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MPA 2024 Annual Meeting Slide Deck

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SAVE THE DATE! — Saturday, July 12, 2025 — Moose Pond Association Annual Meeting

“SAVE THE DATE – Saturday, July 12, 2025, at 9:00a – The MPA’s Annual Meeting will be taking place earlier this year and will be held in its traditional location ...
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Moose Pond Association's 2025 Annual Meeting.

SAVE THE DATE - Saturday, July 12, 2025 - Tap to learn more…
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Moose Pond-Bridgton

Moose Pond


7:05 pm,

Nov 6, 2024


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64°F
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Humidity Humidity:


76 %





Wind Wind:


6 mph



Wind Gust Wind Gust:


21 mph



Clouds Clouds:

89%



Visibility Visibility:

10 km


Sunrise Sunrise:

6:26 am

Sunset Sunset:

4:26 pm


Weather from OpenWeatherMap

Links to other sites with great information:

  • Lakes Environment Association
  • Loon Echo Land Trust
  • Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
  • Town of Bridgton

What You Should Know…

This is quick news from us and around Maine.

An Update on LD 693 Protecting Wildlife from Wake Boat Impacts

by Shawn Hagerty • MPA board member Wake Boats, if used improperly, can have a negative impact on our lake and its wildlife. When operated too close to shore or ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Why I Joined the MPA Board: Calling the Next Generation of Lake Stewards

by Josh Harrington • MPA board member Call out sentence: I would encourage anyone who lives on or near Moose Pond and loves our special lake as much as I ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Moose Pond: LakeSmart Report

by Roy Lambert • Regional Lakesmart coordinator LakeSmart is a program that teaches property owners how to manage their property(s) to reduce or eliminate storm water runoff and related erosion ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Three White Mountain Hiking Loops Within 45 Minutes of Moose Pond

by Ruth Wyman Neagle • Treasurer of the MPA board The Baldfaces from Blueberry Ridge Thinking of taking your hiking adventures further afield than Pleasant Mountain in our own backyard? The ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Swollen Bladderwort Found in Nearby Little Ossipee Lake

by Mark Patterson • MPA board member  Distant view of a Swollen Bladderwort infestation Close-up view of a Swollen Bladderwort infestation Some of you may have seen the disturbing news ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Message From The President – Winter 2023

Happy holidays! I hope this latest version of the MPA’s Moose Pond Matters newsletter finds you happy and well. I want to start by thanking our paying members for their ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Order your Personalized Moose Pond Association Home Sign

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  • 22 Oct 2020
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Maine Boater Safety Handbook.

by Boat Ed, A Division of Kalkomey Enterprises, LLC We discovered this official boating handbook on-line and we wanted to share it with you. The handbook introduces you to Maine ...
  • 31 Jan 2020
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Moose Pond Association (MPA) is primarily funded through donations and annual memberships, which are tax deductible. All the funding collected by MPA supports projects on Moose Pond only. MPA needs your donation or annual membership to be able to continue these important projects and to make sure our mission and goals are met. Please make a donation or become a member. Also visit our "Cool Stuff" page for merchandise you can purchase and help fund our mission. MPA is a 501c3 Non-Profit corporation.

Current News

Take a look at all that has been done!

An Update on LD 693 Protecting Wildlife from Wake Boat Impacts

by Shawn Hagerty • MPA board member Wake Boats, if used improperly, can have a negative impact on our lake and its wildlife. When operated too close to shore or ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
  • 0

Why I Joined the MPA Board: Calling the Next Generation of Lake Stewards

by Josh Harrington • MPA board member Call out sentence: I would encourage anyone who lives on or near Moose Pond and loves our special lake as much as I ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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The MPA’s Lake Section Captain Initiative Update

by Zach Clayton • MPA board member Over the summer, we sent approximately 100 pictures and delivered more than a dozen plant samples to LEA. You may have seen someone ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Moose Pond: LakeSmart Report

by Roy Lambert • Regional Lakesmart coordinator LakeSmart is a program that teaches property owners how to manage their property(s) to reduce or eliminate storm water runoff and related erosion ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Three White Mountain Hiking Loops Within 45 Minutes of Moose Pond

by Ruth Wyman Neagle • Treasurer of the MPA board The Baldfaces from Blueberry Ridge Thinking of taking your hiking adventures further afield than Pleasant Mountain in our own backyard? The ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Swollen Bladderwort Found in Nearby Little Ossipee Lake

by Mark Patterson • MPA board member  Distant view of a Swollen Bladderwort infestation Close-up view of a Swollen Bladderwort infestation Some of you may have seen the disturbing news ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Houseboats? On Moose Pond?

by Bill Dexter • MPA board member Houseboats are becoming an increasingly popular form of rental property There’s an accelerating trend nationwide, where houseboat owners moor their vessels to use ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Message From The President – Winter 2023

Happy holidays! I hope this latest version of the MPA’s Moose Pond Matters newsletter finds you happy and well. I want to start by thanking our paying members for their ...
  • 16 Dec 2023
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Courtesy Boat Inspector Program Update

by steve petter • MPA board member Each year, members donate more than $30K to the MPA to help protect Moose Pond from invasive species, monitor lake health, educate property ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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Does Moose Pond (Bridgton’s Lakes) Need a Marine Safety Officer?

