In mid-October, water levels in Moose Pond began to drop as the gates of the dam in Denmark were opened. Denmark Public Works Director Ken Richardson said he keeps the water high through the fall foliage season when people still like to get out boating, but then begins dropping the lake level a vertical foot

For decades, Harold “Hal” Arthur has been ferrying monitors to test the water quality of Moose Pond. In his aluminum boat, Hal takes them to two sites—one off of Camp Winona and the other in the north basin. “I love the lake and trying to do the little bit I can to help keep it pristine,”

Welcome to our first newsletter. On the surface, Moose Pond and the shoreline may look much the same, but a lot has happened this past year and we want to share the news with you. The biggest event was that variable-leaf milfoil was found clinging to a boat trailer entering Moose Pond. It was removed by

On a routine Sunday morning shift as a Courtesy Boat Inspector, Brian Cushing found a piece of variable-leaf milfoil hanging from a boat trailer preparing to launch into Moose Pond. Variable-leaf milfoil, or Myriophyllum heterophyllum, is an invasive plant that has been found growing in eighteen southern Maine lakes, but not Moose Pond. The motor boat,

A small project that should have a big effect was done this fall near the bridge that connects the north and south basins. The work was don just to the west of Sabattus Island, midway across the causeway. A sandy, eroded area that has been used as a foot path and also as an old

The MPA’s Float in Bridgton’s Fourth of July Parade won the Judges’ Choice Award.