The Watchic Lake Association will receive $1 for every Bloomin’ 4 Good Bouquet purchased at the Standish Hannaford’s during the month of September. What a better way to fall than than a gift of flowers, that also helps the lake. ...
The Ice Cream Boat returns the afternoon of Sunday August 20. Listen for that lovely jingle and come out to get your free ice cream and learn about the lake. ...
16 people showed up for a tour of the Watchic Lake dam. They were given a history of the dam (it dates back to the late 1800s) and the more recent renovations. Folks were shown how the dam operates, much like it did two centuries ago using very large and very heavy wrenches. Than ...
The annual Audubon Loon count was also held Saturday, July 15. We had a successful loon count early in the morning. Three new volunteers joined alongside eight seasoned counters. There were quite a few loon sightings. We recorded three loon pairs, four babies and one lone adult l ...
Dam Closed April 5 2023. To address seasonal changes, the dam gate is closed to raise the water level shortly after ice-out, and then opened to lower the water level in early November. 2023 ice out is almost complete. The dam was closed on April 5. The water level will gradually ...
The Watchic Lake Association has been selected again to be a part of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program during the month of March 2023. We hope we can count on you to buy your first, or a few more of the Hannaford Community Reusable Bags during the month of March at the Han ...
During 2022 many Watchic Lake members and visitors made donations to the WLA above and beyond their dues. And a number of members participated in the DEP Section 319 grant and made significant cash match payments to help complete their projects. Thank you to these heroes, for you ...
We are pleased to announce that all work on our Watchic Lake Protection Project has been completed and approved by Maine DEP. Through these projects, an estimated 2.33 tons of sediment and 1.99 pounds of phosphorus will be prevented from washing into Watchic Lake each year. 112.5 ...
Amazon announced that it is winding down it’s AmazonSmile program by February 20, 2023. Purchases made before February 20, 2023, will continue to generate donations from Amazon. The WLA wishes to thank those of you who took advantage of AmazonSmile. Your participation led to near ...
December 2022. Based on analysis done by FB Environmental, sediment and other pollutants entering Watchic Lake will be reduced by over two tons per year. December 2022 In late 2019, the Watchic Lake Association (WLA) with help from FB Environmental developed a watershed protectio ...
The Watchic Lake dam gate will be opened around November 1, 2025 (plus or minus a few days depending...
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Congratulations to Eileen and David Burnell, celebrating 35 years as certified lake monitors with La...
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