Sheepscot Pond (also called Sheepscot Lake) is the third-largest lake in Waldo County, Maine. It is in the township of Palermo, on the western edge of Waldo County.

The lake has a maximum depth of 150 feet[1] with well-oxygenated water. It contains more than 20 species of fish, and has historically been stocked with salmon, lake trout, and brook trout.[1] Attempts have been made to limit the lamprey eel population by closing the Alaskan Steep-Pass fishway to anadromous fish during their spawning migrations.[1]

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has rated the water quality of Sheepscot Pond as average, with total phosphorus concentrations of 5-10 parts per billion, and no significant positive or negative trend in Secchi disk transparencies.[3]

The lake provides water for the Palermo Fish Cultural Station.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e "SHEEPSCOT LAKE" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  2. ^ a b "Sheepscot Pond". Lakes of Maine. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  3. ^ "Midas 4896". Lakes of Maine. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  4. ^ "Sheepscot Pond". ME Fish Finder. Retrieved 2012-08-16.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepscot_Pond
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