{"id":53,"date":"2022-06-02T19:20:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harrimanpond.org\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2023-05-18T01:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T01:56:07","slug":"2021-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harrimanpond.org\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"2020 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/YNe_VKHEuyz0dWZ8Wgk1Zr4DdEDj2LZo4N_WWSxySfDE6cZZiKcICAEJq3xMUZA-fEvrsLP-0yl-p0ndEG_OxfDcUXnSfli0U-5YlZygVUQ2x2O2--cvtKh5Ickm0xoEs3HLy25Dp3JldTxGYA\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/bR5Fgc_TOokGPeA5QXwlzLT-398sQXGCcKvFvDYftEW5nOlcVeLJdQCdQFJ-L_kE6lEjRZlbPf4H0KkIEcFXoennW9n4knA8ezIng_UnE3Ng7VvebPVf6SOAMFbEKI5n6enyD0F5RUUM8JZCEQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>August 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello Harriman Pond neighbors! The hot weather this summer and the COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;have made many of us appreciate the specialness of Harriman Pond even more than usual. We&nbsp; thought it would be a good time to celebrate the uniqueness of our pond and connect with our&nbsp; fellow neighbors. Therefore, we have created this newsletter to highlight some of the special&nbsp; things about Harriman Pond and start a conversation about how we can protect this special&nbsp; place. Please check out this one-page summary and the following pages for even more details.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of the special things about Harriman Pond:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>1. The pond is small, deep, and clear&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Harriman Pond sits near the top of the watershed that ultimately feeds into the Union&nbsp; River and Branch Lake. We are receiving our lake water from a small area (or&nbsp; watershed), from streams that drain the mountains where we sit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Harriman Pond is very deep (75 feet over by the ledges), is 41 acres, and has a 1.1- mile diameter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Harriman Pond is quite clear; it is in the top tier of ponds in terms of clarity, with&nbsp; Secchi disk clarity between 22-29 feet in 2019 and 2020, and phosphorus level of 4&nbsp; mcg\/L.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. There are lots of fish and wildlife living on\/in the pond&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 We have had loons on the pond almost every year since 1983&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 There is a baby loon on the pond this year for the first time in over 5 years. \u2022 Brook and brown trout, eels, smelt, dace, shiners, minnows, sunfish, sucker fish, and&nbsp; banded killfish have all been described&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Some of our long-term neighbors see less leaches and frogs than years past, and&nbsp; crayfish are commonly seen now (a new species). These are things we need to learn&nbsp; more about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. We are already protecting our pond&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Motorboats over 6 horsepower are prohibited on the pond, per Maine Special Fishing&nbsp; Laws.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 There is no public landing dock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Fish are not stocked in the pond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please scroll down to see more specific information about all these important facts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Next steps: <\/strong>There are many other things we can do to protect our pond. A lake survey is a&nbsp; good first step. The Lake Stewards of Maine will help us perform this assessment with&nbsp; volunteers and survey organization (https:\/\/www.lakestewardsofmaine.org\/programs\/other programs\/watershed-survey\/).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hope to perform this survey in the spring of 2021. Once the survey is done, we will be&nbsp; eligible for state funds to help us protect this special place. Please call or email us to let us&nbsp; know your interest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/DL9t6llL1Hme6nv5jv0OtR4q8EVT22syL_DbOui6gwTEIeMBKXRbJ8czAyjMHW1dQEslL61hHvPjiWcZqvBDQSYT2drulLz3eVKLux6FEjKYK1J6GOVMwekjF5PxDzm_NJdz30QON16XUOAhjg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"178\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s special about Harriman Pond?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A small, deep, clear pond&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harriman Pond sits near the top of the watershed that ultimately feeds into the Union River and Branch&nbsp; Lake. It\u2019s great to be near the top of a watershed because we are mostly receiving our lake water from a&nbsp; small area (or watershed), from streams that drain the mountains where we sit. The pond is located at&nbsp; 540 feet elevation. Harriman Pond\u2019s own watershed is small so it collects water from just that small area&nbsp; of land. That\u2019s one more reason why it\u2019s good to consider what we are doing within the watershed, since&nbsp; everything we do around the lake affects the lake.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harriman Pond is very deep (75 feet over by the ledges), cold, and quite clear; according to recent data, it&nbsp; is among the top tier of ponds in terms of clarity, with Secchi disk clarity between 22-29 feet in 2019 and&nbsp; 2020. Jordan Pond at Acadia is typically among the clearest, with Secchi disk clarity typically 50 feet or&nbsp; sometimes more. You can click around a new data visualization to see clarity of Maine lakes:&nbsp; https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/profile\/lake.stewards.of.maine#!