a little taste of what’s fresh
New Gloucester, Maine – Water quality monitoring at Sabbathday Lake adds to the long-term dataset and allows for analysis of both long and short-term water quality trends.
Franklin, Maine – A Watershed-Based Management Plan for Georges Pond provides clear goals and strategies for preventing future nuisance algal blooms in the pond by inactivating phosphorus in the lake’s bottom sediments and reducing phosphorus loading from developed land in the watershed.
Franklin, Maine – A grant funded watershed projection project helped reduce soil erosion and nonpoint source pollution in the Georges Pond watershed.
Eastbrook & Franklin, Maine – This second phase of watershed protection work at Abrams Pond resulted in a significant reduction in pollution from gravel roads and driveways, a strong emphasis on raising public awareness about water quality, and formation of a neighborhood erosion control work force.
Aroostook County, Maine – A Watershed-Based Management Plan provides a 10-year plan for strategies for improving water quality in the highly agricultural Cross Lake watershed.
Oakland, Belgrade, and Sidney, Maine – A Watershed-Based Protection Plan provides a 10-year roadmap to protect and improve the water quality in Messalonskee Lake.
Oakland, Belgrade, and Sidney, Maine – A 2021 watershed survey for Messalonskee Lake brought together project partners and documented hundreds of NPS sites that contribute to pollution in the lake.
Wilton, ME – A 2016 watershed survey provides an on-the-ground look at the potential sources of pollution that are affecting changes in the water quality of these lakes.
Belgrade, Mount Vernon, & Rome, Maine – An update to an outdated watershed plan for Long Pond provided local conservation organizations with an overview of the current state of water quality in Long Pond, and a forward thinking action plan to prevent further water quality declines in this impaired lake.
Oakland & Smithfield, ME – An updated watershed management plan breathes new life into existing strategies to prevent algal blooms on East Pond.