Ice In - Ice Out

Amazing what a difference a week can make!

Last week this was hard ice from 3/4 to 2" in various spots.

Buoys Fall Pull Out

Saturday October 28 Carl, Andrew, Will and Captain Mary removed the 30 + buoys from Hancock Pond.

A big thanks to Mary for use of boat and Captains services, Dick for use of beach and of course all of you pictured here.

 Andrew's cheery face.

Carl cleaning a buoy with beach sand.

Dirty buoys in Will & Mary's pontoon boat with Andrew's back.

 Storing a cleaned buoy near Dick's cabin

Will, Andrew & Carl onboard the boat en route to retrieve more buoys

Will cleaning a buoy.

Water Level

I checked the Dam gate Saturday am and the gate was wide open.  These 3 and 4 inch storms are becoming the norm and will cause us to reconsider past practice as a guide for present day management of the dam.


..........Jerry

Boat Inspection Handbook

Narrow Guage History Walk

History Walk Along the Narrow Gauge August 16, 9:00 a.m. Take a walk back in time along the old Narrow Gauge rail bed at the Perley Mills Community Forest, hosted by Loon Echo and the Denmark Conservation Commission. Learn about the little trains that chugged their way from Hiram to Harrison at the turn of the last century. Bring your camera, water and proper shoes. Walk will cover 2 miles, approximately 2 hours. Moderate. Come learn more about this exciting regional project! Meet at the trail head at the intersection of Hancock Pond and Swamp Roads in Sebago. For more information, contact Jon Evans at jon@lelt.org.

Milfoil Alert!!

A note from LEA

"Thankful News from Hancock Pond!  Our CBI, Kelly Bowles, intercepted a long strand of variable milfoil coming into the lake.

The boat had just come from Sebago Lake, somewhere on the west shore. We are following up.

Please take heed and pay special attention to out-of-state boats and boats from infested Maine lakes, especially Sebago and Arrowhead.

Thanks,

Peter"

Loon Count Report 2013

Barbara Tomaskovic-Devey gave a brief report at the annual meeting.  Here is link to the data she used for the meeting........ Nicely done!

Loon Count Report 2013 Power Point

Loon Count Report 2013 PDF

I posted in two different formats......  both have the same information but one may work better for you than the other.The Power Point is smaller and will load faster but the PDF is more universal and will load slower.