\/vizhome\/MaineLakeTransparencies\/Lake Transparencies&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/DL5Ixpx4Edxd3_Rihl63pLrJebVI5Rg2_bZwMFkxAF4JUhk0IPblzwG3GY94mCQo9I3Or3zn2P4nLCZqLy_O5pX24wuAtIjIYEwFwPzjnY4HI07nnzNJdlVzutFu9yDyk9SZEXIXDfUna6fjlA\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/avGo9uj_RJbeNz1ci4qgkEK1iQD-dqkfHmoopebpplwXs7HTTyKwbmOb8iQneN1DsxKjkTHrTqIYMsUDL9dkp3o_YyUuZKvtTQ4cbB0uBvTZIJqKxEcTdEX3zWxUU1hwNzVgP-PYI0pu2aQLUQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secchi depths (reported in meters, instead of feet) are added after they are taken and can be seen here:&nbsp; http:\/\/mainelakesdata.org\/dbp.q?pg=seasonplot&amp;hilite=Harriman_Pond&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volunteers measure the lake water clarity using a round plastic disc (weighted with a small steel plate)&nbsp; called a Secchi disk. We lower it into the water and mark where it disappears. We call this the \u201cSecchi&nbsp; depth\u201d and it tells us how clear the lake water is. Secchi depth is one of the very best tools for keeping an&nbsp; eye on water quality in lakes in Maine. If we start to see the clarity decline, we could see if anything about&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the lake is changing. Declines in clarity can signal some really significant problems for lakes, like algal&nbsp; blooms. Some algae can even be toxic to pets and people, so it\u2019s important to monitor the clarity and be&nbsp; careful with our actions in the watershed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/yCLKVGtxRnIKCjdyPGsYdo411ayZd0W5Dqp29RiBIsPMw02Cpbgk9IHKLYGFT2aBLkAIhpg8dt-Sp7m_tTnw_d3su25loyAIs8jyKGMChsIzEW5a_CYFdPfbbqu6u5kL6oopEcAKLKpiHSLvEQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also have begun to measure phosphorus in Harriman Pond, thanks to a grant through the Lake&nbsp; Stewards of Maine (https:\/\/www.lakestewardsofmaine.org\/). Lake Stewards of Maine is a non-profit&nbsp; organization that trains, certifies and provides technical support to hundreds of volunteers who monitor&nbsp; a wide range of indicators of water quality, assess watershed health and function, and screen lakes for&nbsp; invasive aquatic plants and animals. Phosphorus is the nutrient that most influences the growth of algae &nbsp;in lakes. Phosphorus tells us more about the lake\u2019s status and is really a great warning signal about the&nbsp; potential for algae and other problems in the lake. We only have one phosphorus result so far, but will be&nbsp; testing it again this summer. Last year our phosphorus concentration was 4 micrograms per liter. For our&nbsp; lake to stay clear, cold, and oxygenated, we should aim to ensure that phosphorus concentration stays&nbsp; below about 6 micrograms per liter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phosphorus in our watershed primarily comes from fertilizers like lawn fertilizer, and from rainwater&nbsp; traveling across dirt roads, and from soil. As the rainwater crosses bare soil or dirt roads, it can pick up&nbsp; fine sediments and carry them to the lake; these sediment particles contain phosphorus among other&nbsp; things. This is why it\u2019s really important to keep a buffer \u2013 think of it like a shield for the lake \u2013 around the&nbsp; lake. A buffer strip is usually trees, shrubs, or other plants that help to stop erosion and can actually hang&nbsp; on to phosphorus and other pollutants to keep them out of the lake. As a lake association volunteer put it,&nbsp; \u201cLet\u2019s keep the land that we love out of the lake that we love\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Why worry so much about buffer strips?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buffer strips are such good filters for pollution that Maine has developed a strong and successful&nbsp; shoreland zoning ordinance (https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dep\/land\/slz\/). This ordinance is why we can&nbsp; can\u2019t build houses right on the water any more, why we need a permit for activities near the lake, and&nbsp; why we can\u2019t cut trees within 75 feet of the lake without a permit (and, only 40% of trees of a certain size&nbsp; or larger can be removed, see: https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dep\/land\/slz\/ip-szveg.html). There are&nbsp; restrictions on cutting even outside this 75-foot strip but within the shoreland zone; see the link for&nbsp; details or call Code Enforcement for Dedham for more information. It is encouraged that people with&nbsp; lakefront property try to keep their buffer strip planted to help minimize these problems. There could&nbsp; even be grants to help buy plants if enough neighbors are interested. The good news is that most of our&nbsp; lake\u2019s watershed is forested, and there are relatively few houses, parking areas, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What lives in our lake?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Loons: <\/strong>Harriman Pond has loons \u2013 you\u2019ve probably heard them calling \u2013 and this year there is a chick&nbsp; with our resident pair. For several years, volunteers have counted loons on a specific Saturday every year&nbsp; for Maine Audubon\u2019s annual loon count. Each year, between one and three loons have been seen during&nbsp; the specific date and time that the loon count occurs. If there were no loons observed, they might still&nbsp; have been on that lake that year, but just didn\u2019t happen to be seen during the official time window when&nbsp; counting occurs around the state. To help protect loons, don\u2019t harass them and don\u2019t use lead sinkers if&nbsp; you are fishing \u2013 the lead can kill the loons. Thank you to our lake\u2019s volunteers who have counted the&nbsp; loons over the years!