet.org

Project Wild Aquatic

    www.projectwild.org

Save our Streams

    www.iwla.org/index.php?id=19

The Globe Program

    www.globe.gov

Watershed Education

    www.stjoeriver.net/wmp/edulinks.htm

Environmental issues

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

    www.maine.gov/dep/index.shtml

Maine Environmental Policy Institute

    www.meepi.org


Maps

PEARL (Public Educational Access Resources Lakes)

    www.pearl.maine.edu/default.htm

Terra-Server

    www.terraserver.com

Training

EPA training opportunities

    www.epa.gov/water/training.html

Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program Workshops

    www.mainevolunteerlakemonitors.org/workshops/#NewWaterQuality

MSAD 40 Adult Education

    www.msad40.org/schools/adult

Central Lincoln County Adult Education

    www.union74.maineadulted.org

University/Research Sites

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

    www.umaine.edu/WaterResearch

University of Maine Cooperative Extension

    www.umext.maine.edu/waterquality/default.htm

Watersheds

Know Your Watershed

    http://www2.ctic.purdue.edu/kyw/kyw.html

A Guide to Watersheds

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

 

DLWA Educational Programs

Download Wonders of Water:

      Volume 1

      Volume 2

      Volume 3

      Recycling Edition

Resources for supplies

Acorn Naturalist

    www.acornnaturalist.com

Ben Meadows

    www.benmeadows.com

Carolina Biological Supply Co.

    www.carolina.com

Delta Education

    www.delta-education.com

Enviroscape

    www.enviroscape.com

Lamotte

    www.lamotte.com

Science Kits & Boreal Labs

    www.boreal.com

Water Education Foundation

    www.water-ed.org/schoolprograms.asp


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