Tips to Protect Our Lakes This Winter
Aquatic Invasive Species Can Still Spread During Winter The risk of spreading invasive aquatic species between waterbodies doesn’t go away when our lakes ice over. Invasive aquatic plants, like variable-leaf
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2025 Invasive Aquatics Program Summary
7 Lakes Alliance leads the charge in preventing, detecting, and managing invasive aquatic species in the Belgrade Lakes watershed. Our robust Invasive Aquatics Program works closely with the Department of
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7 Lakes Alliance is the science-based conservation organization for the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine. This presentation shares highlights and accomplishments of our 2025 season to date. Hear from our
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Invasive Curly-Leaf Pondweed Update
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
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
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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