Lack of beach

[Pamela065]

Last year I bought a waterfront home in Meredith. The bottom of the lake by my home is very mucky. Last year I spent a lot of time racking the bottom, not only is it still mucky but now it's rocky. What can I do to fix this problem

[songkrai]

Best to read up on the Wetlands Protection Act or whatever it is called now as it has been amended.

[fatlazyless]

The Town of Meredith has Leavitt Beach, about one half mile off Route 25 at the big curve heading east on Route 25 between Saint Charles-Borromeo Church and the half mile to Center Harbor-Meredith town line. Watch closely for the small green sign on the right.....it looks like a street name sign! Leavitt Beach is a mini park of about 25-acres or something that includes a free-to-use-by-anyone natural sandy beach, and forest on the water, barbeque area near the beach, parking lot, and a very scenic dirt road that travels for 1/8 mile thru the woods and to the water, from a back corner of the dirt parking lot, for unloading kayaks and canoes and car top inflatables and car top sailboats but not for trailered boats as there is no boat loading concrete ramp whatsoever and no room to turn a trailer around. It's like a return trip, back in time, back to the 1960's! It's a tiny little dirt road that travels through a swampy area for about 1/10th mile and directly down to the sandy bottom Lake Winnipesaukee for unloading.

Lifeguards are usually never present, as the two, white, 10' high. lifeguard raised seats have been removed, and are no longer there, and there is a large steel gate that swings across the entry road when the area gets locked up at about 6-pm or sometime....the Meredith Police will stop in from time to time on their regular patrol.

A very high quality sandy beach and forest tucked away between the very pricey waterfront homes......and free to everyone.....not just Meredith property tax payers as far as I know......no restrictions......say-hey....it's could be a...a...a...a...a great PARTY SPOT! .... except it is mostly mom's with young kids. Do the toilets in the beach house work and is the beach house there ever open ....... a good question.....do not know?

Unless it is a hot & sunny day, the area is usually very empty of anyone, so it's #1 best use, in my opinion, is to launch a kayak, or a S.U.P. board, or to go swimming. Sometimes, there's a 6-am sunrise yoga class. It is long on potential for recreational use.....but most of the time is empty of people! What it needs is a red clay, tennis court or two, built off in the big-pine woods behind the beach there........yeah! ....put some of that Meredith-waterfront-property tax-island money to work and lets build some red clay, tennis courts down there or maybe a combination indoor ice arena & swimming pool facility for 7-million dollars!

In the winter, it get used for a snowmobile start-off point onto the lake (Winnipesaukee) with plenty room for parking a pickup and snowmobile trailer.

[Onshore]

The Wetlands Act is still the Wetlands Act. No one has ever tried to change that. It is the Shoreland Act that has been so frequently amended of late.

Pamela065:
You would need a Wetland Permit for any dredging or sand placement in the lake. I can tell you up front that the Wetlands Bureau will not issue a permit for sand placement below the waterline. We have not permitted that kind of activity since the 80's.

D. Forst
NH DES Land Resource Management

[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by shore things

The Wetlands Act is still the Wetlands Act. No one has ever tried to change that. It is the Shoreland Act that has been so frequently amended of late.

Pamela065:
You would need a Wetland Permit for any dredging or sand placement in the lake. I can tell you up front that the Wetlands Bureau will not issue a permit for sand placement below the waterline. We have not permitted that kind of activity since the 80's.

D. Forst
NH DES Land Resource Management

Maybe not but from what I see it happens frequently. Government regulation without enforcement is ineffective.

[tis]

Originally Posted by Pamela065

Last year I bought a waterfront home in Meredith. The bottom of the lake by my home is very mucky. Last year I spent a lot of time racking the bottom, not only is it still mucky but now it's rocky. What can I do to fix this problem

If the bottom is not used, it usually gets mucky unless there is a very strong current by your house. Use it more and it will get better.

[Pineedles]

See my thread in the Home, Cottage, land Maintenance section titled Lake Currents.

[RLW]

Originally Posted by Pamela065

Last year I bought a waterfront home in Meredith. The bottom of the lake by my home is very mucky. Last year I spent a lot of time racking the bottom, not only is it still mucky but now it's rocky. What can I do to fix this problem

Pamela065, I just noticed that you are fairly new to posting on the forum and glad you have joined us. Have fun and enjoy the Winni Forum while making many new friends.

I'm sure you will get some excellent suggestions from the gang on this forum.