Thank you dock team!

A big thank you to the dock team that removed over 30 docks this Fall.  It was a great crew of Beaver Lake residents who helped our neighbors in need.  This program has helped to bring our community closer together, raise awareness of the BLIA and has also increased membership.  

Lost & Found  

These two items were recently found so if they are yours or you know who they belong to then please email StevenAnthony@Beaver-Lake.org and you will be reunited with your lost item.

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The 2019 Oktoberfest including the dog parade has been canceled.

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Do you own a waterfront property on Beaver Lake or know of a storm water issue that could be a candidate for this opportunity?  If so, this could be your chance for a free consult by the NH Department of Environmental Services and local Landscapers.  Please email stevenanthony@beaver-lake.org with your name and details. A small group will be doing a walk through on September 24th from 10am-12:30pm of the potential site recommendations.

Here’s more information:

The NH DES Watershed Assistance Section will be partnering with the Town of Derry and the Beaver Lake Improvement Association in March 2020 for a training for landscapers regarding water quality.  The DES partners with the UNH Cooperative Extension and they have completed this training in other watersheds throughout the state.

As part of the training, they are looking for a home owner that would allow the team to provide recommendations for something on or that eventually drains to the lake, has impervious areas, potential storm water issues, and some room for putting in Best Management Practices (BMPs) that a landscaper or homeowner might do such as rain gardens, buffers, grassy swales, infiltration trenches, etc.

The details:

·      Two-day training (March 26 and 27, 2020) designed for landscapers but watershed organization members, town staff, and interested residents are welcome too.

·      Curriculum is focused on landscaping practices to protect water quality  https://extension.unh.edu/blog/workshop-presentations-available-2018-landscaping-water-quality

·      NH DES coordinates and supplies the instructors.

·      NH DES likes to have the local watershed organization(s) do a short talk about the status of their waterbodies.

·       The Town of Derry will be represented to talk about local regulations and concerns

·       Location of the training will be at the Town Office, 14 Manning St. which is capable of holding at least 30-35 people.

·      The DES and Landscapers will walk a site that might impact a waterbody and design non-engineered (do-it-yourself) practices (BMPs) to reduce those impacts.   

The attending landscapers are listed on the UNH Cooperative Extension website as having attended the training https://extension.unh.edu/resource/directory-landscape-professionals-trained-ecological-landscaping-water-quality-protection . 

If you have an idea for your property or another property around the lake, please email stevenanthony@beaver-lake.org.  

Thank you,

Steven

President, BLIA

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