Maine waters in the lakes, rivers, streams are crystal clear.

Northern Maine waterfront is free of any milfoil, and the biggest sore spot to water quality is man and what he does around the waterfront to spoil it, stress it or abuse it. Good stewards have the ideal with Maine waterfront real estate to give it to their kids, the next buyer in better shape than they received it.

     So when you buy a vacant ME waterfront lot or an existing structure on a Maine lake, river, stream, what can you do? Always, always check with local towns or cities that the property is in. In the event the Maine waterfront real estate is in an unorganized townships, check with Augusta Maine to see if permits were received for earlier work so you know what you are walking into. Real estate box canyons are not fun and Maine takes water quality protection very very seriously. Remember, Maine is the way life should be. And so much of what we do is tied to the great outdoor natural resources that the state is loaded with.

     The DEP (Maine Department of Environmental Protection) And LURC (Maine Land Use Regulation Commission) are super, dedicated folks to work with.

When you hear someone complaining about those offices, it is 99% because violations were made, or lack of permiting from the previously owner and after the fact resolutions can be as much fun as a colonoscopy.

There are rules for a reason and Maine's shoreland zoning ordinance is under constant challenge, improvement, redesign to protect Maine waterfront resources. If a Maine rainbow trout or landlock salmon fish could talk, it would gurgle it's rage over non-point source pollution. Silt, dirt, erosion that runs off loaded with phosphorous that causes algae blooms, growth of vegetation in the water along the shoreline and choking water conditions for the fill. Lakes hate lawns..long rolling, rich green loaded with weed and feed and fertilizer lawns. Water that races to the lake during heavy fall rains, bring the soil and other debris, contaminants into the water.

     Cloudy, silt rich lake, pond, river or stream water is not fun for a fish to live in. And algae bloom, milfoil water vegetation further cuts off the oxygen levels. Maine, fill your lungs with clean fresh air. The Maine waterfront is treated the same way...keep it clean, unspoiled and a safe habitat for fish, birds, animals that depend on it. Questions about what you can do or not do and the process of what needs a permit? 207.532.6573.