by bill dexter As with many programs this year, LakeSmart** evaluations took a bit of a hiatus due to concerns with the Covid virus – and people very responsibly deciding to hold off on evaluations. With a bit of luck (and lots of folks getting the vaccine!) we hope to have a much busier season
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Watershed Survey 2020
We started this spring with an update of the Moose Pond Watershed Survey. Volunteers gathered on the west shore of the middle basin and walked the properties and shoreline along Mountain Road. The results of the survey can be found on the MPA website. A big thank you to all of the property owners who
Moose Pond Invasive Plant Survey Report
Survey Date: July 17th, 2019 Report Date: 8/22/2019 Personnel: Thomas Chagrasulis, Derek Langadas, Samuel Morton, and Paul Walker. Method: Four snorkelers. General Survey Area: This survey covered the southern basin of Moose Pond. The target area extended 50-75 feet from the shoreline into the littoral zone. The general survey area is highlighted yellow on the
Working to Restore Caruso Island
by Chip Wendler, vice president During the summer months, it is hard to drive across the route 302 causeway without seeing someone taking a picture with the mountain and island in the background. That big mountain and little island appear in countless numbers of family photo albums including my own. Yet, in recent years, Caruso
L.E.A. Annual Water Testing Findings
The Lakes Environmental Association performed their annual water testing for 2019. Each year they test for water clarity, concentrations of phosphorus and chlorophyll. Areas tested were for; Moose Pond Main (Basin 1), Moose Pond South (Basin 3), and Moose Pond North (Basin 4) Their overall findings found that the concentrations of chlorophyll during 2019 were
Planned Erosion Survey
by Cory Dunning, Lakes Environmental Association The landscape surrounding Moose Pond can tell us a lot about the quality of the water. Since the majority of precipitation that replenishes our lakes, ponds, and rivers does not fall directly into them, instead flowing across the surrounding areas, the overall condition of the watershed is one of
Data from the HOBO® Sensors
Just as a taking a person’s temperature helps assess human health, checking water temperature reveals a lot about a lake’s overall health. To get a better idea of temperature patterns in Moose Pond, LEA began monitoring the temperature using in-water data loggers in 2013. The loggers, also known as HOBO® sensors, are small, digital temperature sensors
Moose Pond 2010 Watershed Survey Summary
BACKGROUND The Moose Pond Watershed is located in the towns of Bridgton, Denmark, and Sweden in both Oxford and Cumberland County and has a drainage area of 11,170 acres. According to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Moose Pond has been degraded by polluted runoff in the form of soil erosion, which is the greatest