Pawtuckaway Lake Association

Reflections On The Lake

"Our biggest challenge is to keep the lake as healthy as possible for the generations that come after us. I think that the PLIA is definitely on the right track. I especially liked their video that showed how to landscape our waterfronts to promote a more healthy lake and a better habitat for the animals."

Phyllis Rehill
Excerpt from the Pawtuckaway History Project

Welcome

2012 Ice Golf on Pawtuckaway

Written by Donna Danis

We are very pleased to announce that the Pawtuckaway Open Charity Ice Golf and Chili Bowl has a new Tournament Director and the next event will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 on Pawtuckaway Lake.

Jay Swymer, a long time supporter of the Open, is the new Tournament Director and Golf Pro. Tricia Guarino is the new Top Chili Chef. The tournament will be held to raise money for Fred’s Fund, a 501c Charity whose mission is to provide funds, goods and services to benefit the families and young patients being treated in the Pediatric Intensive Care unit at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD). The course will be essentially the same and the starting point will be the old 9th hole. The address is 15 Meindl Rd.

For more than ten years, we ran the Pawtuckaway Open in support of Families In Transition. We chose that organization because we were so impressed with the quality of their program and their success rate. We are equally impressed with Fred’s Fund and the great work they do for CHaD, striving to make life a little easier for families in the midst of very difficult periods. I encourage you to read more about Fred’s Fund here: www.fredsfund.org .

Eric and I are looking forward to playing in the 2012 event. We hope you’ll join us at the event and in supporting Fred’s Fund.

Mark your calendar for February 4th.

New changes in shoreland protection act.

Written by Site Administrator

Please visit the following link for answers to the questions: "Can I cut trees?" and other concerns . . .

http://www.des.state.nh.us/organization/divisions/water/wetlands/cspa/documents/changes-swqa.pdf

The Weed Watchers of Pawtuckaway Lake

Written by Site Administrator

A History and Lessons Learned: Weed Watchers in Action
by Stephen Soreff

Beginnings

Our rebirth as a Weed Watch force commenced in June 2007, at the Pawtuckaway Lake ImprovementAssociation’s (PLIA) annual meeting. PLIA President Tom Duffy, in presenting the work of the Lake Host program,noted the recent absence of Weed Watcher activity. I along with my partner Peggy Tucker volunteeredto rejuvenate it. At that meeting we all naively believed

that our wonderful lake was free of any exotic weeds. Our mission then and now is to back up the Lake Hostprogram. The inspection of vessels coming into our water represents the first line of defense. They are thegate keepers. If you can stop milfoil and other exotic quatic plants before they enter the lake, you have wonthe battle for that day. But what if you missed an exotic

weed or it enters the lake by a different route, what then? Here is where we the Weed Watchers come in: topatrol the shoreline in order to detect any exotic weed. Like many forms of cancer sooner is much better thanslater in terms of detection. Little did we know that our work would soon expand to eradication.

PLIA Mission Statement

The Pawtuckaway Lake Improvement Association (PLIA) is a Private, Non-Profit Organization formed to monitor and act upon environmental and safety issues in the Pawtuckaway Lake Watershed area. The PLIA also provides education, information, recreation and other services to its members.

The Association routinely conducts water quality sampling under the New Hampshire Volunteer Lake Assessment program of the State of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. Other activities (sailboat races, fishing derbies, etc.) may be coordinated by the Association, but are funded by program participants.