Invasive Aquatic Plant Monitoring on Crescent Lake
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(VLMP) Who are the CLIPPers?
The CLIPPers are the volunteer invasive plant patrol coordinated by Lisa Hall that promotes prevention, early detection and rapid response to invasive plants on Crescent Lake. Volunteers are trained to recognize the invasive aquatic plants on Maine’s “eleven most unwanted” list, and to distinguish these invaders from their native Maine look-alikes.
Crescent Lake is divided into sections with each section being patrolled, surveyed and inventoried each year. These reports are provided to the Lake Stewards of Maine annually.
What You Should Know About Invasive Plant Patrol This organization (Lake Stewards of Maine) has been keeping watch on Maine lakes and rivers since 1971. This presentation will give you the background of this important work.
Questions?
Lisa Hall 207-774-2036 lhall002@maine.rr.com
Sybil French 207-655-3651 r_s_french@hotmail.com
Bunny Wescott 978-290-0285 Rbwes@aol.com
Raymond Town Office 207-655-4742 http://www.raymondmaine.org
Lake Stewards of Maine 207-783-7733 stewards@lakestewardsme.org
The CLIPPers are the volunteer invasive plant patrol coordinated by Lisa Hall that promotes prevention, early detection and rapid response to invasive plants on Crescent Lake. Volunteers are trained to recognize the invasive aquatic plants on Maine’s “eleven most unwanted” list, and to distinguish these invaders from their native Maine look-alikes.
Crescent Lake is divided into sections with each section being patrolled, surveyed and inventoried each year. These reports are provided to the Lake Stewards of Maine annually.
What You Should Know About Invasive Plant Patrol This organization (Lake Stewards of Maine) has been keeping watch on Maine lakes and rivers since 1971. This presentation will give you the background of this important work.
Questions?
Lisa Hall 207-774-2036 lhall002@maine.rr.com
Sybil French 207-655-3651 r_s_french@hotmail.com
Bunny Wescott 978-290-0285 Rbwes@aol.com
Raymond Town Office 207-655-4742 http://www.raymondmaine.org
Lake Stewards of Maine 207-783-7733 stewards@lakestewardsme.org
I am happy to report that NO invasive plants were found in Crescent Lake during our recent summer surveying! The volunteer “CLIPPERS” (Crescent Lake Invasive Plant Patrol) monitored all but one sector of the Crescent Lake shoreline and found only native Maine aquatic plants! To all the volunteers that participated in the Clippers program, I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all for a great job!
! Lisa Hall CLIPPer Coordinator.
! Lisa Hall CLIPPer Coordinator.
"The introduction of non-native invasive aquatic plant and animal species to the United States has been escalating with widespread destructive consequences. The impacts of the spread of invasive aquatic plants are well known: habitat disruption, loss of native plant and animal communities, reduced property values, impaired fishing and degraded recreational experiences, and enormous and ongoing control costs." VLMP
We are on the look out for invasive species to ensure we protect Crescent Lake. Prevention is the best course of action. These pictures will provide you with a look at those invasives that are considered "most wanted".
We are on the look out for invasive species to ensure we protect Crescent Lake. Prevention is the best course of action. These pictures will provide you with a look at those invasives that are considered "most wanted".
The Maine Citizen's Guide to Invasive Aquatic Plant Management is written by Jacolyn E. Bailey, Project Director
Maine Milfoil Initiative, Saint Joseph’s College; Roberta J. Hill, Invasive Species Program Director Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program. The guide is "dedicated to the citizens and lake groups of Maine who have committed back-breaking labor, ingenuity, and personal financial resources to battle the spread of invasive aquatic plants on Maine’s lakes. Their unflagging passion has turned the tide in the battle for the preservation of our unique and irreplaceable water resources."
Maine Milfoil Initiative, Saint Joseph’s College; Roberta J. Hill, Invasive Species Program Director Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program. The guide is "dedicated to the citizens and lake groups of Maine who have committed back-breaking labor, ingenuity, and personal financial resources to battle the spread of invasive aquatic plants on Maine’s lakes. Their unflagging passion has turned the tide in the battle for the preservation of our unique and irreplaceable water resources."
