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ADOPT YOUR SHORELINE 2020 PROGRAM– Pam Wilkinson Where are you Located? Become a Plant Patroller. WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The milfoil program cannot survey the 30 plus miles of the littoral shoreline (area the sun can reach the bottom of the lake), plus the island littoral zones, for variable milfoil and any other possible invasive threat all on its own. We need your eyes and thought we would reach out to you to survey your shoreline for any changes under water. This will be a fun way to learn what is native in your area and what is invasive. Volunteers are needed to expand this program. Training is available through Lake Stewards of Maine. It would be ideal to have you check your

area once a month beginning June and ending in September. Tentative interval dates are June 21, July 19, August 16 and September 13 th but the dates are flexible based upon your schedule. Get your whole family involved. Put on a snorkel and mask, lay on a plastic float and paddle around looking at the bottom. Or just keep looking down from your dock or boat to inspect the lake bottom in your area. If you have an underwater camera that would help, too. If you see something suspicious, make the spot with a mark and we will respond to check the area, document the findings and if it is found to be invasive, we will respond with removal. We also need reports of algae sightings. Please email pwilkinson@littlesebagolake.com to sign up and mark your spot on the lake to patrol. Hopefully, we can eventually cover the whole littoral zone and beat the new areas that may be starting a new bed of milfoil. Be a part of your lake’s early response team!

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