News: Climate driven storms add runoff to Maine lakes, degrading water quality

Climate change and erosion from watershed development conspire to pollute Maine lakes. It is a big problem that requires a holistic approach.

People around the lake may care a lot about reducing erosion, but the lake watershed could extend miles upstream, Taber said. And if erosion and sediment runoff isn’t being handled at its upstream source, there’s only so much lakefront property owners can do to directly prevent pollution from leeching in.

“I think that this concept of large scale watershed connectivity needs to be looked at for lakes, we really need that more holistic view,” Taber said.

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