Maine Lakes and Lake Stewards of Maine are excited to collaborate for another series of webinars in the Winter and Spring of 2025. This year’s webinar series covers a variety of topics that should interest anyone with a passion for lake protection. Sign up for one or all of these at the links below. There will be time for questions and discussions with the speakers to keep things lively and interactive. All webinars will also be recorded. Click here to see 2025 recordings. Webinars are free but registration is required. See more information and registration links below. 

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Minnesota’s Surface Water: What 20 Years of Monitoring is Telling Us, Tuesday, March 11, 12:00 PM, Register here 

Celebrating 20 Years of LakeSmart!, Thursday, April 10, 6:00 PM, Register here 

Our Shore: Living Shorelines and Nature-based Solutions for Erosion Control, Thursday, May 8, 12:00 PM, Register here

You may know that Maine Lakes has helped guide policies towards more protection for lakeshores and littoral habitat from potential damage caused by large wakes generated too closet o shore and in shallow water. You may not know that they have also been involved with a national group working on this issue across the country. LakeLines,  a publication of the North American Lake Management Society , recently included an article co-authored by Maine Lakes Executive Director Susan Gallo about that group and their success working together on wake issues across state (and international!) boundaries.

Registration is open for the 2025 Lake conference

The annual lakes conference theme Lakes at the Edge can be interpreted many ways. Many of our lakes are on the edge of rapidly deteriorating health. They are at the tipping point where just a little more phosphorus in the water will tip them toward recurring algal blooms. Many are at the edge of the carrying capacity for development in their watersheds, where runoff from poorly managed roads, roofs and driveways may push their health to, or over, the edge. And of course much of lake conservation work takes place at the literal lake edge. What can we do in the shoreland zone and surrounding uplands f our lakes that keeps them healthy?

2025 Lake Conference
University of Maine Farmington
June 13, 2025
8:00 am - 4:30pm

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