Lake Winona Improvement Association

We took a sample down today and the warning/advisory has been lifted.  The text from the NHDES reads: The cyanobacteria WARNING (ADVISORY) that was issued on 3 August 2023 has been REMOVED for Winona Lake, New Hampton / Center Harbor as of today 3 August 2023. The sample reviewed from today had a low density of 5,500 cells/mL of Dolichospermum. While the bloom accumulation has dissipated, NHDES advises that lake-goers look out for green surface accumulations in the future. Please…

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On Thursday, July 27, a possible cyanobacteria bloom appeared on the shoreline.  A sample was collected and taken to NHDES in Concord.  Based on a positive result, we received the following from NHDES: A cyanobacteria WARNING (ADVISORY) has been issued for Winona Lake, New Hampton / Center Harbor. The bloom was first reported today 27 July, appearing as green clouds of material along shorelines. See the image attached, taken 27 July. Samples collected and reviewed on 27 July had cyanobacteria…

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The LWIA June meeting was held on June 24th via zoom, you can review the summary and full minutes on the Meeting Minutes page.  We have 2 loon chicks this year and they are doing fine so far.  The water quality reports for the end of last year as well as June of this year are available on the Water Quality over time page.  We are planning our August in person LWIA meeting on August 19th at 9 am at…

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We received the water testing results back from the NHDES for our 8/16/22 testing.  Due to some DES internal tech issues they were unable to provide results for e.Coli and Phosphorus.  In general we’re in about the same place as previous years, though conductivity has an ongoing increased trend.  We’re awaiting the full write up from the NHDES and we’ll post that when available.  The August specific results are available here and the long term graph with these results are…

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Last year, the Waukewan Winona Watershed Protective Association (WWWPA) worked with NH State Representative Tom Ploszaj and State Senator Bob Giuda to sponsor a legislative bill honoring David Reilly (1946-2021), long-time Lake Winona resident and fierce environmental advocate for the Lakes Region. The bill passed in the NH House and Senate, and was signed by Governor Chris Sununu in May 2022. The commemorative signs, purchased by the WWWPA, were installed last week. Dave passed away in June 2021 with a…

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The Lake Owner contact book has been updated. The directory is created and printed every other year by the Lake Winona Improvement Association for the use of Lake Winona owners only. Books will be distributed directly to owners present at the lake. Please contact Nora Foster at 603.677.6281 or norafoster1 [at] gmail.com if you have not received one or you do not have plans to be at the lake this year and would like a copy mailed to you.

The June meeting will be held on the 26th at 9:00am on Zoom.  The link for the meeting will be emailed the week before. The agenda for the meeting is as follows: President’s Welcome (Katie Wood Hedberg, LWIA President) Secretary’s Report (Tricia Epstein, LWIA Secretary) Treasurer’s Report (Jay Buckley, LWIA Treasurer) Election of Officers Discussion Appropriations Approval (Katie/Jay) Loon Preservation Committee NH Lakes Loon Update (Linda Heminway) Lake Host Program (Catherine Greenleaf) Septic Committee (Catherine Greenleaf) Water Quality Committee Update…

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