THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, September 30, 2010 WITH LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE Lake Winnipesaukee is a
national and international scenic resource renowned for its remarkable setting, outstanding water clar- ity, and economic vitality within New England. It is the largest lake in New Hampshire and the third largest lake in New Eng- land. It is a significant as- set for state tourism, and the primary economic force of the Lakes Region. Here’s the bad news —
the landscape that drains into Lake Winnipesaukee (formally called the ‘water- shed’) lacks a comprehen- sive management plan that would permanently protect the environmental quality and scenic beauty of the lake. There are a number of obstacles, such as mul- tiple local jurisdictions, and the lack of funding for consistent planning. Poorly coordinated devel- opment on the landscape and lake traffic continue to rise, bacteria and toxic al- gae and unwanted invasive species like milfoil growth in the lake are worsening, and polluted water running off the landscape is de- grading the lake’s health. These problems are not only hurting the lake and the wildlife that depend on a healthy ecosystem, they are threatening the quality of life in the region. The Lake Winnipesaukee Watershed needs a strong, coordinated, and effective organizational voice com- mitted to advocacy, out- reach, and education. Here’s the good news
— many concerned peo- ple and organizations are ready now to take action. The need is great and time- ly. We need to identify threats and be prepared to address them, and others, into the future. A compre- hensive management plan is being developed which will protect, sustain, and enhance the watershed and the health of the lake for our visitors and com- munities alike. The Solution — The Lake
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Winnipesaukee Watershed Association (LWWA), Lakes Region Planning Commis- sion, North Country Re- source Conservation & Development Area Council (RC&D), University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, New Hamp- shire Department of Envi- ronmental Services, Center for the Environment at Plymouth State Univer- sity, and the New Hamp-
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shire Lakes Association (NH LAKES), have forged a unique, subwatershed approach to create an ef- fective, sustainable plan- ning and implementation process to enhance eco- nomic vitality and protect the health and beauty of the lake and its water- shed. Since this is a large, diverse watershed with many bays and subwater- sheds (smaller watersheds
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make up the overall Win- nipesaukee watershed), the collaborative will de- velop bay-specific manage- ment recommendations as it moves around the water- shed. The collaborative is working on a user-friendly, web-based, visual water- shed information manage- ment system that will pro- vide “one-stop shopping” for maps, environmental plans, water quality data, recreational opportunities, fishing regulations, land use ordinance and regula- tions, local information, and much more. The part- ners are dedicated to creat- ing community awareness
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