UMaine Extension Offering Watershed Training for Schoodic and Sebec Lakes
Contact: Laura Wilson, (207) 581-2971
ORONO, ME—University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer its Watershed Stewards program again this spring with a focus on Schoodic Lake and Sebec Lake. The seven-week workshop series will teach participants how to preserve their area lakes. Participants will learn about threats to water quality and how recreationists, lakefront landowners and towns can protect these valuable resources. The program will be held on Thursday evenings from 6:3 -9 p.m., from April 30 through June 11 in the “dining room” at the Milo town office. The registration deadline is April 24, with a minimum of 20 participants required for the program. For information or to register, call Extension Assistant Scientist Laura Wilson at 581-2971.
There is no cost to enroll in the program and become a watershed steward. In exchange for the training that sewards receive from watershed experts, as well as a resource notebook valued at $60, watershed stewards commit to 20 hours of volunteer lake and watershed protection activities.
Topics covered during the training will include Lakes 101, Shoreland Zoning, Camp Road Maintenance, and Septic System Care and Maintenance—as well as a session focusing on the status and trends of the available water quality data for Schoodic and Sebec Lakes. UMaine Extension is working with the Schoodic Lake Association and the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District to provide this program.
Visit extension.umaine.edu for more information about UMaineE xtension programs, which are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals.
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