Alton Attacks Milfoil?
From the Baysider 12/10/09
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I was at that meeting and very impressed with the pledges for money made by several local businesses (mostly marinas) to help out with the problem. I am also glad to see the selectmen being so proactive on the issue and appropriating the funds right away to work on this. The report presented by the committee was one of the most thorough and professional reports I've seen by a committee of that type - very well done and informative. I did not appreciate the size of the problem until the presentation - it was mind-boggling! Kudos to the study committee for a job well done!
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LSP Marina and the Milfoil Battle
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LSP has used a combination of chemical and harvesting. They did a very good job this passed summer.
FYI From the LSP Newsletter June 09 "The marina was treated yesterday for MILFOIL. Hopefully It will begin to die off in the next few weeks. In mid July we will hire a diving firm to start hand pulling the remainder of the weed. We have entered into a 5 year plan with the State and Town of Gilford to eradicate up to 80% of MILFOIL in our Marina. We also obtained a grant from the Gilford Conservation Commission to help us with the cost. Next year we hope to obtain a State grant for additional work." Sad to say, it needs to be a yearly event. Milfoil is very stubborn. :( Attachment 3293 Attachment 3294 Attachment 3295 |
Thanks Jonathon Downing
I'd like to offer a big round of applause to Jonathon Downing, his wife, and the committee for their efforts. They have also checked other lakes and ponds in Alton. I'm pleased to report that both Sunset lake and Hills Pond have been declared free of Milfoil. Hills Pond has the native non-invasive form of Milfoil. Nothing to worry about. Here are some photos of Jonathan and his wife "patrolling" Hills Pond early one morning back in August.
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Milfoil control needs to be a budget item in all lake community budgets, just as is snow removal. There is no easy answer except drastic means now and then followed by constant monitoring. Twenty years ago, it wasn't that much of a problem. Now it is. Next, we'll be looking for ways to fight the blue algae, so tourists won't worry about catching ALS. Its time to clean up the lake!
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I lived on Big Island Pond my whole life and did the testing as well, I saw my beautiful lake turn into a dirty milfoil/zebra mollusk infested, utrophic pool of ignorance. If I had known I would have done much more. I would have no problem checking incoming boats for these pest, It only takes a few of us at certain checkpoint to stop it. It's not the people that are here all year its the ones who come and go often unaware of what is tangled in their props
I have been called a tree hugger yes But I dont want this lake or any other lake to fall like mine did (it dose not take as long as you think) Im willing to sacrifice a few hours a week |
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Zebra mussells and eutrophic are not words that generally get used together.
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I had to look it up.....
eutrophic - definition
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So, if all the lakefront owners put fish tank bubblers in front of their houses, would this help out?
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And you need to worry about the proverbial water upstream...
Thankfully, milfoil has not been found in Merrymeeting Lake. But the Merrymeeting River and Marsh are full of it. New Durham is trying to do something about it... http://www.newdurhamnh.us/Pages/NewD..._BComm/aquatic Why should the Lake Winnipesaukee forum care? Think of where the Merrymeeting River goes... :eek: |
BIG Bubblers, Maybe...
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Where Lake Winnipesaukee's lakefronts get strong on-shore winds, neither algae nor milfoil can thrive in any annoying quantity. IMHO, Lake Winnipesaukee is too deep for a total eutrophication in our childrens' lifetimes, or maybe not for centuries. A lake adjacent to my winter residence lake is surrounded by mostly year-round houses with lawns—a shrinking environment of trees—and no town sewer: in size, it is about twice as big as "The Basin" in Tuftonboro. When it eventually "eutrophied" to such an extent that breathing the air became a health hazard :eek2:, the State found the money to install a huge water fountain to aerate (and recirculate) the entire lake! A "fish tank bubbler" it's not, but the falling water from the fountain provides a nice breeze for sailing when there isn't any wind otherwise! :laugh: |
Word of the day is: Eutrophication
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If milfoil continues to spread, property values in parts of the lake will fall, putting an increased tax burden on others. If Winnipesaukee gets a reputation of having blue-green, ALS causing algae, you can kiss tourism good-by. The shoreline protection act was one small step towards slowing the acceleration. The next step is to identify and attack the sources. Part of the answer is education. Another part is, unfortunately, more regulation to reduce runoff. The political will ebs and flows – and it is hard to get a read on what people feel about it today. The voters of Moultonborough will get a chance to approve some action this March. That will be an interesting data point.<O:p</O:p |
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