Aquatic plants are a common sight in New Hampshire’s waterbodies, and many lake residents, as well as visitors to New Hampshire’s numerous waterbodies, may question the importance and role of aquatic vegetation. Each waterbody may vary in terms of the…
Read More Native Plant Growth -Just Something to Get Used To
On a brisk, breezy but sunlit day in early April, Lisa Doner, assistant professor of environmental studies and policy at Plymouth State University; one of her students, Victoria Santry; Don Kretchmer, local limnologist (study of lakes); and Karen Burnett-Kurie, executive…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkgOc501raI Thank you Jim for sharing.
You can find three numbers on every bag of fertilizer. They tell you, the consumer, just how much nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) ,and potassium (K) are in that container. The obvious question is what numbers do you need? To answer…
NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles relating news and information about caring for the Lake Wentworth and Crescent Lake watershed. "It seems to be going according to plan." That's the verdict on the storm water abatement…
Read More Bartlett project aims to intercept Fernald-bound pollutants
So, with recent heavy rains, you may be asking yourself: How can I manage ponding and runoff as well as enhance my property? Here’s the answer we came up with for our shoreline home. Our property has long had an…
The Lake Wentworth Foundation and the Town of Wolfeboro have won approval of a $120,000 grant for stormwater mitigation in the Lake Wentworth/Crescent Lake watershed. News of the US Environmental Protection Agency's release of the Watershed Assistance Grant comes from…
With the arrival of spring, the two-year, $150,000 Wentworth/Crescent watershed management plan is now winding down, and its accomplishments are significant. Among them: A door-to-door survey of hundreds of properties along the shoreline of the two lakes and their tributaries,…
The Lake Wentworth Foundation recently adopted a revised Land Acquisition and Management Policy, replacing one that was developed more than a decade ago. The new policy provides clear criteria to guide trustees in making decisions to acquire or protect parcels…
Read More Foundation Adopts New Land Acquisition, Management Policy
The effort to develop a management plan for the Lake Wentworth/Crescent Lake watershed cleared its final hurdle on June 22 as Governor John Lynch and the Executive Council gave their approval to a $67,800 grant from the Department of Environmental…
