June 27, 2009

Mirror Lake, NH — The Annual Meeting for the Mirror Lake Protective Association was held today at the Mirror Lake Community Church. Click the link for a copy of the presentation made by MLPA President Dusty Davies. MLPA Annual Meeting – PowerPoint (9.3 MB)

After the presentation and discussion, the members voted to hire Steve Truchon, an independent environmental consultant, to prepare the RFP and to assist in grant writing, for a fee not exceeding $5,000.

Other figures disclosed were the fact that the request for the initial grant for fact finding and risk assessment would probably be in the range of $100,000 to $140,000. It was also noted that while the full extent of the lake problem is unclear, containment, remediation and restoration in other lakes have cost in the range of $500,000.

Other items discussed included :

      Request for membership and donations (MLPA is a 501(c)3 charitable organization):

      MLPA
      P.O. Box 311
      Mirror Lake, NH 03853

      Request for volunteer assistance:

      For the Lake Host Program – Volunteering at the Route 109 launch to check for milfoil and invasive weeds on boats: contact Beth Urda

      For the Weed Watchers Program – Volunteering to circle the lake, once, one week during the summer, to look for invasive weeds: contact Alison Jones

      For water testing: contact Nancy Byrd

      The Annual Meeting minutes can be found here

Bear sightings!

Bear sightings around Mirror Lake are becoming more common. NH Fish and Game advises taking down bird feeders; firmly securing trash containers; thoroughly cleaning grills; and not leaving food of any kind in cars, sheds, decks etc. Keep doors and windows locked at night and when you leave the house. Bears will avoid ammonia soaked rags and loud noises such as clanging pots and pans, airhorns, yelling, clapping and such.

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