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 for future generations as well. We hope you will take some time to read this and share it with your family, friends, and neighbors. This report highlights our work and accomplishments, including stories about two recent major projects in the Belgrade Lakes watershed.
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7 Lakes Alliance
Conserving the lands and waters of the Belgrade Lakes Region
170 Acres Conserved on Long Pond’s Eastern Shore
April 22
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
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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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The Latest Water Quality Report
August 30
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
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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
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