Watershed Stewards Program Offered
August 23rd, 2011
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer fall class sessions for its Watershed Stewards Program Thursday evenings, Sept. 8 through Oct. 20, from 6-8:30 p.m. in Blue Hill.
The first session in the program, a lake and pond water-quality protection program, is scheduled at the Blue Hill Town Office, with all others being held at the Blue Hill Consolidated School. Registration is $25 and includes a lake-protection resource notebook, a $60 value. Registration deadline is Sept. 2. For more information or registration, contact Laura Wilson at (207) 581-2971 or (800) 870-7270 (in Maine), or e-mail laura.wilson@maine.edu. This and other Extension events are included on the Extension website calendar.
Specific topics include camp roads, invasive aquatic plants, lake water-quality measures, and shoreland zoning regulations. Participants are expected to volunteer 20 hours of service to their lake or pond within a year of completing the program. To date, more than 400 individuals have become watershed stewards throughout Maine, and are making a difference in protecting Maine’s lakes.
Extension programs are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals.
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