Cyanobacteria Alert Issued for Blackey Cove (Moultonborough)

[Lake Winnipesaukee Alliance]

Update: THANK YOU to everyone that submitted remote testimony, emailed the committee, or came in person to the Senate Finance Committee hearing on SB 394-FN-A to allocate $1M to the Cyanobacteria Mitigation Loan Fund, with $350K to Lake Kanasatka. The committee received 301 responses in favor and 0 opposed. So what's next? Chairman James Gray indicated that they have a lot of bills with appropriations this session, and they do not intend to move forward with any of the bills proposed until they have a better idea of the fiscal budget.
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SB 394-FN-A, the bill to appropriate $1M to the cyanobacteria fund and allot $350K of that to Lake Kanasatka is being heard in the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, Jan. 4 at 1:40 pm in Room 103 at the State House. Lake Kanasatka has been experiencing repeated cyanobacteria blooms for the past few years. The blooms in Kanasatka impact Lake Winnipesaukee as well, as Kanasatka drains into Blackey Cove, Lake Winnipesaukee.

Yet another cyanobacteria alert was issued for Lake K on 12/26/23 and removed on 1/2/24. The proposed treatment will bind phosphorus to the sediment, making it inactive under anoxic conditions and therefore unavailable to cyanobacteria. Lake Kanasatka was under an alert or advisory for 128 days in 2023.

It is VERY IMPORTANT that supporters of this bill communicate their support to members of the Committee. There are several ways to do this:

1. Attend the hearing, sign up in support on the forms on the table just inside the hearing room. If possible, also indicate that you want to speak in favor of the bill. Your remarks should be 3 mins and speak to how this bill benefits the region and environment (don’t make it just about a personal benefit) but also say how blooms have impacted you.

2. If you cannot attend, email the committee with your support and why. Again, short and a personal appeal is more likely to be read. Copy and paste the following email addresses to reach the senators on this committee: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

3. Use the remote sign in form to also share your support for this bill. https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rem...ee/senate.aspx

Please feel free to share this with others who may be interested. Thank you for your support!

[ApS]

1.75 Billion years ago, cyanobacteria started the "Great Oxygenation Event", making life on Earth possible. (As just reported in Nature magazine).

"As reported in a new study, scientists have found the oldest direct evidence of oxygenic photosynthetic structures—ones capable of turning sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into energy and oxygen—inside fossilized bacteria from Australia and Canada. The fossils are 1.75 billion years old, pushing back the undisputed origin of photosynthesis as we know it by at least 1.2 billion years. This key process helped life along by pumping the atmosphere full of oxygen."

--Nature

So cyanobacteria aren't ALL bad. Today, they still oxygenate the air we breathe.

Now I'm wondering if ancient flora started the production of fossilized fuels.

[ITD]

Originally Posted by ApS

1.75 Billion years ago, cyanobacteria started the "Great Oxygenation Event", making life on Earth possible. (As just reported in Nature magazine).

"As reported in a new study, scientists have found the oldest direct evidence of oxygenic photosynthetic structures—ones capable of turning sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into energy and oxygen—inside fossilized bacteria from Australia and Canada. The fossils are 1.75 billion years old, pushing back the undisputed origin of photosynthesis as we know it by at least 1.2 billion years. This key process helped life along by pumping the atmosphere full of oxygen."

--Nature

So cyanobacteria aren't ALL bad. Today, they still oxygenate the air we breathe.

Now I'm wondering if ancient flora started the production of fossilized fuels.

Too much of any good thing always ends up badly...

[Lake Winnipesaukee Alliance]

Very true ApS! They are an essential part of our origin story and can be found in almost every terrestrial and aquatic habitat. Cyanobacteria are such an important part of our ecosystem.

Originally Posted by ApS

1.75 Billion years ago, cyanobacteria started the "Great Oxygenation Event", making life on Earth possible. (As just reported in Nature magazine).

"As reported in a new study, scientists have found the oldest direct evidence of oxygenic photosynthetic structures—ones capable of turning sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into energy and oxygen—inside fossilized bacteria from Australia and Canada. The fossils are 1.75 billion years old, pushing back the undisputed origin of photosynthesis as we know it by at least 1.2 billion years. This key process helped life along by pumping the atmosphere full of oxygen."

--Nature

So cyanobacteria aren't ALL bad. Today, they still oxygenate the air we breathe.

Now I'm wondering if ancient flora started the production of fossilized fuels.

[Winilyme]

Some very good news here…and lessons for us all. My wife and I attended a recent discussion on the LakeSmart program and plan to participate in it. I encourage everyone to consider the same. The goal is to initiate important ways of managing our lakefront and watershed lands to prevent our lakes from reaching a critical tipping point as we saw with Kanasatka. The issues our lakes face today will not fix themselves.

https://indepthnh.org/2024/07/17/lak...winnipesaukee/