We received the below from an owner on the Center Harbor side of the lake.

Hi, there. I wanted to alert you to a situation I just found out about. New Hampshire Electric came through in late spring/early summer and cut down quite a number of trees on Winona Road. This, of course, was announced on our association website to let people know.

 

Now they are planning to come through and apply herbicide spray to the stumps to prevent them from growing back. This herbicide, Krenite, is very harmful to lakes because it contains a high amount of phosphorous. It is also toxic to our lake wildlife, like bees, birds and frogs.

 

If you look at the maps provided by NH Electric (go to Town of Center Harbor website) you will see that, unfortunately, the spraying goes all the way around Hawkins Pond and then along Winona, including all of Anchorage Road. In other words, Winona will be completely surrounded by this herbicide run-off.

 

Each of us as homeowners has the choice to opt out of this spraying. My hope is that you can post this information on our association website to give people the heads up. They can call Mike Couture, the arborist at New Hampshire Electric and Vegetation Control Services, at (603) 325-3227 to opt out of the process. But they also need to put up signs at both ends of their property delineating the area where no spray is desired.

 

White Oak Pond Association has been printing up signs non-stop to protect their waters. I have been able to get several signs from them.

 

Mike has told them that if enough people put up signs they will simply bypass the entire area. The spraying begins on or near August 1st.

 

Please let me know your thoughts on this issue. I think there is still time to prevent further problems for the lake. To access the spraying maps, please go to the website for the Town of Center Harbor. It’s right on their front page, Town of Center Harbor NH

The LWIA suggests that you review the information on the Center Harbor web site and take the appropriate steps to protect the lake.