From watershedmanagers at maillist.informe.org  Tue May  5 14:18:11 2026
From: watershedmanagers at maillist.informe.org (News and discussion forum for watershed managers in Maine)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 18:18:11 +0000
Subject: [watershedmanagers] Volunteer Monitoring Webinar - Last call to
	register - May 6, 3pm ET
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The National Water Quality Monitoring Council's Volunteer Monitoring Workgroup is hosting a webinar on Wednesday May 6, at 3pm ET. Register here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rFMMQBPrTeao5HUe0J5Dbg

The workgroup will be focusing the next two years on data management best practices from program design to data sheets to databases to data ethics. We are excited to kick off the series with a great team on May 6th!

Lake Erie Volunteer Science Network: Leveraging Standardization for Data-Driven Collaboration
Over the last six years, the Lake Erie Volunteer Science Network (LEVSN) has transformed from a collection of six unaffiliated volunteer water quality monitoring programs into a coordinated observing system involving more than 20 organizations. Standardization of data collection, management, visualization, analysis, and reporting protocols across LEVSN participants has enabled rapid onboarding of new groups, regional interoperability for insights at the scale of a Great Lake, and plug and play integration with state, national, and international data platforms for increased data usability and visibility. Cleveland Water Alliance, lead facilitator of the Network, and The Commons, its data platform lead, are excited to share lessons learned on how fit for purpose data management tools can help water monitoring groups meet short and long-term program goals, enabling impact and growth at both local and regional levels.

Presenters:
  *   Max Herzog, Deputy Director of Programs and Partnerships, Cleveland Water Alliance
  *   R. John Dawes, Executive Director, The Commons

The webinar will be recorded and shared with the people who register and a recording will be posted to volunteermonitoring.org<http://volunteermonitoring.org/>.

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From watershedmanagers at maillist.informe.org  Tue May 26 14:26:14 2026
From: watershedmanagers at maillist.informe.org (News and discussion forum for watershed managers in Maine)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 18:26:14 +0000
Subject: [watershedmanagers] RFP Nature-based Engineering Design Services
	for Communities
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Greetings OUR SHORE Community,
Sharing the Request for Proposals for nature-based engineering design services to assist communities. Proposal submissions due June 19, 2026. See below for more information.

...

State of Maine
Maine Office of Community Affairs
RFP# 202604081
Nature-based Engineering Design Services for Communities

The State of Maine is seeking proposals for engineering services to develop 30% preliminary designs for nature-based and hybrid strategies to help Maine communities to increase the resilience of their priority public properties.

A copy of the RFP and all related documents can be obtained through Vendor Self Service (VSS): https://mevss.hostams.com/PRDVSS1X1/AltSelfService

Proposals must be submitted to the Office of State Procurement Services, via Vendor Self Service (VSS). Proposal submissions must be received no later than 4:00 p.m., local time, on June 19, 2026. Proposals will be opened the following business day.

...

Best,
Nathan

Nathan Robbins
Climate Change Specialist
Maine Department of Environmental Protection<https://www.maine.gov/dep/index.html>
207-592-6590 | Nathan.P.Robbins at maine.gov<mailto:Nathan.P.Robbins at maine.gov>

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