So far only in the Winnipesaukee watershed as far as we know.
So they will need to act to protect the other watersheds, and to adapt to any loss caused in the Winni watershed.
The extra cost of filtration changes/maintenance will need to be eaten by those that source water from the watershed. They won't be happy.
But the state also has the problem that if the largest watershed has a depleted capacity to sustain game fish populations, it has to question any upgrades to the fishery... possibly even opting to shut it down for the longer term savings.
Also, will the bump in fishing licenses be sustained, or will the state need to reconfigure the funding mechanism of F&G sooner than it had hoped to. We are bandaging it right now... and the bump in registrations and licenses gave us a reprieve.
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