Songo Beach, Sebago Lake State Park -- 1962. This is what the beaches of Sebago Lake used to look like. This natural beach has now been largely destroyed by erosion from lake regulation in recent years.
FRIENDS OF SEBAGO LAKE
SCOPING COMMENTS ON RE-LICENSING OF EEL WEIR DAM
SEBAGO LAKE, MAINE -- NOVEMBER, 2002
Click on any of the following topics covered in FOSL's scoping comments.

1. Need for full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

2. Significance of the natural beaches of Sebago Lake.

3. Impacts of lake-level management on the littoral zones of Sebago Lake.

4. Impacts of lake-level management on sand beach ecosystems of Sebago Lake.

5. Impacts of lake-level management on fish populations of Sebago Lake.

6. Impacts of lake-level management on water quality of Sebago Lake.

7. Impacts of lake-level management on the Songo and Crooked Rivers.

8. Impacts of lake-level management on archaeological resources of Sebago Lake.

9. Impacts of lake-level management on wetland resources of Sebago Lake.

10. Impacts of lake-level management on outbreaks of "swimmers itch" in Sebago Lake.

11. Request for FOSL's proposed lake management alternative to be given an in-depth analysis by the Commission.

12. History of lake-level management at Sebago Lake.

13. Impacts of lake-level management on aquatic and terrestrial wildlife resources of Sebago Lake.

14. Impacts lake-level management on invasive species threats to Sebago Lake.

15. Impacts of lake-level management on shoreline vegetation community of Sebago Lake.

16. Impacts of lake-level management on beach profiles of Sebago Lake.

17. Need and benefit for upstream and downstream passage at Eel Weir Dam for landlocked Atlantic salmon in the upper Presumpscot River and Sebago Lake.

18. Impacts of unnatural outflows from Sebago Lake on the native migratory fish and aquatic habitat of the lower Presumpscot River.

19. Need for adequate flows in the "Eel Weir Bypass Reach."

20. References Cited.

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