It’s been a cold and snowy winter so far on the lake. The snow started in December and keeps on coming, with about six feet on the ground, including the recent Valentine’s Day blizzard. And it’s been cold, with below average temperatures for most the month (many nights bel ...
Ever wonder what happens on the lake over the cold winter months – ice fishing for one! Over the past few years, Boy Scout Troop 875 has hosted an ice fishing derby on Watchic Lake. This year the event will be held on Saturday February 21 from 7:00 am till 3:00 pm. Registra ...
During summer and fall of 2014, Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), expanded their loon monitoring efforts to include Watchic Lake. With the help of local residents granting lake access, BRI captured and banded three adults on the lake, after they had chicks. Each adult has a ...
More photos from Donal Drew. Winter arrived at Watchic on Thanksgiving weekend. And the ice begins to form. ...
Donal Drew sent along this picture of the cold fog rolling in over Watchic Lake. Quoting from Carl Sandburg “The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.” We all can’t wait to spring! ...
Recently a Watchic Lake homeowner developed and mailed a short letter to all Watchic Lake property owners regarding the recent death of a baby loon. The letter, included here, was reminding us how we can all help avoid future such occurrences. The Maine Audubon poster they includ ...
Members of the Watchic Lake Association regularly check for invasive plants when they are out on the lake (many are Maine certified). Recently a volunteer spotted something concerning. They took a sample and sent it off for analysis by the Water Resource Specialist at Portland Wa ...
Tom Atwell has been writing the Maine Gardener column at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram since 2004. He recently did a nice article on the responsibilities we all have when owning lakefront property. Much of Tom’s information has be mentioned in some for ...
The Portland Water District is dedicated to helping all of us better maintain our lakefront property and thus the quality of our lakes. They remind us that vegetated buffers of trees, shrubs and groundcover plants catch sediment and other pollution before it reaches lakes or stre ...
We are fortunate to have a pair of loon families on the lake. However, we recently learned that we’ve lost one of the island loon juveniles. This was discovered by a resident returning to their camp for Labor Day. The Maine Center for Loon Conservation has been contacted ab ...
🦩Saturday, July 18, was the Maine Audubon Loon Count. Over 400 lakes across the state (and more acro...
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🤝 Sunday, July 12 – WLA Annual Meeting, 10 am at the Outpost on Rt 113 🪺 Saturday, July 18...
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