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Chiputneticook Lakes International Conservancy, Inc. - Home Page

CLIC Board of Directors and Officers - CLIC Areas and Towns - Categories of Membership

Frequently Asked Questions - CLIC By-Laws - Calendar & Committees

Advance Exempt Ruling Letter - Brochure - Aroostook Magazine Interview

The Wayside Skeet Club of Wayside, NJ

Princeton Rod & Gun Club of Princeton, ME

Calais Rod & Gun Club of Calais/Charlotte, ME

East Grand Snowmobile Club of the Greater Danforth, ME Area

NOTE: Almost all of the following links are "off site." You might want to make this page a "Favorite" in your browser before you leave...so you can get back to this page easily.

. . . other Lake/Waterway/Conservation Organizations

The Woodie Wheaton Land Trust, Forest City, ME www.woodiewheaton.org

Maine Lakes Trust Network www.mltn.org/

Downeast Lakes Land Trust, Grand Lake Stream www.downeastlakes.org

St. Croix International Waterway Commission (SCIWC) www.stcroix.org

St. Croix Estuary Project www.scep.org/

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Project www.mainevlmp.org

...and for more information about the St. Croix Waterway

The St. Crois River Basin Cooperative Hydrologic Network:
Information about lake levels, river flows and some chemistry - real time and historic records. Links to precipitation monitors.
http://me.water.usgs.gov/stcroix.html

Maine PEARL:
University of Maine Water Information site covers lake secchi disk reading, some temperature and dissolved osygen profiles and some chemistry studies.
Many MAPS of Maine Lakes are available including: North Lake (#1063),
East Grand Lake (#1070), Deering Lake (#507), Brackett Lake (#1068) and
Spednic and Palfrey Lakes (#121).
http://www.pearl.maine.edu/

New Brunswick Watershed Information Series:
An overview of water quality, geography, water interest groups & more.
http://www.gnb.ca/0009/0371/0013/index-e.asp

International Joint Commission's St. Croix River Watershed Board:
Maps of the entire watershed showing environmental, recreational and land use features.
http://www.ijc.org/conseil_board/st_croix_river/stcroix_pub.php

Federal US EPA - Surf Your Watershed:
Includes water quality and use data and links to many databases.
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=01050001

New Brunswick Resource Monthly Reports:
Reports about ground water, stream flows and precipitation for many provinicial sites including some St. Croix areas.
http://www.gnb.ca/0009/0371/0007/0001-e.asp

New Brunswick Data Warehouse:
Department of Natural Resources lake surveys, fish stocking reports. Includes some map-making capabilities.
http://nbwaters.unb.ca/

Area Lodges, Camps & Campgrounds

The Village Camps, Forest City, ME www.thevillagecamps.com

Wheaton's Lodge, Forest City, ME www.wheatonslodge.com

The Hide Away Lodge (Lodging, Lounge & Public Restaurant), North Lake, NB
The Hide Away Lodge was recently purchased and opened again. The new owners are David and Cheyenne Litwiller.
Link to The Hide Away's NEW Site

First Settler's Lodge, Weston, ME www.firstsettlerslodge.com

Rideout's Lodge and Cottages, Weston, ME www.rideouts.com

Greenland Cove Campground, Danforth, ME www.mainerec.com/gcc

Greenland Cove Camps, Danforth, ME

Cowgers Lakeside Cabins, Greenland Cove, Danforth, ME

WIlderness Escape Outfitters, Danforth, ME www.wildernessescape.com

Palfrey Lake Lodge, McAdam, NB http://pedamo.com/pll/

Birchwood Cottages & Campgrounds, Brookton, ME www.birchwoodcottages.com

Chiputneticook Area Aerial Photo Sites
(Once at one of these sites, navigate with the triangles on the corners and edges of the image.
Zoom in or out for a more detailed or wider view) Topo Maps are also available.

TERRASERVER - Orient Area
TERRASERVER - Weston Area
TERRASERVER - Greenland Cove Area
TERRASERVER - Forest City Area
TERRASERVER - The ARM of East Grand Lake Area
TERRASERVER - Vanceboro Area

Also check Google.Earth.com

Links to related local info Web Pages

Local Information Sites

Chiputneticook Lakes Area WEATHER INFORMATION Regional Daily Forecast

Experimental Graphic Weather Forecast for Orient, ME

www.fosterville.ca

Town of Orient Info Page

Greater East Grand Lake Area Chamber of Commerce - www.eastgrandlake.net

Aroostook Riders ATV Club - Orient to Monticello

Provincial New Brunswick and Federal Canada

New Brunswick (Provincial) Government www.gnb.ca

New Brunswick Dept. of Environment and Local Government
NB Environment's site http://www.gnb.ca/0009/index-e.asp
On the left side, click on Water under Key Subjects and then look at
Watercourse and Wetland Alteration and also Watercourse Alteration Technical Guidelines.
or try:
http://app.infoaa.7700.gnb.ca/gnb/Pub/EServices/ListServiceDetails.asp?ServiceID1=2935&ReportType1=All
E-Mail addresses for:
Region 4 (St. Croix River & South) - Region 5 Spednic & Central - Region 6 (EGL & North Lake)

For actual legislation, start at the provincial site http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/index-e.asp and look up the Clean Water Act and regulations under it, especially re: Watercourse and Wetland Alteration.

Fish habitat is actually protected under the federal Fisheries Act, look at http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/en/reglementation.htm

Canadian (Federal) Customs www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/

International

INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION (IJC) www.ijc.org

Maine and Federal United States

AROOSTOOK ONLINE BUSINESS INDEX- www.crownofmaine.com/business.php

BANGOR DAILY NEWS - www.bangornews.com/

MAINE CONGRESS OF LAKE ASSOCIATIONS - www.mainecola.org/

MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTITUTE - www.meepi.org/

SPORTSMAN'S ALLIANCE OF MAINE (SAM) - www.samcef.org/

MAINE LAND TRUST NETWORK - www.mltn.org

NEW LINK - US GEOLOGIC SURVEY Site - NEW LINK
ST. CROIX RIVER BASIN COOPERATIVE HYDROLOGIC NETWORK Page
for LAKE LEVELS and STREAM FLOWS
http://me.water.usgs.gov/stcroix.html

Maine Government

MAINE DIVISION OF INLAND FISH AND WILDLIFE - http://www.maine.gov/ifw/ - 207-287-8000

MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - 800-452-1942

MAINE VOLUNTEER LAKE MONITORING PROGRAM - www.mainevlmp.org - 207-225-2070

MAINE LAND USE REGULATION COMMISSION (LURC) - www.state.me.us/doc/lurc/lurchome.htm

MAINE LEGISLATIVE BILL SEARCH http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/default.asp

Looking for other links in Maine?
Try this link to the Maine Rivers Site -They have a lot of links posted.
http://www.mainerivers.org/other_organizations.html

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