We have been experiencing real winter weather and snow. Looks like almost 2/3 of the snow cover has melted or turned to ice, and the temperature has been below zero many nights in the last ten days.
Students at Prospect Mountain School in Alton earn a $1,000 scholarship for their video about the threat milfoil poses to New Hampshire lakes.
A December flood is not an unusual occurrence, but so far the high water has been minimal, with the bays and Danforth Pond now iced-over.
Still great weather, but the autumn drawdown means winter is right around the corner.
New Ossipee Lake Alliance survey shows 21 milfoil-infested New Hampshire lakes, ponds, and rivers do not have an ongoing weed control program.
A horse in Ossipee has tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis, an usual finding for our region that raises the risk level for the town of Ossipee from "remote" to "high." The surrounding towns of Tamworth, Madison, Freedom, Effingham, Wakefield, Brookfield, Wolfeboro, Tuftonborough, and Moultonborough will increase to “moderate” risk level.
The next step for the project is to receive all necessary permits to satisfy environmental protection requirements. Some work will be done to the bridge this fall, but work will not be completed this year.
The Nature Conservancy will be conducting a controlled burn in the Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve today, September 19th. They will be burning 23 acres in the Town of Ossipee to the southeast of Windsock Village. The burn area is referred to as the “Windsock Village 2” burn unit. For further information, contact Jeff Lougee at (603) 356-8833 Ext. 2.
Lakefront property owners, including some who had not filed request for tax abatements, will receive tax relief this year after the Ossipee Board of Selectmen approved more than $123,045 in property tax rebates. According to an exhaustive review of lakefront land assessments on Ossipee Lake, the town will lose $7,916,200 in land value.
The State Dam Authority plans to maintain the lake at summer level until Columbus Day (10/14) and then begin the usual, gradual winter drawdown of 3.5 feet. I am counting on the usual fall flood some time in November or December to float my docks onto the beach. The Lake usually ices over by end of December.
The Nature Conservancy says the latest burn will be north of Ossipee Lake Road in Freedom. Controlled burns are used as part of land management in the Ossipee Pine Barrens.
A new state report shows local efforts are keeping the indestructible invasive weed in check. Several new treatments are recommended for later this month and September.
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