Proposed in 2009 and repeatedly delayed by state funding constraints, the $4.96 million dam replacement project is set to start on Monday, August 5, with Massachusetts-based Charter Contracting Company LLC performing the work.
Lakes across the state face the same issues as Ossipee Lake in providing water access to the public while protecting the environment. In this Laconia Daily Sun article, a reporter tours Lake Winnisquam with a long-time resident to see the challenges first-hand.
The state owns a small boat ramp on White Pond, but Ossipee's highway department has been repairing it for years, citing the state's "negligence." DES says the repairs have degraded the lake water and should not have been performed without a permit. Now it has given the town a deadline to clean things up.
The Marine Patrol had few leads, but a combination of old-fashioned detective work and tips from the public led officers to a Massachusetts woman who was piloting a borrowed boat.
The boat basin at the Westward Shores marina is the latest location documented to contain variable milfoil. The chance discovery last week is a reminder that state and local officials need the help of lake residents and boaters to identify infestations so they can be treated before they spread.
Lake Hosts will greeting boaters with milfoil prevention inspections all summer at local ramps thanks to the Tri-Town Lake Host Program, which has arranged for funding to ensure coverage through Labor Day.
Boaters whose vessels are registered outside New Hampshire will now have to pay $20 annually to use state waters. Revenue generated from the sale of the $20 decals will go to the state's Lake Restoration and Preservation Fund. The decal law is the first major piece of legislation in a decade designed to increase state funding for milfoil control.
Liz O'Donnell lives in Nevada but has strong ties to Danforth Pond, a place she says inspired her to seek a career at the activist outdoor clothing giant. For six weeks this summer, she'll be back on the lake to work with the Alliance.
It's always a joy when the hummingbirds return just before summer. Weighing a little more than several dimes stacked together, a hummer is about as small as an animal can be and remain endothermic, which means warm-blooded in biologists' terms. That makes them particularly vulnerable to climate change.
Westward Shores' owner Northgate Resorts is currently in two state courtrooms over zoning issues at its New Hampshire campgrounds. In addition to the local class action lawsuit filed against it by Westward Shores campers in Carroll County Superior Court, the Michigan-based business's dispute with ...
As of 10 minutes ago, Ossipee Lake is back to the summer level of 407.25, just as scheduled.
In a recent ruling, a Superior Court judge clarified that her February decision to deny a complaint by Westward Shores campers against the campground's previous owners, Anthony Aversa and Joan Brassill, pertains only to one of the four counts alleged in the case. The other three counts of the class action lawsuit remain open and unresolved.
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