All Lake Regions of Maine – Page 4 – Mr. Lake Front

May 1, 2015

Lyme Disease Awareness for Maine Lakefront Property Owners

Summertime and Life is Great on Mousam Lake in Maine by Leigh Macmillen Hayes As Maine lakefront property owners, you want to be outside enjoying your lot overlooking your favorite lake or pond. From experience, we know that deer ticks, which transmit Lyme disease, […]

April 24, 2015

Residents Work To Restore Fishways For Anadromous Species On Maine Rivers and Streams

Skyblue Pink Reflection on Cobbossee Lake by Leigh Macmillen HayesAs Maine lakefront property owners, it’s important that we recognize the key role native fisheries have played in our local economies—providing both food and bait.Since colonial times, the damming of streams and rivers throughout the state to […]

April 17, 2015

Ponds Sing Spring Songs In Maine’s Lakes Regions

Summer Serenity Spot on Highland Lake, Bridgton, Maine by Leigh Macmillen Hayes Maine lakefront property owners know that one of the signs of spring is the sound of wood frogs and spring peepers at nearby vernal pools. Certainly, you’ve listened to the “wruck” of a wood […]

April 10, 2015

Maine DEP Announces Changes to Chapter 1000 Guidelines Under the Nonconforming Structures Expansion Section

End of a summer day on Mousam Lake, Shapleigh, Maine Maine lakefront property owners will be pleased to note that the Maine DEP has updated information about choices under the nonconforming structures expansion section of Chapter 1000 Guidelines. We appreciate that Michael Morse, assistant shore […]

April 3, 2015

Maine Land Trusts Benefit Lakefront Properties

Colorful Tapestry on Phillips Lake, Dedham, Maine by Leigh Macmillen HayesAs lakefront property owners, we want above average water quality and we want to be close to nature. That’s not too much to ask for, is it?Maine would be a different place without its lakes and […]

March 27, 2015

Regulations Protect Water Quality for Maine Lakefront Properties

Summertime on Damariscotta Lake, Maine by Leigh Macmillen HayesAs Maine Lakefront property owners, we know you value the resource that is right out your door. Lakes with average to above average water quality are highly valued resources.Water quality is important for several reasons. Low water quality […]

February 27, 2015

Chandler Woodcock Keynote Speaker at Sixteenth Annual Maine Milfoil Summit

Sky Blue Pink Reflection on Annabessacook Lake in Maine by Leigh Macmillen HayesThe 16th Annual Milfoil Summit hosted by Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) took place at the Lewiston/Auburn Campus of USM.Peter Lowell, executive director of LEA opened the summit with a review of its history, which […]

February 15, 2015

Little Ossipee Lake, Waterboro, and Moose Pond, Bridgton: Trophy Fishing in Maine Lakes

Trophy Fishing Awaits When You Own Lakefront Property On Little Ossipee Lake, Waterboro, Maine Fish, like trout and salmon, need the oxygen in the deeper, cooler water of Maine’s lakes and ponds in order to survive. Too much algae growing in the warmer surface water may […]

February 12, 2015

Freshwater Fish in Maine Lakes, Ponds, Rivers and Streams

Ah, A Summer Day on Brandy Pond, Naples, Maine Fishing is a favorite pastime of many Maine lakefront property owners. Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, to 44 inchesIntroduced near the end of the 19th century as game fish.The coloration of rainbow trout is variable–the dorsal surface ranges […]