7 Lakes Alliance Seeks YOUR Input: Take our Survey!
Dear Community Members, 7 Lakes Alliance is embarking on a strategic planning process to guide our work in the years ahead. As part of this effort, we are seeking input from our community members and supporters, and invite you to take our Community Survey. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us: Assess our current
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Green blobs in the lake?
If you have been on Great Pond or Long Pond lately, you have probably noticed an increase in large green blobs floating around. These are a type of cyanobacteria called Gloeotrichia. Gloeo can produce toxins, but studies on Great Pond and Long Pond have not detected levels of concern. Throughout North America gloeo has been
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What is THAT? An alien egg?
While Freshwater Bryozoans (class Phylactolaemata) do look other-worldly, they are sessile filter-feeding animals native to the U.S. They can be found east of the Mississippi River, as far north as Ontario and as far south as Florida. The name Bryozoans translates from Latin as “moss animal.” Larger colonies, as pictured here in North Pond, tend
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2025 Colby Student Research Presentations
Every year in late-May, the Lake Science team at 7 Lakes Alliance is joined by a group of summer research students from Colby College to work on research projects across the seven lakes of the Belgrade Lakes Watershed. In addition to helping with our routine monitoring program, the students work closely with us and multiple
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Keep Reading2024 Annual Report
We are excited to share our 2024 Annual Report with you. It highlights many of the watershed wins made possible by your annual donation. Your ongoing support ensures that we have the vital resources needed to protect the beauty and health of this cherished region, not just for our enjoyment today, but
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170 Acres Conserved on Long Pond’s Eastern Shore
We are thrilled to share some incredible news – as of April 16, 2025, thanks to your generous support, 7 Lakes Alliance has officially conserved the 170-acre East Shore of Long Pond (Haynes) parcel, a truly remarkable stretch of undeveloped land along Lower Long Pond. This special property, with 1,250 feet of pristine shoreline, century-old
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