2016 Summer WWWPA Newsletter
Great tips and news in the 2016 Spring Summer newsletter of the Waukewan and Winona Watershed Protective Association.
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
Ice Out on Winona
This year’s unusually mild winter resulted in Lake Winnipeasake having its earliest recorded ice-out on March 18, 2016, beating out the previous records of March 23, 2012 and March 24, 2010. The latest ice out on the big lake occurred in 1888 on May 12. In fact, the NH Lakes Association reported that most of New Hampshire’s 1,000 lakes and ponds experienced their earliest recorded ice-out this year. On March 18, Winona still had plenty of ice. A few unusually warm…
Fogg Hill Expansion Moving Forward
The Lakes Region Conservation Trust (LRCT) announced plans to complete the purchase of the Fogg Hill Conservation Area Expansion (Bascom property) at the end of this month! This project will add 43 acres to the Conservation Area including 1,250 feet of shoreline on Bear Pond and a perfect trailhead parking area for hikers along Piper Hill Road. This beautiful Conservation Area is part of a large block of nearly 1,000 acres that is the largest roadless area in Center Harbor…