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| | Kennebec Highlands a veritable jewel |
 | | This land lies surprisingly close to Augusta and Waterville and includes the most significant mountain range in central Maine, several remote and semi-remote ponds, trout brooks, high, cascading waterfalls, seven deer yards, seemingly endless hardwood forests, dozens of ancient, stately hemlock groves, vernal pools and more. |
 | | The falls I mentioned are near Round Pond, a 7-acre jewel surrounded with white pines on half its shoreline, beech on another part and swale and alder finishing in corner. |
 | | Some of the other ponds are no-name spots that just might hold promise, and one marginal pond, according to Bill Woodward, a fisheries biologist for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, produced a 4-pound-plus brookie for a game warden several years ago. |
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