SEPTEMBER 2023
~ LAKE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING ~ SEPTEMBER 9
ANNUAL MEETING SUMMARY
- Welcome, thank you to our hosts
- Financial Report
- Program Reports - Lake Host, Weed Watchers, Water Quality
- General updates, New Business, Memorials
- Vote on 2024 Board of Directors
- Close
See 2023 Annual Meeting Minutes at Living at the Lake/Documents & Reports
2024 Board of Directors
- Kathy Soloway, president
- Deborah Jensen, vice president
- Kate Merritt, treasurer
- Lisa McGiffert, recording secretary
- Arline Cochrane, corresponding secretary
- Lynn DeMerchant
- Carolyn Dorfman
- Bill Musty
- Christine Palmucci
- Sam Rounds
- Ken Settel
beneficial bryozoans live in lake armington
Aquatic invertebrates called bryozoans (moss animals) are, until recently, little-known inhabitants of Lake Armington that signal clean water and healthy lake environment. The photo (by Cindy Theroux-Jette) shows two globe-shaped bryozoans growing attached to an underwater tree branch close to shore, framed by reflections of the sky and clouds above. There are many bryozoans around the lake and throughout New England.
Have you seen them and wondered what there were?
Some Facts:
- Bryozoans may be different shapes, small or large (some 2ft across),
- Made up of a "colony" of smaller single aquatic invertebrates,
- Filter the water, not a health threat to humans,
- 5000 species exist, both ocean and freshwater,
- One of oldest creatures on earth, pre-date the dinosaurs.
See this link to NH Dept of Environmental Services description of bryozoans
https://www.des.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt341/files/documents/2020-01/bb-59.pdf
Another link from Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryozoa
Lake Armington Water quality Reports, 1987-2019
Water Quality Testing program leader Mike Poole has compiled and summarized new data from NHDES to update the original Lake Armington Water Quality Reports from 2013 by Brad Caswell.
Water analysis currently measures nine lake water characteristics: Chlorophyll, Transparency, Acid Neutralizing Capacity, Conductivity, pH, Total Phosphorus, Dissolved Oxygen & Water Temperature, Turbidity and E. coli.
POSTED MAY 2021
WEED WATCHERS UPDATE - FROM Linda Kline
Many thanks to the Weed Watcher team for their diligent efforts to protect our beautiful lake from potential invasive species! Last year's team, all continuing on, are: Wendy Cahill, Lynn DeMerchant, Lynn Dennison, Tim Donelon, James Jensen, Lisa McGiffert, Ken Settel and Kathy Soloway.
I also want to ask members of our lake community to keep an eye out for unusual weeds that you think could be invasives -- the more eyes the better. The "Frightful Fourteen" (shown below) are the major invasives to be aware of, but our greatest threat is Variable Milfoil, see photo at right and below.
If you do see what you think could be milfoil or any of the other invasives, please contact program leader Linda Kline and a Weed Watcher team member will stop by and have a look.
If we all work together, Lake Armington will continue to endure as the beautiful, healthy lake we all love and enjoy!
bladderwort - non-invasive
variable milfoil - invasive
variable milfoil - invasive
Bladderwort is a sign of a healthy lake. It is found all over Lake Armington and grows thickly as the summer progresses. It has been a concern to lake residents who mistake it for Variable Milfoil. Bladderwort produces a small, pretty yellow flower toward the end of the summer -- enjoy it and don't be concerned by its presence!
variable milfoil - invasive
variable milfoil - invasive
variable milfoil - invasive
Variable Milfoil is highly invasive and our biggest threat. Milfoil spreads quickly and is difficult to remove once it gets a toehold. We are fortunate that, although nearby lakes have been affected, Lake Armington has not had any milfoil outbreaks. We'd like to keep it that way!!
If you do see what you think could be milfoil or any of the other invasives, please contact program leader Linda Kline and a Weed Watcher team member will stop by and have a look.
If we all work together, Lake Armington will continue to endure as the beautiful, healthy lake we all love and enjoy!
ORIGINALLY POSTED JUNE 2021 - STILL ACTIVE IN 2024
LAKE ARMINGTON SELECTED FOR LAKE WATER LEVEL STUDY
NH Department of Environmental Services (DES) has just selected Lake Armington to be part of a new study to learn how the volume of water in lakes changes over time. Mike Poole is Lake Armington's contact.
The study is run by the Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists & Satellites project (LOCSS), a partnership of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Washington, and Tennessee Technological University, with funding from NASA and involvement with other universities. UMASS Amherst has installed the water level gauge for the study near the dam and is Mike's LOCSS contact.
Mike and Tim Donelon take water level measurements on a schedule, synchronized with the overhead passage of orbiting satellites, and report the measurements to the LOCSS team. LOCSS pairs water level measurements with lake surface area measurements calculated from the satellite imagery to determine if the volume of water in the lake is changing.
Lake Armington joins 18 other lakes in NH in the LOCSS water level study, as well as lakes in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Illinois, Washington, France, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. For more information on this project and results for each lake see www.LOCSS.org.
The water level gauge for the water level study is in place at the dam.