Watershed News
First LakeSmart property on Kimball Pond!
With our goal of bringing the LakeSmart program to every lake and pond in the watershed, we are...
LakeSmart: Landowner Education for Healthier Lakes
Becoming LakeSmart is one of the best things you can do to protect your lake. To request a FREE...
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Receive our newsletter – Watershed Roundup – in your inbox each month. Along with the stories captured here, the newsletter features upcoming events and updates from across the Watershed.
First LakeSmart property on Kimball Pond!
With our goal of bringing the LakeSmart program to every lake and pond in the watershed, we are...
LakeSmart: Landowner Education for Healthier Lakes
Becoming LakeSmart is one of the best things you can do to protect your lake. To request a FREE...
Thank you LakeSmart volunteers!
Our work wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated volunteers across all of our programs. This...
Thank you CBI volunteers!
Our work wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated volunteers across all of our programs. This...
Tax Savings Opportunities
As you plan your year-end giving, consider a gift of appreciated securities (stocks, bonds, mutual...
Pocasset Lake Watershed Survey complete
On September 28th, we completed the Pocasset Lake Watershed Survey. Fourteen volunteers led by six...
Building renovations to begin soon! Volunteers needed
Now that our busy summer field season is wrapping up, we are ready to begin renovations of our...
Bathymetric mapping of our lakes underway
Thanks to a grant from the John Sage Foundation, we are now able to begin collecting data to build...
2023 Photo Contest Winners
CONGRATULATIONS to our Summer 2023 Photo Contest winners!Click on a photo to enlarge it.This...
FUNDED: Androscoggin Lake Watershed Protection Project, Phase I
Following the Androscoggin Lake watershed survey in 2022, 30 Mile developed a watershed-based...
Androscoggin Lake Water Quality Update
Water Clarity (Secchi Disk Transparency) as of 10/10/23 in Androscoggin Lake has slightly improved...
Welcome to the Board, Beth Trehu
Beth Trehu has joined 30 Mile’s Board as the representative from Vienna. After many years of...
Androscoggin Lake Bloom FAQ’s
FAQs about the Androscoggin Lake Algal Bloom: Are we going to see this every year? We do not yet...
Pull the drain plug: It’s the law!
The bill requiring boats to be drained before entering waterbodies is now law! This important bill...
New Volunteers Trained on Pocasset Lake
On August 23rd, 30 Mile led an aquatic plant workshop for new invasive plant patrol volunteers on...
Update on Invasive Bladderwort in Tilton Pond
On September 7th, a team of 12 of us, including two of our staff, three DEP staff, and seven...
Pocasset Lake Watershed Survey: September 28, 2023
Notification letters have now been sent to all landowners in the Pocasset Lake Watershed....
What looks like tapioca in Parker Pond?
Have you seen something that looks like tapioca floating in the lake? It is likely Gloeotrichia...
New Documentary on Invasive Plants in Maine
Variable Leaf Milfoil (VLM), the same invasive aquatic plant species that is in Androscoggin Lake,...
Androscoggin Lake Again Suffers from Algal Bloom
Conditions on Androscoggin Lake have now reached “lake-wide algal bloom” status, with the most...
Celebrating Seasonal Staff
We have wrapped up another great summer with our seasonal staff - 9 total - all vital to...
July is Lakes Appreciation Month
To focus attention on the value of lakes and the threats they face, the North American Lake...
Invasive Plant Found in Tilton Pond
Last week, we confirmed the presence of an invasive aquatic plant, Utricularia inflata, commonly...
YCC Crew Protecting Water Quality Across the Watershed
Last week, we wrapped up our 11th Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) season! Our YCC season runs for...
What’s that in the water?
An alien brain? Space egg? It's a Bryozoan! Freshwater Bryozoan (class Phylactolaemata) are...
Fighting Invasive Milfoil in Androscoggin Lake – Volunteers Needed
Since early June, we have been working hard to remove the Variable Leaf Milfoil (VLM) in the Inner...
Save the Date: Pocasset Lake Watershed Survey September 28th
This fall, 30 Mile and the Pocasset Lake Association (PLA) will conduct a survey of the Pocasset...
Photo Credit: Josh Robbins (Banner)