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Free Seminar ‘A Helping Hand for Wildlife’ to be held July 13

Free Seminar ‘A Helping Hand for Wildlife’ to be held July 13

The Waukewan and Winona Watershed Protective Association will be presenting “A Helping Hand for Wildlife,” a free wildlife seminar with speaker Emily Preston, a Wildlife Biologist from NH Fish and Game’s Conservation Biology Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program. This free event will be held Wednesday, July 13, 2016, from 6 to 7:30 pm at the Meredith Community Center on Route 3 in Meredith. Ms. Preston will talk about NH wildlife, their habitats, threats to both, and the actions needed to conserve both…

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Celebrate the 4th While Protecting the Lake

Celebrate the 4th While Protecting the Lake

Fireworks are a staple of 4th of July celebrations, but for use near small lakes here are five things you should consider. 1. You’re Putting Toxic Chemicals into the Water While fireworks are a tradition, they contain a number of chemicals that can impact the lake, wildlife and human health. Lead, barium, and lithium are among the many toxic chemicals and heavy metals that are present in fireworks. These chemicals are released into the atmosphere and fall into the lake, where they can…

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Group Night to NH Music Festival July 21

Group Night to NH Music Festival July 21

A group night to the NH Music Festival is planned for Thursday, July 21, 2016 Festival Program FOSS Night Music for John Lennon NHMF Brass Quintet LIEBERMANN Piccolo Concerto Mary Kay Robinson, piccolo COPLAND Music for the Theatre AMRAM American Dance Suite, Movements 1 and 3 AMRAM En Memoria de Chano Pozo David Amram, piano Tickets are $42 each. If 15 or more people express interest, a group rate will be applied. Join Jay Buckley (156 West Shore) and orchestra…

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Lake Association Meeting Moved to Sunday, June 26

Lake Association Meeting Moved to Sunday, June 26

LWIA officers and many area residents will be attending a memorial services on Saturday, June 25 for Donna Saia, who passed away this February. In response, our summer meeting will be held Sunday, June 26, at 9 AM at the home of Jeanne Chute (900 Winona Rd). Coffee, baked goods and chairs provided. The agenda for the 1 hour meeting includes: Present Secretary’s Report Present Treasurer’s Report Approve 2016 appropriations Form officer nominations committee Loon Preservation Nesting Float Update on Lake Host…

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DOT Proposes to Widen Mosquito Bridge

DOT Proposes to Widen Mosquito Bridge

As some of you may know, last year the DOT proposed to replace the Mosquite Bridge (the small bridge on Waukewan Road that passes over Lake Waukewan near the Snake River marsh) with a wider, longer bridge in order to accommodate more traffic that would like to bypass Meredith. It would involve taking some property, and unknown environmental impact on the snake river outlet, as well as irreversible impact to the rural route that Waukewan Road offers to those who…

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‘Clean and Drain’ to be Signed Into Law

‘Clean and Drain’ to be Signed Into Law

House Bill (HB) 1589 – the ‘Clean and Drain’ bill designed to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive plants and animals – was passed had been passed by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Following additional advocacy work from NH LAKES the Senate subcommittee and then full Senate voted unanimously to pass the bill. It is now moving to the Governor to be signed into law and made effective January 1, 2017. This new law will require all boaters to…

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Loon Nest Raft Coming to Lake Winona

Loon Nest Raft Coming to Lake Winona

The voice of a loon is one of the most haunting sounds in nature, but an iconic sound on Lake Winona. There’s nothing like a summer afternoon in a kayak just watching loons being loons. Over the last few years, however, our loon couple has not generated offspring. Nesting loons face a variety of challenges during their 27-day incubation of eggs. Loon nests are vulnerable to human disturbances, predators, and water level changes that can flood nests or leave them…

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Lake Winona: NH’s Geographical Center

Lake Winona: NH’s Geographical Center

The article, “What is the Geographical Center of New Hampshire?”, was originally published by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. of the The Weirs Times on Feb. 25, 2016. If you search for information on the geographical center of the State of New Hampshire you are apt to find the same statement that pupils in a rural Lakes Region school were given in the year 1923. It is “three miles east of Ashland.” Or the source may say, “three miles east of…

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Lake Winona Receives Lake Host Grant

Lake Winona Receives Lake Host Grant

The LWIA has been awarded a $1,000 payroll grant from the NH Lakes Association for Lake Winona’s 2016 Lake Host Program. Last year, thanks to the efforts of paid and volunteer Lake Hosts, 166 complimentary boat and water craft inspections were conducted at Lake Winona’s boat launch. Statewide, the NH Lake Host program conducted a total of 91,670 courtesy boat inspections and 46 ‘saves’ of aquatic invasive species were made by 786 Lake Hosts staffing 100 boat ramps! For Lake…

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