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Iluf5Da9M02Ex3iJiu6KFztAcuy0u7CLwVmKc9Bqdv6cf7FK56sxntbl86qohMliTdi1skMGBBsU6wu8VYMTF4eluyqd3GqkCzvTOqaKADU9KdcUy4uPa30arNwDpkiacleuGsYoZavmtdTtYQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fish: <\/strong>Harriman Pond was stocked with fish but stocking ended quite a while ago. Our pond is small&nbsp; enough that public access does not need to be legally provided per Maine\u2019s Great Pond Act. So, we don\u2019t&nbsp; have a public boat launch, and thus, the state fish stocking program doesn\u2019t have it as a high priority. This is actually good for the lake, even though the fishing isn\u2019t great \u2013 fish stocking can really introduce a lot of&nbsp; problems, like non-native fish, invasive plants that might be accidentally introduced, and other issues. A&nbsp; page from the DeLorme fishing guide lists fish that <em>were <\/em>in the lake but the last survey noted on this page&nbsp; was in 1975.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/6AkBJW0GEhpqtqXW941B2MO0hu5QQfTWwCF1rtP60HijlCl-1v-7DAVFBIcPASOqbHZgv_XjAWODINY9VhSVZCknBAbrSxpcfC5-1mU6BqDbUEWP9mBJUa5obB2GzuqlCF13--L4LmQBiUaUBg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the 2007 update provided by Maine IF&amp;W, the following fish species have been recorded in&nbsp; Harriman Pond; these fish observations go back to surveys as early as the 1940s.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American eel <em>Anguilla rostrata&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown trout <em>Salmo trutta&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brook trout <em>Salvelinus fontinalis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rainbow smelt <em>Osmerus mordax&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northern redbelly dace <em>Phoxinus eos&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blacknose dace <em>Rhinichthys atratulus&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pumpkinseed <em>Lepomis gibbosus&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakes of Maine also reports the following fish species in its online information page: Common shiner <em>Luxilus cornutus&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creek chub <em>Semotilus atromaculatus&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Golden shiner <em>Notemigonus crysoleucas&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White sucker <em>Catostomus commersoni&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boating and fishing regulations for all Maine lakes and ponds are listed online, here:&nbsp; https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/ifw\/fishing-boating\/fishing\/index.html&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Speaking of boating\u2026&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motorboats over 6 horsepower are prohibited on the pond, per Maine Special Fishing Laws.&nbsp; https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/ifw\/fishing-boating\/fishing\/laws-rules\/special-laws.html&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What we <\/em><strong><em>don\u2019t <\/em><\/strong><em>want living in our lake&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Invasive plants are one of the biggest problems for Maine lakes today. Public access, while it\u2019s so great to&nbsp; ensure that everyone can have access to Maine\u2019s wonderful lakes and lands, does pose issues like invasive&nbsp; plant introductions, and it\u2019s helpful that we have one less thing to worry about due to the limited access&nbsp; by folks who don\u2019t live on the lake. BUT \u2013 if you take your canoe or boat on another lake and then come&nbsp; back to Harriman \u2013 please inspect your boat because even the tiniest fragment of some invasive plants&nbsp; can take hold and overcome a lake. Unless you like swimming in muddy weeds, let\u2019s keep the invaders&nbsp; out.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can look up more information about Harriman Pond and other Maine Lakes, as well as read more&nbsp; about lake issues, on the Lakes of Maine web site, here: www.LakesOfMaine.org. The <em>Lakes of Maine <\/em>website is owned and maintained by Lake Stewards of Maine. Harriman Pond has a unique ID number&nbsp; that the state and other organizations use; it is MIDAS #4306.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.08-PM.png?resize=580%2C631&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.08-PM.png?resize=941%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 941w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.08-PM.png?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.08-PM.png?resize=768%2C836&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.08-PM.png?w=1176&amp;ssl=1 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.37-PM.png?resize=580%2C135&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.37-PM.png?resize=1024%2C239&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.37-PM.png?resize=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.37-PM.png?resize=768%2C179&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harrimanpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-4.27.37-PM.png?w=1174&amp;ssl=1 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harriman Pond overview, with lake water quality location marked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 2020 Hello Harriman Pond neighbors! The hot weather this summer and the COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;have made many of us appreciate the specialness of Harriman Pond even more than usual. We&nbsp; thought it would be a good time to celebrate the uniqueness of our pond and connect with our&nbsp; fellow neighbors. 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