The mission of the Wentworth Watershed Association is to protect and preserve the community, natural resources, water quality and scenic beauty of the Lake Wentworth-Crescent Lake Watershed, as well as to promote knowledge of the enduring character of its woodlands, waterways and wildlife, its people and its history.
A glance at news in the making around the Wentworth-Crescent watershed
Heath Brook Campaign Update
Heath Brook Campaign Update We are more than half way to our goal of $325,000! We have received pledges and donations from over 75 families and grants from two foundations to make it past the halfway mark of our goal. Many of you have taken advantage of matching challenge grants...
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It’s a Draw Down Year – What You Should Know
2018 is a Draw Down Year 2018 is a scheduled draw down year. Due to scheduled milfoil treatment of the back bay (Front Bay) of Lake Winnipesaukee, the draw down will ramp up on September 13th. Adam Tasker, who manages the dam reported that he is currently trying to get...
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Camp Dinner 2018
On August 24th, the Annual Camp Dinner was held at Camp Bernadette. Great fun was had by all - oh, and there was good food, too. As usual, there were good things to eat before dinner and then the dinner was sumptuous. And the weather was PERFECT. Before dinner, there...
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Lake Monitoring Report
Lake Monitoring Report Wentworth-Crescent NH Lay Lakes Monitoring Program Report, July 7, 2018 The Wentworth Watershed Association and the Water Quality Committee would like to recognize the long hours and hard work of our Volunteers Governor’s Deep; Mary Schillereff/Tisha Daniels Fullers Deep; Dave and Deb Denby/Rich Masse and Andrea Dudley...
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Dive Team Hitting our Stride
August 4th and August 11th were very productive Saturdays for the Dive Team. On the 4th, divers were in the middle of Crescent Lake pulling some weed watcher identified patches as well as combing other areas pulling random stragglers that could have grown into larger patches if they weren't identified...
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What Is It Like at a Draw Down Year? – You Might Want to Take a Trip to the Lake
Yes, things look different around the lake when there is a draw down. Of course, this is done to allow people to make improvements to their docks and waterfronts, but many more rocks become visible. Oh, and it is hard to avoid them with your boat and also hard to...
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