30 Mile staff, alongside 35 dedicated volunteers, monitored water quality in 13 lakes and ponds this year – completing more than 112 sampling events! Over the winter we will work to complete data analysis and reporting. In the meantime, check out the dissolved oxygen/temperature profiles and clarity readings we collected this season by visiting our website.
Through our monitoring program, we collect extensive data to track the health of our lakes and ponds. We measure water clarity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, chlorophyll, pH, alkalinity, conductivity, and color. We monitor bi-weekly, May-October. Volunteers work alongside our staff, in a canoe or motor boat, assisting in data collection. Volunteers who complete training and annual recertification with Lake Stewards of Maine may become certified to collect data themselves. There are roles for both trained and untrained volunteers to support our program. If you’d like to learn more, please contact Silas Mohlar at silas@30mileriver.org or (207) 860-4043.
Androscoggin Lake: Leslie Burhoe, Buddy Cummings, Patt Koscinski**, Allen & Cynthia Unrein
Basin Pond: Bob Harradon, Ken Tillman**
David Pond: Bob Capers, Bob Harradon, Ken Tillman**
Echo Lake: Gary Phillipp**
Flying Pond: Bill Murphy, Randy Oakley, Len Roe
Hales Pond: Steve Foster
Kimball Pond: Kathy DiPhilippo*, Libby & Allan Harville
Lovejoy Pond: Ron & Deb Aseltine, Ted & Mary Becker, Jim Favreau, Diana McLaughlin
Minnehonk Lake: Jane & Carl Rogers
Parker Pond: Ken Tillman**, Bob Weimont & Maggie Chadwick, Sue Knorr
Pocasset Lake: Andrew Dole, George Dole, Deb Duplisea*
Tilton Pond: Jim Brogan*, Lori Beaulieu
Whittier Pond: Sheri Shunney*, Bill Swan, Ned and Kay Van Woert*
*Certified Volunteer Monitor – Secchi Disk Transparency
**Certified Volunteer Monitor – Dissolved Oxygen/Temperature and Secchi Disk Transparency
Photos: (1) Androscogin Lake WQM volunteers Allen Unrein and Patt Koscinski (2) Echo Lake WQM volunteer Gary Philipp and 30 Mile Staff Silas Mohlar.
This article was included in 30 Mile’s October 2024 newsletter. To view the full newsletter, click here.