Join us for part two of new evaluator and coordinator training focused on the LakeSmart evaluation process. We’ll spend two hours walking you through the evaluation questions one by one, reviewing what to look for, what to consider when scoring each question, and some of the common stumbling blocks evaluators run into. Experienced evaluators will be on hand to answer questions and give insight into the challenges they’ve faced during evaluations. We’ll also walk through the post-evaluation steps, including report writing and some of the new tools we are developing to make that process easier. With this training under your belt, you’ll be ready to do some practice evaluations and schedule some on-site visits with the LakeSmart Manager and some local LakeSmart volunteers.

Becky Schaffner, from the Maine DEP, will run through the ins and outs of setting up Survey123 on your tablet or computer and walk through the process of entering LakeSmart data into the Survey123 database. The database is an immense time-saver for evaluation review and also gives us an excellent historical record of completed evaluations and recommendations. Maine Lakes offers many ways to get help with Survey123 but joining this Zoom with Becky is a great way to get started.