MEGUNTICOOK WATERSHED ASSOCIATION NEWS
UPCOMING EVENTS
2020 Lake Concert!
Ready to get your socially distanced aquatic dance on? Anne and Craig Battle and Lucinda Ziesing are putting on a Lake Concert! The Jason Spooner Band will be performing a free family concert- Friday, August 28 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Similar to past years this...
2020 Ice Out Contest!
The Megunticook Lake Watershed Association is once again sponsoring an “Ice Out” contest. The person who guesses closest to date and time the ice goes out on Megunticook Lake will win a $100.00 gift certificate from Maine Sport and a year’s subscription to the Camden...
Browntail Moth Informational Session Thursday, December 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Coastal Mountains Land Trust Talk: Browntail Moth Informational Session Thursday, December 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm This summer, you and probably a few of your neighbors had the misfortune to experience the dreaded Browntail moth. Come to a talk at the Camden...
Shop MWA
Support MWA and buy one of our Yetis, Baseball Caps, or swim caps. Contact us to purchase. Paul@megunticook.org.
Invasive Forest Pest Workshop – July 27 Merryspring 10AM-Noon
Free Presentation on Invasive Forest Pests Invasive forest pests like emerald ash borer (EAB) and hemlock woolly adelgid are having devastating impacts on Maine’s forests; browntail moth is affecting human health as well as tree health; Asian longhorned beetle with...
Megunticook Watershed Association’s 50th Anniversary Boat Party! July 27th 4PM- 6:30PM
The Megunticook Watershed Association is 50 years Old! Help us Celebrate Please Join Us at a Boat Party! July 27th 4:00 PM- 6:30 PM Location- Off of Camp Rabbit GPS- 44°14’27.94″N 69° 6’30.40″W Water Access Only Music by Just...
Invasive Plant Paddle Workshop July 11, 9 AM-Noon, Bog Bridge Boat Ramp
Your MWA is hosting a free Invasive Aquatic Plant Paddle workshop at the Bog Bridge Boat Ramp on Megunticook Lake, Thursday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to noon, put on by Lake Stewards of Maine. Invasive Aquatic Plant Paddles are three-hour guided explorations that take...
50th Annual Meeting July 16th 7:00 PM Bishopswood Camp
Our Annual Meeting will be held on July 16th at 7:00 PM at Camp Bishopswood. After our usual business meeting we will have a discussion of the Browntail Moth infestation, how bad is it, what worked to lessen the infestation, what didn’t, and possible steps...
MWA NEWS
2020 Lake Concert!
Ready to get your socially distanced aquatic dance on? Anne and Craig Battle and Lucinda Ziesing are putting on a Lake Concert! The Jason Spooner Band will be performing a free family concert- Friday, August 28 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Similar to past years this...
It’s Ice-Out!
Ice-Out! Ice-Out was called at 6:30 PM last Friday, March 27th. A stiff northwest breeze chewed up the last remaining ice in the central part of Megunticook Lake and I could navigate the patrol boat from the dams to the Ken Bailey Bridge (the definition of Ice-Out on...
2020 Early Spring
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March in the Watershed
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WILDLIFE
Mid-Winter Report
Here’s Warden Dale’s Mid-Winter Report Mid-winter in the Megunticook Watershed is a fabulous time to get out and shake those blues. The temperatures may be cold but if you dress properly it’s fun to play on the ice. While skating, fishing or just...
Loon Count 2018
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Plan to Plant a Buffer, or Beef up an Existing One!
One of the best things you can do for the health of your lake or pond is to protect the edge. Protect The Edge. That should be a bumper sticker. If you have grass or dirt going down to water, that’s a bad thing. Even worse if it’s on a slope. With every rain,...
Early Spring 2020 PHOTOS
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