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Located off Bog Road in the town of Troy, Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area is the only one in the Northeast.
Established in 1965, Carlton Pond was purchased with funds from the sale of duck stamps. The area is open for hunting, trapping, fishing and other wildlife-dependent activities.
Black terns, an endangered species in Maine, nest in the area. Wood ducks, hooded mergansers and common goldeneyes nest in numerous nesting boxes managed by wildlife staff.
Recently-implemented measures allow refuge staff to control water levels, which benefits the resident waterfowl, shorebirds and endangered black terns.
Recently, refuge officials released a type of beetle into the refuge to help control an infestation of purple loosestrife. This alien plant takes over wetlands and has little value to area wildlife.
This was the first such release in Maine.
A wood duck box program has existed here since the mid-1970s when the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife erected the first box. Today, Unity College students play an integral role in maintaining the boxes.
To find Carlton Pond WPA, visitors should take the Newport Exit off Interstate 95. Take Route 11 south to Route 220. Follow Route 220 south through the town of Detroit and into the town of Troy. Bog Road intersects Route 220 approximately two miles south of the Troy town line.
The refuge is managed by staff at Sunkhaze Meadows Refuge in Old Town.
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