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Gilford Beach bacteria closing
With an 1100' long length, the Gilford town beach is the longest beach on Lake Winnipesaukee and is open only to Gilford residents. It has been closed lately due to high bacteria counts.
Is this due to the canada geese that make it a habit to poop their green goose poop directly into the water, and then the silty poop washes up on the beach??? Canada geese and other ducks like the mallards are probably the #1 reason for the suspended silt in the water that sinks down to the lowest depths. A mallard duck is very able to swallow an oak tree acorn whole, and digest it. Acorns do not float, and mallards dive to the bottom and swallow the acorns. Do not think that Canada geese can swallow an acorn, plus they are not very good at diving probably because they are so large, or something. http://www.citizen.com/news/2016-07-...to_E_coli_html |
The problem with Canada geese is there are way to many of them and controlling their population never seems to be a consideration. They make a mess no matter where they go beaches, golf courses, public and private property. Instead of increasing hunting for these pests to help reduce the overall numbers it's better for some reason to shoo them onto somebody else's property or move them elsewhere which of course never works as they will come right back. So the quandary continues do we take care of the problem or let those things continue to procreate and grow in numbers that are not proportional to taken by natural preditors or hunting.
I do find it a bit hard to believe that all or a good majority of the silt in the lake is from bird poop otherwise the water would be toxic to swim in, they may contribute some organic matter but not at a volume that could possibly be measurable. |
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Their hands are somewhat tied to a degree. Migratory birds are controlled the federal government for the most part.
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Can You Tell It's Drizzly Outside?
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Last week, I checked out the source of a loud wood-chipper sound nearby. It was a new neighbor who had cut down eight huge White Pines from his shorefront. The nearest stump to be seen was about 30-inches across. (The width of a typical refrigerator). The "trimmer's" name? "Urban Tree Service". :rolleye1: Wave actions—but especially large boat wakes—wash heavier silt from shorefronts. While some "silt" washed downslope introduces "sand"—where it didn't appear before—the finer particles can be expected to coat the lake's bottom locally. For example, three decades of construction on The Broads side of Wolfeboro Neck—and Rattlesnake Island—has changed those locales. By kayak, I remember seeing a kaleidoscope of colors and textures on every rock on the bottom. Presently, they all appear similarly-textured and "olive" in color. 'Wonder why? :rolleye1: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ps6ayvv5ks.jpghttp://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...psloqbhlrw.jpg In some states, a "Rain Tax" would have been imposed on the abutters! :eek2: Is "Rain Tax" another name for "View Tax"? ;) ________________________ Canada Geese may be getting a "bad rap" for Gilford's waters. DNA examinations—which may be in process presently—can determine if the source of E. coli is mammal, fish, vegetable, or (foul) fowl. Presently, the entire state of New Hampshire is affected by an outbreak: http://www.ecoliblog.com/e-coli-outb...9#.V53iO-RTF-w While FLL's referenced article has expired for non-subscribers, The Citizen newspaper has published many E. coli articles just for the year 2016: http://www.citizen.com/search/node/coli Also remember that Canada Geese are "invited" to the area by maintaining green-grass lawns. :( The nutrients of Phosphorus and Nitrogen from lawn fertilizers "grow" the lake's algae—and the algae "grow" the snails that produce Duck Itch. :eek: . |
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There was a problem with Canada Geese at an business park in Massachusetts at one time. Someone erected several posters of a coyote on the lawn and the geese disappeared
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If this does not answer your concerns please respond with a more specific question so we can attempt provide a meaningful answer. |
Lighten up
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I have to say if I were "Shorethings" I'd probably take offense with this comment. Your post makes it sound like you feel Shorethings is personally responsible for this situation. Shorethings posts here to be helpful and informative, it appears that their postings are made in a somehwhat "unofficial" capacity. I don't think it's necessary or fair to be pointing any fingers at someone who has always been helpful to the Winni.com community. I for one appreciate her postings ( I believe Shorethings is a female) as I always learn something from them. I find it refreshing to have a Govt. official who goes out of her or his way to be helpful for no other reason than to be helpful...... If we had more of them the world would be a better place. Charlie T |
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"—can determine if the source of E. coli is mammal, fish, vegetable, or (foul) fowl. Presently, the entire state of New Hampshire is affected by an outbreak: http://www.ecoliblog.com"
I would love to know the cause of all this fecal bacteria. I never remember issues at Albee, 19 Mile and Carry Beach all about the same time. |
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For those who are interested DES has released a new website with links to lake water quality studies and management plans. You can check it out from here: http://des.nh.gov/media/pr/2016/2016...nfo-mapper.htm |
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Yup, all geese have specialized GPS units that make them stay on Lake Winnespaukee. Now back to reality. It's the fertilizer poisoning the lake. All them beautiful GREEN lawns. I have never seen so many landscaping companies as the past few years. All adding "environmentally friendly" fertilizer to those nice pretty green lawns. And never mind the old septic systems that were dug holes in the ground that are still around. Do some of the bigger boats still have working toilets? Oh, but those are pumped out, right? And what about the fish. What bathroom do the fish use? |
It's Still Drizzly Outside...
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In short: • DNA can determine the specific source of E. coli contamination. • Silt does not originate from waterfowl, but from erosion. • Grass does not sufficiently retard runoff, and introduces nutrients that accelerate "eutrophication" of the lake from waterfowl and fertilizers. • "Impervious surfaces" are the reason for those two different sites experiencing the effects of rapid rain runoff. (Not just driveways, but roofs). • Erosion on Rattlesnake Island is even worse. (Photo 1*, below) • Nearby, a 20-year-abandoned "Trust" property (ice-eaters operating in July—now sold) has seen erosion that is casting its trees into the lake. (Photo 2*, below). The abutting lot was visited by "Urban Tree Service" last week. • And yes, increasingly-large boat wakes are responsible. (Photo 3*, below). Nature's waves haven't washed over my dock like these. :eek: . |
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I believe we, as humans can do little to alter the ebb and flow of mother nature...just as the Earth is going through a cycle of warmer climate, I will not be here long enough to see any difference in one lifetime. Someday we'll be in the deep freeze again too. How old is Mother Earth? :eek: |
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