Newsletters

Autumn, 2012

• Milfoil Found in Big Lake, One of Four New Infestations
• Safe or Unsafe? The Truth About Milfoil Chemical Treatments
• Natural Area Continues to Rebound
• Spotted Sandpipers Thrive on Lakes and Ponds

Spring, 2012

• Threats To Our Lakes Will Be Focus of Alliance’s Annual Lake Reps Meeting
• Broad-Leavitt Bay Association Active and Growing
• The Lake’s Common Mergansers – Often Mistaken for Loons
• Alliance at NALMS Conference
• Hiker Explores Unique Ossipee Pine Barrens

Autumn, 2011

• Selectmen Say State Boat Ramp Improvements Raise Milfoil Concerns
• Preserving a Natural Lakeside Setting on North Broad Bay
• Migrants and Dogwood Berries
• In Memoriam: Jody Connor of DES

Summer, 2011

• State Paying Little for Milfoil Control, Alliance Study Finds
• New Milfoil Growth Found
• Loon Nesting Rafts at Trout Pond
• Berry Bay Association at 25 Years
• Ossipee Lake’s Great Blue Herons

Spring, 2011

• Lake Representatives to Focus on Milfoil Costs
• Lakefront Landing Marina Goes Condo
• Springs Common Yellowthroat
• Revisiting the Shoreland Protection Act
• Spring and Your Septic System

Winter, 2011

• Leavitt Bay’s Loons Part of Statewide Gains in Nesting Success
• Fish, Frogs and Turtles in Winter
• Natural Area Plan Gets Fine Tuned
• Winter’s Confusing Woodpeckers
• Lake Auld Lang Syne 2010 – The Year in Review

Autumn, 2010

• Seeking Answers on the Natural Level of Lake
• A Perfect Day for Water Testing
• Freedom’s Milfoil Management Plan
• Hansen Joins Alliance Board
• The Shoreline in Autumn

Summer, 2010

• New Evidence in 410 Rule Debate
• Managing Milfoil in Freedom
• Kingbirds Return to the Lake
• Freedom Old Home Week Events
• The 4^th of July – 1857 Style

Spring, 2010

• Tri-Town Milfoil Committee Formed
• Ground Hog Day and the Donald Lee Case
• A Contrarian View of Invasives
• The Loons of Ossipee Lake
• Freedom’s Cardboard Boat Race
• Freedom Voter’s Wary of New Debt

Winter 2010

• State Legislation Will Seek $5 Million to Fund Milfoil Control
• UNH Studying Ossipee Lake’s Mussels
• Repair Project Highlights Importance of Ossipee Lake Dam
• Lake Auld Lang Syne 2009 – The Year in Review

Autumn, 2009

• Natural Area Plan is Working
• Lake Draws Generations to Reunion
• Family Finds Solace in Local Donations
• Eleanor Mangini MacCarthy
• Things Not Done, Roads Not Taken
• In Vermont, Milfoil is Used as Mulch and Eyed As A Source of Electricity

Summer, 2009

• New Era for Ossipee Lake Natural Area
• Making of a Lake Coalition
• Boaters Will Communicate for Success
• New State Rules Balance All Interests
• Ossipee Lake’s Rare Plants and Natural Communities
• Marine Patrol Will Monitor Shoreline for Compliance
• Annual Water Testing is Part of the Plan
• A New Norm for Cooperation

Spring, 2009

• Dam Repairs Moving Forward Slowly
• Robert Frost on Ossipee Mountain
• Freedom Slows Municipal Land Purchase
• Ossipee Lake is Now Socially Networked
• Try the State’s Fire Tower Quest
• NH Fire Lookout Towers: A Short History
• DES Changes in Shoreland Protection Act

Winter, 2009

• Water Transparency Declines
• State’s Best Kept Secret – Seedling Program
• Natural Area Working Group Begin Work Advising State
• State Bats Face Debilitating Disease
• “Freedom Cares” Has Long Term View in Planning
• Lee Case – Contempt Motions to Be Heard
• Ossipee ZBA Denies Webcam Case Appeal

Autumn, 2008

• Ossipee Lake Natural Area Gets Management Plan
• Lingering Lee Case Passes 20 Year Mark
• State May Fund Danforth Milfoil Plan
• More Memories of Camp Wakuta
• Pequawket Ramp’s Managing Lake Host

Spring-Summer, 2008

• Alliance Programs Mark Five Years
• Deep, Deeper and Deepest – Deep Spots on the Lake
• Alliance and Ward’s Boat Shop Support Lake Hosts
• Go Fish
• A History of Camp Wakuta, Freedom
• Shaw – Great to Look at From the Lake, Even Better to Hike

Winter, 2008

• Milfoil Challenges Ahead for Danforth Pond
• Freedom Selectmen Appeal Marina Decision
• 2008 Lakes Legislation Agenda
• Webcam Offers Year-Round Lake View

Autumn, 2007

• DRED Closes Natural Area Shoreline, Promises Management Plan
• Danforth Pond Gets Organized
• Shoreland Protection Increased with New State Laws
• Barry Hill, Local Historian, Remembered

Summer, 2007

• Lake Representatives Set Course
• Priceless View Comes With a Price Tag: Viewshed on Route 16 Saved
• Tales of Ossipee Lake: Fire and Ice
• The “Perched” Beach Solution
• Remembering Shawtown, Part 4: Mary’s Mountain Offers Great Views

