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2021 Watershed -Based Management Plan

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The second step to improving Cross Lake’s water quality was a 10-year Watershed-Based Management Plan (WBMP). FOCL, with Aroostook County as its primary partner and with many other partners, applied for and received a planning grant through the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The grant funds were provided by EPA under Section 604(b) of the Clean Water Act to develop a plan to restore Cross Lake’s water quality to meet the state standards within 10 years.


With a lot of very hard work and the help of an excellent consultant (Ecological Instincts), FOCL completed the Cross Lake Watershed-Based Management Plan (2021-2031) in March 2021. This was the required next step to apply for and receive EPA 319 implementation grants through DEP to implement actions in the plan intended to improve Cross Lake’s water quality.


FOCL is currently finishing up its first Phase I 319 implementation grant project and will be starting its Phase II grant soon.


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