By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org May 28, 2024 Dolichospermum- cyanobacteria, along the shores Lake Kanasatka, NH What a cyanobacteria bloom looks like in New Hampshire. By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org CONCORD – It is not even technically summer yet, but it is starting out…
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Thanks NH LAKES for calling attention to the issues we are facing due to climate change in the Lakes Region- Read this article from the Boston Globe on 5/22/24. The president of NH Lakes and and a N.H. state senator…
This season, Keegan Kilkelly, a Kingswood Regional High School senior, demonstrated exceptional leadership and dedication by successfully completing his Eagle Scout project in collaboration with the Wentworth Watershed Association (WWA). The project focused on installing crucial footbridges on the Linda…
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Beaver-created wetlands have phenomenal value for humans and thousands of other species. They raise the water level and can re-shape the topography of our ecosystems with dams, canals, and lodges, making the habitat more structurally complex and valuable. Consequently, there…
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Written and shared by member- Christin W. Kaiser Spring has finally arrived here in the Lakes area of New Hampshire. It was a long time coming, and it did the now normal routine of throwing in a short heat wave…
This year the Wentworth Watershed Association is sponsoring the 5th grade at Crescent Lake School. Our hope is to engage teachers and students with watershed studies and inspire a conservation ethic in the next generation. The students have been exploring…
People often think of the birds that we see here in the Lakes Region as OUR birds or native species that live here. But most of the birds in the area only spend part of the year with us. We…
Every year, the Wentworth Watershed Association walks the property lines of all the properties that we own or have easements to. This survey of the properties is to see if there are any incursions onto the properties or other issues…
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On Oct. 12, there was a "grand opening" of the Heath Brook Preserve Trail. This did not mean that the group was the first to go on the trail but it was a time to have many of the people…
Thanks to donors like you, we have reached our goal of $325,000! The Wentworth Watershed Association is pleased to announce that our Campaign for Heath Brook is complete! We received donations from 195 families, leadership grants from two foundations, the…
