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Divers train in the mitigation of invasive aquatic plants Wednesday at Messalonskee Lake in Oakland. Five divers from 7 Lakes Alliance in Belgrade worked with two instructors from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to learn to identify and mitigate the invasive aquatic plant variable leaf milfoil, said Sharon Mann, Invasive Aquatics Program manager with 7 Lakes Alliance. The Invasive Aquatics Program works closely with the Maine DEP and local lake associations. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageDiver McKenzie Motley with Belgrade’s 7 Lakes Alliance surfaces Wednesday while training in the mitigation of invasive aquatic plants at Messalonskee Lake in Oakland. Five divers from 7 Lakes Alliance worked with two instructors from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to learn to identify and mitigate the invasive aquatic plant variable leaf milfoil, said Sharon Mann, Invasive Aquatics Program manager with 7 Lakes Alliance. The Invasive Aquatics Program works closely with the Maine DEP and local lake associations. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
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