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Water Quality Update as of June 2024

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Photo EssayBy David Sandmel I’ve been coming to McGrath Pond and Salmon Lake my entire life. My mother, Frances Fox Sandmel, and my grandmother, Hortense Langsdorf Fox, adored the lakes and the woods. They could identify many of the flora and fauna we encountered, and taught me reverence for the natural world. I also love the lakes – especially exploring them in a kayak, which allows me to go slow and observe closely. I take most of my pictures from the kayak.I bought my first camera in 2012, specifically to photograph on Salmon and McGrath. The camera has helped me…

Photo EssayBy David Sandmel I’ve been coming to McGrath Pond and Salmon Lake my entire life. My mother, Frances Fox Sandmel, and my grandmother, Hortense Langsdorf Fox, adored the lakes and the woods. They could identify many of the flora and fauna we encountered, and taught me reverence for the natural world. I also love the lakes – especially exploring them in a kayak, which allows me to go slow and observe closely. I take most of my pictures from the kayak.I bought my first camera in 2012, specifically to photograph on Salmon and McGrath. The camera has helped me…

McGrath Pond Sampling Program By the MPSLA Water Quality Committee In 2021, MPSLA learned that an important water quality indicator in McGrath Pond is higher than in the other Belgrade Lakes. Further, the trend of the data over time shows this indicator has been rising slowly but steadily in McGrath Pond since the 1970s, with no sign of tapering off. Salmon Lake has some elevation also, which is not surprising, as it receives much of its water from McGrath Pond. The MPSLA Water Quality Committee has been investigating to find the cause. Most Maine lakes have been sampled for basic…