Reduction of enforcement cited as a potential element in this season’s wave of trespassing and vandalism at Ossipee Lake’s rare nature preserve.
Alliance Report
Vandalism Reported at Ossipee Lake Natural Area
Rare plants may have been lost as Short Sands is trashed for the second time this summer.
Alliance to Sponsor Old Home Week Event
Ossipee Lake Alliance will present Chris Schadler, the representative for Project Coyote in New Hampshire and Vermont, as part of the Freedom Old Home Week activities. Ms. Schadler, a wild canine ecologist, will present “The Eastern Coyote” at Freedom Town Hall on Elm Street in the center of Freedom at 6:30 p.m., Monday, August 3rd. The event is free and open to the public.
Ossipee Lake Watershed Management Study to be Presented
At a June 6th community meeting, Green Mountain Conservation Group will report on the first phase of its Ossipee Watershed Management Plan and discuss how it will proceed with phase two, which will study the Ossipee Lake system this year and next.
Lakeside Meeting to Focus on Invasive Aquatic Species
Freedom’s Aquatic Invasive Species Committee is sponsoring an informative program on Saturday May 30. Amy Smagula, Limnologist and Exotic Species Program Coordinator for the N.H. Department of Environmental Services, will lead the discussion about milfoil and other invasive weeds.