🤝 Sunday, July 12 – WLA Annual Meeting, 10 am at the Outpost on Rt 113 🪺 Saturday, July 18 – Annual Audubon Loon Count, 7 am. Contact Kim and Steve Lajoie to join. 🎉 Saturday, August 1 – WLA Beach Social at Kiwanis! Games, food, fun – please come out and h ...
The WLA is hosting a Buffer Planting and Yellow Iris Removal Workshop on June 13, 11 am at Watchic Rd 5A. Plants are from Whaleback Nursery in Limington, who will be on hand to provide education on the importance of planting native species along the ...
🧊 The ice is out and the dam is closed for 2026! Ice out was officially called on Thursday, April 2. 🌊 The dam gate was closed at 1:50 pm on Friday, April 3. Check out the new staff gage to the left of the gate! This will allow anyone to see the relative water level of the lake, ...
The WLA and Standish Fish and Game will be providing another Boater Safety Course at the Kiwanis Beach Clubhouse on Saturday May 16th. For more details and to sign up, click here. Reminder: A person born on or after January 1, 1999, may not operate a motorboat greater than twenty ...
The Watchic Lake dam gate will be opened around November 1, 2025 (plus or minus a few days depending on weather) for the winter. Following the opening, the lake level will drop to its winter level over the course of about two to four weeks. Lowering the lake level protects our sh ...
Congratulations to Eileen and David Burnell, celebrating 35 years as certified lake monitors with Lake Stewards of Maine (formerly the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program). Eileen and David have been collecting water quality data on Watchic since the 1970s. Because of them, we have ...
September 15-19 is SepticSmart week! This is a national initiative led by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Here are some ways to be SepticSmart: 1. Schedule regular inspections and pumping – have your system inspected by a licensed professional every 3 years. 2. Prac ...
Did you receive a native seed packet at the WLA Annual Meeting? Are you interested in learning more about planting native plants to help reduce erosion around the lake? Join us for a Seed Sowing Workshop hosted by the Education Committee, and learn how to prep your seeds for wint ...
Join us on September 9 at 5:30 pm for a special Zoom presentation by James Reddoch, Manager of the Look Out for Loons Program. Although loon nesting season is over for this year, now is a good time to think about the loons on Watchic Lake and discuss steps to ensure our waters of ...
Join the Standish Fish and Game Club and Standish Kiwanis Club at the 1st Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta! This exciting, family-friendly event will take place on Saturday, September 6th, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Kiwanis Beach on Watchic Lake in Standish, Maine. The Ca ...
🤝 Sunday, July 12 – WLA Annual Meeting, 10 am at the Outpost on Rt 113 🪺 Saturday, July 18...
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