MORNING SENTINEL • November 29, 2020
A grant to fund the beginning of the Unity Pond watershed project has been approved. Now, organizers of the effort will address the lake’s problem with algae blooms are looking for a project manager. Unity Pond, also known as Lake Winnecook, is on Maine’s list of impaired lakes due to decades of persistent algae blooms every summer. The lake covers 4 square miles, making it the largest lake in Waldo County. The Unity Pond watershed encompasses 29 square miles and has more than 100 miles of streams around its borders.