Fifteen acres of a rare habitat will burn later this month, as conservation workers use fire to preserve the unique Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve.
Katie Gove will step down from her position as chairman of the Freedom Forest Advisory Committee, and hopes that committee member Peter Schiller will take her place.
The town's cherished covered bridge was called a faltering health and safety hazard and will be entirely closed off from the public behind a wooden stockade fence.
Freedom selectmen have decided to take the position that the selectmen, conservation commissioners and Freedom Forest Advisory Committee should manage the Trout Pond property along the guidelines set out by selectmen's attorneys Peter Malia and David Hastings.
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The beach at Long Sands is safe, said selectman's chair Harry Merrow. Merrow had asked the N.H. Department of Environmental Services to test the water for E. coli, a marker for potential disease-causing germs in water.
Officials are asking boaters to be wary of flags signaling divers are toiling in the depths of Ossipee Lake.
Madison has scaled back its no-exception wash-before-you-launch anti-milfoil rule to ease the burden on kayakers and canoeists, while officials hope the new distinction will not leave motor boaters all wet.
The Green Mountain Conservation Group will host a Wetlands Forum on August 30th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Runnells Hall in Chocorua to provide information for the public on wetlands protection.
Ossipee’s selectmen this week approved a new round of milfoil removal in Phillips Brook and the area where it enters Leavitt Bay.
State Environmental Services Commissioner Michael Nolin says he is passionate about his job and can continue working well with Gov. John Lynch, even though Lynch has nominated someone to replace him.
While talk of putting a town beach on Ossipee Lake has died down, complaints about the way boaters use the beach at Long Sands continue.
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