OXFORD A second two-year watershed protection grant project is underway to protect water quality in Hogan and Whitney ponds by reducing erosion that sweeps sediment and phosphorus into the ponds. The project is funded in part by a $77,910 Clean Water Act grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that is administered by the […]
ELLSWORTH — A two-year project is underway to protect the Branch Lake watershed with a focus on Branch Lake and upstream Harriman Pond. Branch Lake is Ellsworth’s public drinking water
On Thursday, October 27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Friends of Lake Winnecook and the Waldo County Soil & Water Conservation District will host a public meeting to update Unity Pond watershed residents living in Troy, Unity, Burnham, and Thorndike,.
Area residents and others with an interest in the lake are urged to participate to help inform a new Unity Pond Watershed-Based Management Plan that will address water quality issues,
The management plan is expected to cost about $3 million over 10 years, with most of the money to come from grants, and aims to reduce the amount of phosphorus in the lake.