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Originally Posted by Pineedles
"...An aerial or satellite map could show whether there is more "green" on the lakefront then had existed before.
Speaking from personal experience, our "other" place that was sold in the late 80's has a lawn, where for 50 years before, it was just pine needles. I'm no enviro wacko, but I'm wondering if I may have been wrong? I still need the evidence though.
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From my point of view, you are right: more than anything, a pine needle mat is what's needed for filtering water runoff into lakes.
Two of the cleanest lakes in the Winnipesaukee Basin drain through Wolfeboro's Back Bay. Those lakes have many ancient septic systems
, but are surrounded with "Cathedral" piney lots with dense pine needle mats.
It is also surrounded with boggy "wetlands", which are also good filters. A huge development slated for their southeast quadrant threatens at least one wetland's ability to filter lakewater. (DES stopped a previous illegal bulldozing at the same site a few years ago.)
Back Bay (and Wolfeboro Bay) has changed from the day I took this aerial photograph. The Wolfeboro Bay bottom is now muddy with silt, and Back Bay water is not the waterskier's first choice for skiing any longer. It is a good place to grow and spread milfoil, though.
From this large aerial taken years ago, you can see an undeveloped Back Bay as a shrub- and tree-lined channel in the near-center-left of the picture.
