A new scorecard for waterbody health rates nearly 1,200 lakes and other waterbodies around the state. Officials hope residents will use it to guide action.
Moosehead Lake
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Pilot safe after plane crashes into Moosehead Lake
A pilot was rescued with non-life-threatening injuries after his plane crashed near Greenville.
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Funnel cloud spotted in Piscataquis County, National Weather Service confirms
Tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were in effect in northern Maine on Thursday afternoon, and the NWS Caribou Office confirmed a funnel cloud was spotted over Beaver Cove on Moosehead Lake.
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Our View: Metal mining has no place in future of Katahdin region
In such an environmentally sensitive place, too much can go wrong.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Conservation can help nature weather forces of change in Maine
A plan to set aside 3,000 acres of forested land in Piscataquis County will protect wildlife, jobs, recreation and more.
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Wardens make rescue during height of Tuesday nor’easter
Maine game wardens and a group of Passamaquoddy game warden trainees led a family stranded on Moosehead Lake to safety.
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Game warden trainees rescue family stranded on Moosehead Lake
Investigators from the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said the situation on the storm-swept lake quickly went from bad to worse.
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New zoning plan aims to protect Moosehead Lake region from sprawl
Members of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission approved a plan that will create six development zones comprising a total of 1,036 acres, or 6.1% of the 16,910 acres originally designated for development by Plum Creek.
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Appalachian Mountain Club purchases 27,000 acres in Moosehead Lake region
Acquiring and restoring the property will conserve one of the last remaining large, unprotected forest blocks in the region, the club says.
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Well-known Portland man drowns while fishing on East Outlet of Moosehead Lake
The body of Truc Huynh, 40, a Vietnamese immigrant, 2005 graduate of Bowdoin College and 2001 graduate of Portland High School, was recovered by Maine game wardens on Saturday afternoon.