George Dionne, left, watches the level of the gate Monday afternoon as his boss, Poland Public Works Director Adam Strout, lowers the gate to stop the water flowing from Middle Range Pond to Lower Range Pond on Route 26, which is Maine Street, in Poland. “We try to do this close to ice-out every year,” Strout said just before a bald eagle swooped down and plucked a fish from the water a few yards away. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal