The East Pond Association is an incredibly active and enthusiastic volunteer membership of a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of East Pond. This lake is a 1,800 acre spring-fed lake located in the towns of Oakland and Smithfield in Maine. The purpose of the East Pond Association is to inform and educate interested parties in the ways they can help to protect and improve the water quality of the lake by controlling erosion and run-off and minimizing developmental impact. The East Pond Association is also partnered in innovative water quality improvement studies and pilot projects through Colby College, the University of Maine, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and the Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department.

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• President: Edie Cornwall​

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• Mission:

  • Through education, fund raising and other proper activities, to promote the protection and enhancement of the water quality of East Pond and to preserve its ecological, economic, recreational and aesthetic value.

  • To work with members and other interested parties to monitor water quality, to promote responsible land-use practices, and to maintain the integrity of watershed ecology of East Pond.

  • To encourage, facilitate and disseminate scientific research regarding East Pond.

  • To publish a newsletter which focuses on information related to the lake protection efforts and developments on East Pond as well as on other lakes and ponds in Maine.

  • To assist the work of charitable, educational, literary or scientific organizations.

  • To make distributions to nonexempt organizations and governmental bodies conditioned upon the fund being used for specific projects.

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• Watershed:

  • Area (acres): 1717

  • Perimeter (miles): 13.9

  • Mean Depth (feet): 18

  • Max Depth (feet): 27

  • Delorme Page: 20

  • Fishery Type: cold +warm water

  • Invasive Aquatic Plant Infestation: none known

  • Dam(s): 1

  • Length of Shoreline (meters): 27,954

  • Boat Launch(es): 1

  • Water Sampling Station(s): 3
     

• Current News:

  • Central Maine "Lakes Group Says 1.1 Million Treatment On East Pond.."

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• Events:

  • Sat July 16, 10:00am: Annual Meeting