Spring, 2007

• State Planning Dam Improvements
• NY Times Discovers Ossipee
• Ossipee Lake Marina Case Headed to State Court
• Remembering Shawtown, Part 3: Abandoned Shawtown Returns to Forest
• Buying the Woods of Trout Pond for Freedom Town Forest
• Busy Year for Lake Hosts at Ossipee’s Town Boat Ramp
• State Requires Lake Management Plan

Winter, 2007

• Lake Representatives to Meet in Spring
• Verdict in Bluffs vs. Lee Trial Years in the Making
• Lake History in the Works
• Sammis Memorial Fund Established
• Remembering Shawtown, Part 2: Freedom’s Lost School District
• 2007 Lake Survey

Autumn, 2006

• Saving the Bearcamp’s Whittier Covered Bridge
• Keeping Watch Over Green Mountain
• Tales of Ossipee Lake: North Country Weather
• More Milfoil Removed
• Remembering Shawtown, Part 1: Freedom’s Lost Neighborhood

Summer, 2006

• Ossipee Hosting Lake Hosts This Summer
• Weetamoe Girls Camp Cabins Become Lakeside Condo-Cottages
• Tales of Ossipee Lake: Animals with Bad Reputations & Changes of Season
• Reducing Runoff On Your Lake Property

Spring, 2006

• Ossipee Lake Marina Case Back in the News
• Vanished Indian Mound Camps; A Taste of History
• Hydrilla, Too Close for Comfort
• More Ossipee Pine Barrens Protected by Nature Consesrvancy

Winter, 2006

• Wind, Rain, Flooding and Early Ice: Rapid Drawdown Followed by Flooding and Early Ice
• High Taxes on the Lake, Grandparents Labor to Stay on Ossipee Lake
• Know the Rules for Town Meeting
• Long Sands Study Released

Autumn, 2005

• Turning Point for Ossipee Lake Natural Area
• A Camp for the Kamps on Berry Bay
• ESP (Exotic Species Prevention) Program Wraps up First Year
• Leasing State Land for Private Gain
• A Walk in the Natural Area with Barry Hellquist

Summer, 2005

• Legendary Barry Barracuda-Return of Vintage Boat
• Boat Ramp Owners Participating in Alliance’s New ESP Mifoil Prevention Program
• Research on Impact of Lake Water Levels
• Tales of Ossipee Lake: Aliens, Floating Rocks and Bears!
• Lake Snaps – Photos

Spring, 2005

• Boat Ramp Owners Will Get Milfoil Prevention Help
• State Permits Now Required for Anchored Floats

Winter, 2005

• Towns Consider the Cost of Milfoil as More is Found
• Higher Water Level in the Fall; New Ruling to Keep water at 407.25 until Columbus Day

Autumn, 2004

• Divers Favored to Control Spread of Variable Milfoil
• Alliance Weed Watchers Program in High Gear; Milfoil in Ossipee River
• Barre Hellquist Joins Alliance Board of Directors
• Notes on Managing the Height of the Lake – Dam Plays Important Role

Summer, 2004

• Tales of Ossipee Lake: Mysteries of Shawtown and Milfoil
• Tamworth’s Race Track’s Impact on Ossipee Lake Still Unknown
• Weed Watchers Hit the Lake
• 2004 Water Tests Set to Start
• Boat Counting Synchs Up with State Programs

Spring, 2004

• Community Initiative Will Take Aim at Milfoil
• Voters Approve Environmental Funds, Reject Zoning Change
• Ossipee Lake Marina Case Ends Suddenly
• State Agency Promises More for Less in Water Testing
• Ossipee Lake’s Postcard Past
• Controlled Burns Needed for Pine Barrens

Winter, 2004

• State Seeks Approvals for Leavitt Bay Milfoil Plan
• Court Ponders Ossipee Lake Marina Expansion
• 2003 Lake Host Statistics Released
• E-Mail News Service Connects Lake Community

Year-End, 2003, Project Report

• New Board of Directors for 2004
• LEAP 2003
• Tales of Ossipee Lake
• Protecting Rare Habitats
• Water Quality Monitoring
• Lake Host Program
• Capacity Building Initiatives

Autumn, 2003

• Treatment of Leavitt Bay Milfoil will be Discussed
• A Summer’s Education on Ossipee Lake
• Tales of Ossipee Lake: Perfection to a Fault, Ghost Story
• Lake Associations Name New Officers
• Aggressive Milfoil Measures in Maine – Milfoil and Hydrilla
• Cassie Cove and Spindle Point at Issue Again

Summer, 2003

• Lake Research for LEAP 2003 Program
• Tales of Ossipee Lake: Quicksand, Quakes and Quackery
• Ossipee Lake Marina Case Update
• Water Quality Monitoring Begins
• Lakes Legislation Sputters
• Lake Hosts Return to Pine River Boat Ramp

Spring, 2003

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Winter, 2003

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Autumn, 2002

• Lake Host Program Wraps Up First Summer Season
• Marina Issues Move to State Court
• Alliance Hosts DES Presentation on Source Water Protection
• Broad Bay Alliance Looks Back and Ahead to 2003

Summer, 2002

• Marina Stalemate Continues
• Broad Bay Alliance Wins Grant
• Water and Milfoil at Issue
• Tales of Ossipee Lake: Quicksand, Quakes and Quackery
• Ossipee Lake Marina Case Update