Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Illegal Tree-Cutting at Ellacoya State Park

Slickcraft · 11-16-2008, 02:59 PM

Today we walked the shore from the south park boundary up to the north boundary at Scenic Road/shore intersection. As "just sold" indicated there were no signs of illegal cutting in the main park.

However, at the north end of the park, or more likely just north of the park boundary, the "brush" had been cut back along a section that is about 120’ along the shore. This is across the street from the small white cottage, 2nd to last cottage on the southern end of Scenic Road. The brush cut was along the old railroad bed.

Most was brush of about 1" diameter that could be cut with long handle lopping shears in about 15 minutes time. One white birch of about 4" diameter had been hacked down with ax or hatchet by someone with less than Paul Bunyan skills. There was evidence of a prior brush clearing a few years ago.

My guess is that the totality of the downed material could be gathered and fit within the bed of one pick-up truck. It must have been a slow day at the news paper.

11-16-2008, 02:59 PM	#19
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and West Alton Posts: 3,220 Thanks: 1,175 Thanked 2,004 Times in 916 Posts	Site visit report Today we walked the shore from the south park boundary up to the north boundary at Scenic Road/shore intersection. As "just sold" indicated there were no signs of illegal cutting in the main park. However, at the north end of the park, or more likely just north of the park boundary, the "brush" had been cut back along a section that is about 120’ along the shore. This is across the street from the small white cottage, 2nd to last cottage on the southern end of Scenic Road. The brush cut was along the old railroad bed. Most was brush of about 1" diameter that could be cut with long handle lopping shears in about 15 minutes time. One white birch of about 4" diameter had been hacked down with ax or hatchet by someone with less than Paul Bunyan skills. There was evidence of a prior brush clearing a few years ago. My guess is that the totality of the downed material could be gathered and fit within the bed of one pick-up truck. It must have been a slow day at the news paper.