NH-DES beach inspection

fatlazyless · 06-12-2025, 02:40 PM

Thursday, June 12, 2025: http://www.des.nh.gov/water/healthy-...wimming-mapper shows that Ellacoya State Park Beach in Gilford got a fecal bacteria advisory, today.

Check the map.

Could be those Canada geese pooping in the lake, again? The state should send Fish & Game out there in a duck boat with a shot gun and give these here Canada geese a good reason not to visit here. ......

..... and stay in Canada.

fatlazyless · Yesterday, 09:59 AM

The natural sandy beach at Ellacoya State Park Beach is split into two separate areas by the large Poor Farm Brook which drains down into Lake Winnipesaukee. One side is the rv campground and the other side is the swimming beach.

On Wednesday, June 25, both beaches, the rv beach and the swim beach got red flagged by NH-DES with fecal bacteria warnings. I suspect the numerous Canada goose there will eat the healthy green grass clipped lawn very close to the rv beach and then waddle across the sandy beach back to the lake. I read somewhere, probably in Wikipedia on Canada goose, that a mowed clipped lawn is easier for the geese to eat because the blades of grass are short and thick similar to a garden salad and very yummy for the Canada goose.

Ellacoya State Park Beach and rv campground with its green grass rv lawn close to the water has become a go-to salad area for the local Canada goose.

barefootbay · Yesterday, 06:24 PM

The state needs to get proactive wih the geese . They are truly an invasive species and are going to permanently damage the lake ecosystem and seriously undermine tourism in the lakes region as result !

SAMIAM · Today, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by barefootbay

The state needs to get proactive wih the geese . They are truly an invasive species and are going to permanently damage the lake ecosystem and seriously undermine tourism in the lakes region as result !

Used to have a big problem with them….was going to get a fake coyote but saw the geese surrounding the one at Husky Park in Meredith…..think they were laughing
I bought a package of Roman candles at the store in Laconia….bought the ones with flaming balls but no report(neighbors)
When the geese came around I held the Roman candle out the window with a glove on. The flaming balls scattered them. After a couple of times they never returned

06-12-2025, 02:40 PM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,768 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,018 Times in 740 Posts	NH-DES beach inspection Thursday, June 12, 2025: http://www.des.nh.gov/water/healthy-...wimming-mapper shows that Ellacoya State Park Beach in Gilford got a fecal bacteria advisory, today. Check the map. Could be those Canada geese pooping in the lake, again? The state should send Fish & Game out there in a duck boat with a shot gun and give these here Canada geese a good reason not to visit here. ...... ..... and stay in Canada. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

Yesterday, 09:59 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,768 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,018 Times in 740 Posts	....... a clipped green grass garden salad for Canada goose The natural sandy beach at Ellacoya State Park Beach is split into two separate areas by the large Poor Farm Brook which drains down into Lake Winnipesaukee. One side is the rv campground and the other side is the swimming beach. On Wednesday, June 25, both beaches, the rv beach and the swim beach got red flagged by NH-DES with fecal bacteria warnings. I suspect the numerous Canada goose there will eat the healthy green grass clipped lawn very close to the rv beach and then waddle across the sandy beach back to the lake. I read somewhere, probably in Wikipedia on Canada goose, that a mowed clipped lawn is easier for the geese to eat because the blades of grass are short and thick similar to a garden salad and very yummy for the Canada goose. Ellacoya State Park Beach and rv campground with its green grass rv lawn close to the water has become a go-to salad area for the local Canada goose. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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