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The History of Threemile Pond

•Farmland and residential development

•Annual algae blooms since the first half of the 20th century

•MDEP considers lake water quality poor

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	The history of the human influences on the pond was particularly important to our study.

	Threemile pond watershed has been historically characterized by Farmland and residential development

	TMP has experienced Annual Algae Blooms since the first half of the century.

	Maine DEP considers lake water quality poor based on Secchi disk transparency, Total Phosphorus , and ChlA readings