by Claire Pendergast There is nothing more peaceful and welcoming when arriving each summer than the sound of loon calls on Keoka Lake....

From Lakes Environmental Association Untreated effluent that escapes from a failing septic system is a potential source of additional...

by Charlie Tarbell Water quality at the start of the 2023 season is the worst we have seen in many years. Clarity is abysmal, even in...

By Robert Spencer, Over the Dam A summer morning when a thin haze of gray fog fills the air just above Keoka’s surface. I sit on a large...

From the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Each year the Maine Warden Service and Maine Marine Patrol respond to many...

Source: Maine Lakes and LEA Tip 4 of 10: Fix your driveway Lakefront driveways are one of the biggest culprits of erosion on residential...

KLA has been that Shauna Sprunger has allowed us to display her beautiful photography of Keoka on our website. Brenda Hambleton sat down...

LEA & Maine Lakes Tip 3 of 10: Stop Over-Fertilizing Your Lawn Eighty percent of all soils tested by the University of Maine Cooperative...

by Charlie Tarbell With their unique ballast tanks, designed to produce maximum wakes, these boats direct their prop wash down toward the...

I love returning to Keoka Lake each spring. If the ice is out, or nearly so, I immediately jump on my paddleboard. The earliest I have...

Rain, rain, go away! So far May has delivered more than 4 inches of rain and some strong winds. The north shore of the lake got pounded....

Don and I are originally from Cleveland, Ohio. We moved to Naples, Florida in 1973. I bought Charlie and Mary Fillebrown's camp in 1989...

by Charlie Tarbell I confess that I deeply love this lake Keoka and that I am also deeply troubled by the prospect of the lake becoming...

The “milfoil bill” is still in committee. In January 2023, it was referred to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. This group...

Source: Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) Protecting the lake literally begins at home. Every month we’ll offer property owners one...

by Charlie Tarbell First you notice the warmth Caressing your neck and back While you walk On the snow-packed surface Then there is that...

By Charlie Tarbell Five-oh-five AM; fifteen degrees; darkness prevails We pour our first cup of coffee, cherishing the bite of the bitter...

by Chris Brennan This is our seventh winter living on a camp road year-round on Keoka Lake. The road has sixteen houses on it and is...

In light of the severe storm that wreaked a fair amount of havoc around the lake in late December, and the ever-increasing frequency of...

(Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam A. H. H., 1850) by Charlie Tarbell At Keoka, we live in nature, surrounded by nature. This fact is...