AUBURN — Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program is offering workshops and events in the area. VLMP workshops are offered to the public free of charge, including publications and prepared materials that are used in the event.

Water quality monitor training for new volunteers will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at VLMP’s Brackett Center, 24 Maple Hill Road. Preregistration is required. Another training session will be held in July, time to be announced.

A water quality monitor workshop for dissolved oxygen monitors will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 10, at the Brackett Center, for current Secchi Transparency monitors who would like to begin monitoring dissolved oxygen. Those who are not ready to begin monitoring DO but would like more information are also welcome to attend. Preregistration is required. Please bring a brown bag lunch. Morning snacks provided.

A new offering of watershed survey training will give instruction in how to identify, monitor and mitigate ways in which watershed land use influences lake water quality. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the Brackett Center.

On July 30, the VLMP will note its biggest event of the season when it celebrates 40 years of successfully monitoring Maine’s lakes at the annual Lake Monitoring Conference, at Pleasant Pond, Turner. This event will focus on the history of the VLMP, the thousands of individuals who have made a commitment to helping us learn more about Maine lakes, a discussion about what we have learned during the past four decades and an opportunity to socialize with people who have truly made a difference through their efforts to understand and protect Maine’s lakes. Preregistration is required, and is free for current, certified monitors.

To register, contact the VLMP office at 783-7733 or [email protected]. For more information about the VLMP and Maine lakes, email [email protected] or visit www.mainevolunteerlakemonitors.org.