But watch out, as a snowmobile went through the ice on Meredith Bay this Sunday.
If all goes well, Freedom's Loon Lake and Round Pond will have their own water quality monitoring programs by this summer.
In addition to the dam, Tim Otterbach has been documenting the new Danforth Brook Bridge, which reopened to traffic earlier this month. Final work will be completed in the spring.
The Freedom resident and active volunteer has years of experience protecting the natural resources of the town and surrounding watershed.
The long process of replacing the Ossipee Lake Dam is over. In Tim Otterbach's latest pictures, we see a magnificent structure in winter repose, but ready for use.
A year like no other, thankfully now on its way out the door.
It's official. Winter has set in.
A skim of ice on Broad Bay, and other news.
Tim Otterbach was back at the dam last week to record the dismantling of the old dam as work on the new structure nears completion.
We are about five weeks from the lake being iced-over. But so far, only the dog's outdoor water bowl shows signs of the approaching winter.
The nearly completed Ossipee Lake Dam is an impressive piece of work, as our board member Tim Otterbach found at last week's open house unveiling.
Ossipee Lake's new $5.2 million state-of-the-art dam will shortly be in business. Last week, state officials and lake association representatives got a look.
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