Biography of Michael R. Martin
Certified Lake Manager
Michael Martin is the president
of Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC. Prior to founding Cedar Eden, Michael
was the Senior Project Scientist for F. X. Browne, Inc. Michael has a degree
in Botany from the University of New Hampshire, specializing in limnology
and phycology. Michael is regional director of the North American
Lake Management Society (NALMS), and also long time member of the American
Fisheries Society and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
He is also a member and former regional director of New York’s NALMS Chapter,
the NY Federation of Lake Associations.
Michael was the founding Executive Director of the Adirondack Aquatic Institute (AAI) and served in that capacity from September 1992 through January 2000. While at AAI, he helped establish a volunteer lake monitoring program (Adirondack Lake Assessment Program) and created a Adirondack Park-wide Geographic Information System containing a near-complete database of water quality & management information on Park lakes. Prior to establishing AAI, Michael was the manager of the Water Quality Group and Geographic Information System coordinator for F. X. Browne, Inc. He began his career as an environmental scientists for the NH Department of Environmental Services. While in that position, he co-founded the Department’s citizen lake monitoring program and developed its computerized water quality database. During the past fifteen years, he has collected, analyzed, and interpreted data and developed long-term lake and watershed management programs on hundreds of lakes and ponds throughout New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, and Indiana. He has written over 50 publications and reports on lake and watershed management, lake restoration, and the effects of acid precipitation.
“We live in a time where we must act as stewards of our environment, to preserve and protect what we have, and to restore what we have damaged. Environmental protection happens locally. Lake residents, lake associations, municipalities, and watershed groups are active in volunteer monitoring programs and influencing important local water quality management decisions. My broad experience gives me a unique and valuable perspective. My work with lake associations across the region has given me a good grasp of the many issues they face, from algae blooms and Eurasian milfoil to jet skis and zebra mussels. Public interaction has always been important to me and I vow to be active, visible, and accessible throughout the region.