TURNER PUBLISHING • September 10, 2021
Once again, Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust’s volunteer invasive plant patrollers found no aquatic invaders during their annual surveys. Volunteers patrol in July, August and September (during peak growth) to survey shorelines and document native plants along area lakes and ponds, including Beaver Mountain, Cupsuptic (including the Cupsuptic River), Kennebago, Little Kennebago, Loon, Mooselookmeguntic, Rangeley, and Saddleback Lakes, and Gull, Haley, Dodge and Quimby Ponds. New survey areas added this year were Round and Middle Sandy River ponds. Early detection is key to successfully eradicating new infestations.