Our summer lake science assistant Miles Hagedorn (Bates College) collecting water samples on East Pond.
Air temperatures are starting to cool off, and the lakes are soon to follow. This might be the last “Summer” water quality update, but we will continue our monitoring until ice begins to form (and we sample through the ice once it’s thick enough too!), and will be reporting what we see regularly. To view the latest water quality report, you can download the pdf below, or stop by the Belgrade Farmer’s Market at the 7 Lakes Alliance office this Sunday 8am-1pm.
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7 Lakes Alliance
Conserving the lands and waters of the Belgrade Lakes Region
Great Meadow Stream
June 4
On June 16, 2022, the decade-old infestation of variable-leaf milfoil in Great Meadow Stream received an herbicide treatment. Treatments of this kind are never expected to be the silver bullet
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Invasive Species Alert
May 30
Patches of invasive aquatic plant, curly-leaf pondweed, have been found off the Northeast shore of Pomleau Island. This rapidly growing pondweed is native to Eurasia and lacks natural checks and
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Atlantic Salmon Released
May 22
The Atlantic Salmon fry we hatched at the 7 Lakes building were released on Monday in the Sandy River, with the help of Lawrence High School students. Central Maine media
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Raising Endangered Atlantic Salmon
March 4
This February, 7 Lakes received 200 Atlantic Salmon eggs from Green Lake National Fish Hatchery in Ellsworth as a part of the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s Fish Friends Program. Maine has
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What exactly IS Shoreland Zoning?
September 24
If you live on a lake, you have probably run across the term Shoreland Zoning. Maybe you were thinking about sprucing up your property and had to redraft your plans
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Hidden Gems
August 15
7 Lakes Alliance maintains over 20 miles of trails in the Belgrade Lakes watershed, often with the cooperation of other organizations, like Maine’s Bureau of Parks and Lands. Trails like
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North Pond Algae Advisory 7/9/24
July 10
This persistent hot weather has continued to worsen the water quality conditions on North Pond. Today, the water clarity, measured by Secchi Disk Transparency, was only 3 ft and there
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Invasive Curly-Leaf Pondweed Update
July 1
As the Belgrade Lakes Watershed prepares for its population to double from seasonal residents and visitors, there is one population that is rapidly decreasing: curly-leaf pondweed. Curly-leaf is an invasive
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Great Meadow Stream
June 4
On June 16, 2022, the decade-old infestation of variable-leaf milfoil in Great Meadow Stream received an herbicide treatment. Treatments of this kind are never expected to be the silver bullet
Keep Reading
Invasive Species Alert
May 30
Patches of invasive aquatic plant, curly-leaf pondweed, have been found off the Northeast shore of Pomleau Island. This rapidly growing pondweed is native to Eurasia and lacks natural checks and
Keep Reading
Atlantic Salmon Released
May 22
The Atlantic Salmon fry we hatched at the 7 Lakes building were released on Monday in the Sandy River, with the help of Lawrence High School students. Central Maine media
Keep Reading
Raising Endangered Atlantic Salmon
March 4
This February, 7 Lakes received 200 Atlantic Salmon eggs from Green Lake National Fish Hatchery in Ellsworth as a part of the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s Fish Friends Program. Maine has
Keep Reading
What exactly IS Shoreland Zoning?
September 24
If you live on a lake, you have probably run across the term Shoreland Zoning. Maybe you were thinking about sprucing up your property and had to redraft your plans
Keep Reading
Hidden Gems
August 15
7 Lakes Alliance maintains over 20 miles of trails in the Belgrade Lakes watershed, often with the cooperation of other organizations, like Maine’s Bureau of Parks and Lands. Trails like
Keep Reading