Eradicating the invasive weed isn’t cheap, and everyone has a stake in it, say local lake associations. By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling Morning Sentinel Cough up the dough, or the lake dies. A diver works to remove invasive milfoil from Long Pond in Belgrade. Divers using vacuum devices are most effective in combating the weed, but the…
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Goldie Data is Live
Data from Goldie is now being streamed every 15 minutes to our web servers at Colby. Go to web.colby.edu/lakes/ for the most up-to-date data from the lake. The Goldie cartoon is a dashboard of lake conditions. Physical measurements of lake conditions are incorporated with calculated parameters like Secchi depth and upwelling/downwelling to provide a visually…
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Goldie Has Been Launched.
Read about the deployment in Matt Hongoltz-Helting’s article in the Waterville Sentinel. Buoy could offer better look into Great Pond’s ecosystem By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling [email protected], April 26 MaineToday Media BELGRADE — On Thursday afternoon, a $20,000 buoy was deployed into the waters of Great Pond, a move environmental scientists say will help to answer questions about algal blooms and…
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High-tech buoy to blast Great Pond data worldwide
High-tech buoy to blast Great Pond data worldwide: Sensors will transmit real-time data to scientists across globe, helping them spot trends By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling [email protected] (http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/High-tech-bouy-to-blast-Great-Pond-data-worldwide.html) MaineToday Media BELGRADE — On Thursday, environmental scientists in the area and around the world will begin to gain a much better understanding of how Great Pond works. The improvement…
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