by scott frame • MPA board member In recent years, the MPA has received an increasingly large number of complaints related to discourteous boating behavior and the negative impact it ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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LakeSmart: Promotes Lake-Friendly Landscaping

by bill dexter • mpa board member Did you know that PHOSPHORUS is one of the more damaging substances that makes its way into Moose Pond? It is. An excess ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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Lake Health Statistics for Moose Pond: What Gets Measured and Why

by bill monroe • mpa board member  Most readers will know that the Lake Environmental Association (LEA) is an essential partner to the MPA in the pond protection process. We ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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The Importance of the Sleep-Away Summer Camps on Moose Pond

by zach clayton • mpa board member Moose Pond has always been a popular place for locals and tourists alike. In any season, the lake and its surrounding mountains offer ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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Message from the president

Happy holidays to all of you. I hope this latest version of the MPA’s Moose Pond Matters newsletter finds you happy and well. I want to thank our paying members ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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The MPA’s Lake Section Captain Initiative: 

Extra Protection for Moose Pond by shawn hagerty – mpa board member The MPA recently launched a new initiative to enhance our efforts to protect the lake we love from ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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Loon Population & Protection on Moose Pond!

by richard niedel – mpa board member What a privilege it was to watch a newborn loon develop into a juvenile this summer. This maturation was documented daily through the ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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The Devastating Impact of Invasive Plants

Our Field Trip to Arrowhead Lake by laurie vance – mpa Vice President Back in July, MPA President Chip Wendler and LEA Executive Director Colin Holme organized an outing for ...
  • 02 Jan 2023
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Photographing Loons and Other Wildlife

By Nancy Murphy campbell – Middle Basin Photographing loons is one of my favorite activities. I experience a deep sense of peace when I’m quietly sitting and watching them from ...
  • 10 Jan 2022
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MPA and LEA: Partners in the Pond Protection Process

by Steve Petter • North Basin resident • Board member since 2021 • four years on the lake by Bill Muir • Biddle Basin resident • Board member since 2016 ...
  • 10 Jan 2022
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LakeSmart: Helping You to Help Protect Our Lake

by Bill Dexter • Middle Basin resident • MPA board member since 2019 • 50+ years on the lake As the local LakeSmart reps for Moose Pond, my sister and ...
  • 10 Jan 2022
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Our Mission

Moose Pond Association's (MPA) mission is to help maintain and improve the quality of life on Moose Pond allowing all to enjoy the lake for many generations to come.

Eco System

See information on how you can keep our lake’s eco system in good balance.

Self Training

Each year, Moose Pond offers classes and reading materials so you know how to keep our lake clean!

The Lake‘s Health

We welcome all input on what our group can do to maintain and improve the quality of life around Moose Pond and the health of the lake itself.
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Recent Projects

  • All
  • Area Improvements
  • Recent Projects
  • Water Quality
  • Research
  • Watershed
  • Erosion
Area Improvements, Recent Projects

Moose Pond Dam Repair Update

Area Improvements

Guardrails to replace causeway granite 

Water Quality

Advanced Water Testing Initiatives

Area Improvements

Maine DOT Improving Route 302

Research

Research Reveals Algae in Moose Pond

Watershed

Stabilizing the Moose Pond Watershed

Erosion

Controlling Erosion on Caruso Island

Meet Our Board of Directors:

Zach Clayton
Middle Basin 30+ years on the lake
Bill Dexter
Middle Basin 50+ years on the lake
Josh Harrington
South Basin 30+ years on the lake
Paul Dwyer
Middle Basin 40+ years on the lake
Scott Frame
Middle Basin 40+ years on the lake
Shawn Hagerty
Middle Basin 2+ years on the lake
Bill Monroe
North Basin 3+ years on the lake
Bill Muir
Middle Basin 6+ years on the lake
Anne Munstedt
Clerk
South Basin 20+ years on the lake
Ruth Wyman Neagle
Treasurer
Middle Basin 50+ years on the lake
Richard Niedel
South Basin 50+ years on the lake
Mark Patterson
Middle Basin 40+ years on the lake
Steve Petter
North Basin 4+ years on the lake
Stephanie Carabine Scearce
Lower Basin 30+ years on the lake
Laurie Vance
Vice President
Middle Basin 10+ years on the lake
Chip Wendler
President
Middle Basin Resident 30+ Years on the Lake
We can't do it alone!


Attention Boat Owner’s

LEA (Lakes Environment Association)
Do you have a boat and some free time in the early sprint/late fall? LEA is looking for a volunteer to ferry the monitors on Moose Pond during the fringe ...

Brian Cushing

Brian Cushing
Boat inspecting is like being a lifeguard. You have to always be vigilant, for the rare time a swimmer might be in trouble, or in this case, a boat is ...

A big thank you to Jason Poulin!

Web Devoloper
In July 2020, inspector Jaden Poulin discovered a fragment of suspicious plant material on a boat that was coming from Lake Sebago to Moose Pond. The plant was identified as ...

Thank you volunteers for your time!

Web Devoloper
Volunteers gathered on the west shore of the middle basin and walked the properties and shoreline along Mountain Road. Volunteers document unhelpful erosion sites during the spring 2020 moose pond ...
Help us keep our lake clean!

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