Friends of Sebago Lake FOSL
Since 1992, we have been working to create a sustainable Sebago Lake.
WQC letter to Governor Mills August 10, 2023
Governor Janet Mills August 10, 2023 1 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333 Re: A request that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MeDEP) reopen the Sebago Lake Water Quality Certification (WQC) for FERC Project No. 2984-080 to address and correct the following: MeDEP’s justification for their Sebago Lake WQC
Letter to Ipswich Local News
View Roger Wheeler’s (President of FOSL) letter Double Rolled to Ipswich Local News. VIEW LETTER
Arctic Blue Deserts
Greetings, FOSL is very pleased to announce that Arctic Blue Deserts, a book by FOSL’s founding President Steve Kasprzak, has just been published. This book is a valuable collection of scientific information and discussion about the impacts of northern dams and their flow regulation. Arctic Blue Deserts focuses on the mega dams of the
Announcing: “Blue Deserts” Release by Steve Kasprzak
Friends of Sebago Lake is proud to announce the publication of the book, “Blue Deserts” by Steve Kasprzak, FOSL’s founder. Headline news is telling us: The Arctic is the fastest warming place on the planet, Siberia is burning, the Arctic icepack will disappear soon, Greenland’s glaciers are rapidly melting, sea levels
WHAT WE STAND FOR
The mission of Friends of Sebago Lake (FOSL) is to promote an understanding of the interconnected harmful impacts of unnatural freshwater flows by dam regulation and to advocate for the restoration of natural freshwater seasonal water flows from inland waters to the seas.
Re-Unification
FOSL’s mission includes the re-unification of fragmented freshwater ecosystems caused by dams impassable to fish. FOSL works for requirements that all dams in Maine have safe and effective fish passage for the full restoration of the historical range of Maine’s diadromous fishes.
We Pay Attention
To serve as a watchdog over those who regulate the flow of freshwater for their pleasure in their adherence to the laws of the Clean Water Act and State and Federal dam license requirements.
In The Name of Science
Promote the need for scientific study of the impacts of unnatural freshwater flow on the water quality and ecosystems of Sebago Lake and other Maine lakes and their water continuums all the way to the Gulf of Maine.
Friendly Restoration
Require the restoration of more natural seasonal cycles of freshwater flow in our lakes and rivers.
Fight For The Fish
Fight for the restoration of access and safe passage of diadromous fish to Sebago Lake and all Maine river watersheds.
From Here to the Sea
Advocate for and support scientific study of the relationship of unnatural freshwater flow on nutrient flux changes impacting coastal phytoplankton populations, coastal ecosystems, ocean acidity, and climate change