Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Please help the DLWA monitor the boat launches of the Damariscotta Lake for invasive aquatic species. These plants, such as eurasian milfoil, may hitch-hike on the propellers of boats coming from infested lakes and become established in a new body of water from only a small plant fragment. Once present, they are virtually impossible to eliminate even with costly and on-going treatment and removal, and they may crowd out native vegetation, reducing both the biological and recreational value of the lake.

Through a Courtesy Boat Inspection program, volunteers will check boats being launched into the lake to make sure they are not carrying invasive aquatic species. Inspection times will most likely be during weekends and other periods of heavy recreational boating traffic and can be divided into whatever length time periods each volunteer is comfortable with.

Courtesy Boat Inspectors (CBI) must attend a free CBI training. This year's training will be held on Saturday, May 30th at the Nobleboro Town Office at 9:30 AM.

This training is co-sponsored with the Pemaquid Watershed Association and led by the Maine Congress of Lakes Association.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association

Volunteers will work with the following groups Abused / Battered Men Adults (26-54) Military Disabled / Ill Minorities Disaster Victims Older Adults (55+) Families / Parents Religious Groups Govt Aid Recipients Students Law Offenders Women Low-income / Poverty Young Adults (18-25) We need volunteers who are free at these times Weekends This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Large Group (11+) Adults (55+) Small Group (2-10) Court-appointed Unpaid Interns Families Young Adults (18-25) Individual This volunteer opportunity addresses the following social interests Advocacy & Human Rights Environmental Animals & Environment Nonprofit Organization Education & Technology We are looking for volunteers with the following skills Advocacy Teaching Recreational Activities / Sports

Contact Person: Julia Davis, Stewardship Coordinator and Educator, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

Route 213/Bunker Hill Road Boat Launch Nobleboro, ME 04555 (See a map)

Details where opportunity can also be performed

This opportunity can also be performed in these locations:

Cities:		Jefferson Nobleboro Washington
Counties:		Lincoln
Zip codes:		04348,   04543,   04553,   04555,   04572,   04574

Miscellaneous Information

Average number of hours per volunteer that are required weekly to do this task.
	2
We need the following number of people to fill this position.
	20

Last updated on November 13, 2009