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Maine Lakes Hate One Thing More Than Any Other....Rolling, Sloping Lawns.

maine lakeshore scene, drews lake maine view

Picture this.

You are out in a kayak, skimming the water around a pristine, uninhabited lake in Maine. What hits you is no camps dangling on the edge of the water, no lawn right down to the shores edge. natural bushes, trees. But no sign of man, weed and feed, or pressure treated docks.

 Man messes up a lake, and lawns are the number one thing that lakes, if they could talk would gurgle angry excitement about. Many Maine lakes have local boards of folks to be pro-active not reactive to pressures that can kill or spoil a lake. The Drews Lakes Property Owner's Association (DLPOA) is a member of the Congress of Lakes  Organization(Cola) an holds yearly meetings. In the past few years a $60,000 grant from the soil and water conservation district  has helped with erosion of the roadways and undersized or missing culverts.  Another grant has helped with adding vegetation and local soil stablization to protect the lake from silt, phosphorous and other non-source point pollution.

Watersheds, wood cutting operations miles away and water racing to the lake, contaminants being brought in thru streams all mess up the water quality for fish, swimmers, loons, everyone that enjoys a clean, milfoil free Maine lake.

This year's meeting is at the New Limerick town office, July 7th, at 6:30. We are lucky to have Bill Hersey, a well known local Maine soil tester/site evalulator on board to talk about the do's and don'ts and septic regulations in a Maine  shoreland zone.

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Protecting Maine's Resources, Being Good Steward to Our 6000 Lakes!

Posted Wednesday Jul 01
( 07/01/09 09:29AM ) — Eric Villaverde

Thanks for sharing your information with me this morning. Best of luck to you!

Eric...what was the post about and what was your two cents you could add about lake life, your experience with waterfront?

( 07/03/09 11:28AM ) — Dan Magstadt

LOL at the above!!


That is a beautiful lake - You're slowly convincing me that I need to come to Maine for my next vacation!!



Have a great 4th!


Dan


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