Watershed News
Androscoggin Lake Updates
Bathymetry Mapping and Sediment Sampling: The EPA collected data in June of 2025 and worked over...
Sharing our successes beyond our watershed
Last month, 30 Mile hosted the Maine Inland Flooding Inter-agency Working Group for them to see...
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Androscoggin Lake Updates
Bathymetry Mapping and Sediment Sampling: The EPA collected data in June of 2025 and worked over...
Sharing our successes beyond our watershed
Last month, 30 Mile hosted the Maine Inland Flooding Inter-agency Working Group for them to see...
30 Mile’s Store is LIVE!
Check out 30 Mile's new store for cozy clothing, camp games and accessories, and other unique...
Reserve your 2024 30 Mile Calendar
Experience the stunning beauty of the watershed year-round while supporting 30 Mile by purchasing...
Thank You 2023 IPP volunteers!
90+ volunteers across nine different lakes and ponds throughout the watershed completed surveys...
Thank You 2023 Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers!
30 Mile staff, alongside 28 dedicated volunteers, monitored water quality in 13 lakes and ponds...
Second flooding event threatens lakes
The flooding in May seemed like an extremely rare event. However, this week, our 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...
Thank You 2023 LakeSmart Participants!
Becoming LakeSmart is one of the best things you can do to protect your lake. To request a FREE...
Thank you 2023 LakeSmart volunteers!
Our work wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated volunteers across all of our programs. This...
Thank you 2023 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...
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...
Photo Credit: Josh Robbins (Banner)