SUN JOURNAL • January 9, 2022
As a child, lake scientist Scott Williams loved being on or in or near the water at his grandparents’ camp in Oxford County. His curiosity led him to a career in limnology — the study of inland aquatic ecosystems. Williams, 73, retired recently from his position as executive director of Lake Stewards of Maine, a nonprofit that has trained some 5,000 volunteers to monitor lakes and ponds over the past 26 years. But he is not fully retired. He will continue part time as senior program adviser and staff limnologist for the group, formerly the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program under the Lakes Division of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.