The LakeSmart program educates property owners to help reduce or eliminate stormwater runoff and related erosion into their lake or pond. Responsible management reduces phosphorus loading and lowers the potential for catastrophic lake algae blooms. A property that is particularly lake-friendly receives the LakeSmart Award, with accompanying signs to display at the property’s shore and at the end of the driveway. LEA serves as the regional sponsor and administrative hub in the Lake Region for the statewide LakeSmart program organized by Maine Lakes.
This year, we completed 22 evaluations, and 8 properties received LakeSmart Awards.
We are proud to recognize the dedicated volunteers who make the Lake Region LakeSmart program possible, to recognize the area’s property owners who participated in the program this season, and to celebrate 2026 LakeSmart Award recipients in our region.
Our volunteer evaluators are LakeSmart’s heroes. Our LakeSmart program relies on our team of evaluators to walk lakeshore properties and provide homeowners with suggestions to minimize or eliminate stormwater runoff into their lake. Thank you to our volunteers for their time, knowledge, and dedication.
Lake Region volunteer LakeSmart evaluators: Layne Albert, Lenny Anderson, Chris Brink, Larry Clark, Steve Crain, Bill Dexter, Dave Durrenberger, Merri Ehrhard, Daniel Goldberg, Larry Griffin, Roy Lambert, Peter LaPolice, Steve Rand, Hugh Savage, Ron Schanze, and Elizabeth Stockwood.
Pictured: Larry Griffin, Daniel Goldberg and Donna Small, Larry Clark (top, left to right), Dave Durrenberger and Elaine Carpino, Chris Brink and Jill Rundle, and Cindy and Bill Dexter (bottom, left to right).
LEA’s Cumulative LakeSmart Impact
LEA began sponsoring the LakeSmart program in the Lake Region in 2016. We are proud to say that since 2016:
2026 LakeSmart Participants (LakeSmart Awards in bold)
We’d like to thank the owners of the 22 properties below for helping to ensure that the beautiful lakes and ponds of this region stay pristine for generations to come. Eight of these properties earned LakeSmart Awards.
