
Owner, Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC
Glens Falls, New York Area

Owner, Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC
Glens Falls, New York Area
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 has served as a regional director and as president 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 twenty 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.
lake management, lake restoration, watershed management, water quality monitoring, environmental stewardship, geographic information systems, environmental planning, environmental grant writing
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Environmental Services industry)
September 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)
Cedar Eden Environmental specializes in lake and watershed management (water quality monitoring, aquatic plant mapping & management, restoration & management plans, permitting) and the design, implementation and management of Geographic Information System (GIS) projects for Environmental Resource and Natural Features Inventories, Municipal Wastewater and Comprehensive Management Plans, Agricultural Environmental Management, Watershed Management, Regional Water Quality Assessment, and Land Use Mapping.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Environmental Services industry)
November 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 1 month)
(Environmental Services industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year )
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Environmental Services industry)
September 1992 — January 2000 (7 years 5 months)
Lake and watershed research institute dedicated to protecting and preserving lakes within the Adirondack Park, particularly with respect to human impacts and pollution (road salt, nutrient pollution from septic systems and development)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Environmental Services industry)
1989 — August 1992 (3 years )
Environmental Science 1990 — 1992
non-matriculated Master's coursework
BS Botany , Limnology, Phycology , 1978 — 1984
American Fisheries Society, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, American Society for Photogrametry and Remote Sensing, Indiana Lake Management Society, New England Association of Environmental Biologists, New York Federation of Lake Associations, North American Lake Management Society, New York Rural Water Association
• North American Lake Management Society 2001 Technical Excellence Award for Public Education and Research
• New York State Conservation Districts Employees Association Special Award for non-District Employees
• Strathmore's Who's Who Registry of Business Leaders 1997/1998
• State of New Hampshire 110% Club - service & dedication award
• GEODYSSEY, 1990 - One of only 100 winners worldwide, awarded by Autodesk, ESRI & International Geographic Information Foundation for demonstration of desktop GIS technology