Devastating damage to the lake

Steveo · 11-18-2016, 08:01 PM

Hard to show the true damage but here are a couple of pictures:

Descant · 11-18-2016, 09:12 PM

Thanks for photos. Still curious to see what the (former) dam looks like now. Is access to the docks/boathouse(?) diminished (allowing for the already low water level? ou earlier mentioned a lot of debris from the dam. Is hatin the lake or just along the brook?

Steveo · 11-20-2016, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Descant

Thanks for photos. Still curious to see what the (former) dam looks like now. Is access to the docks/boathouse(?) diminished (allowing for the already low water level? ou earlier mentioned a lot of debris from the dam. Is hatin the lake or just along the brook?

Thia was taken Friday 18th. The beaver have already started back:

fatlazyless · 11-20-2016, 10:22 AM

Could be a good spot to install anti-beaver culvert baffles? The US Forest Service has info on this ..... just google "anti-beaver culvert baffles" ....... goal to keep the water flowing. How to outsmart the beavers!

Descant · 11-20-2016, 11:23 AM

Thanks for the photos.
OP mentioned earlier that somebody from DES was supposed to look into this. Did s/he show up? Any feedback? How about the Alton Conservation Commission? Who put up the silt fence that's in the picture? Before or after DOT did the first dam removal?

Slickcraft · 11-20-2016, 12:36 PM

Good suggestion about the Conservation Commission.
http://alton.nh.gov/government/conservation-commission

The secretary is in Town Hall, 1st floor, 2nd door on left.

Onshore · 11-20-2016, 03:12 PM

I took this sometime around 1998-1999. It gives an idea of normal lakebed conditions.

11-18-2016, 08:01 PM	#1
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 525 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	Pictures of damage Hard to show the true damage but here are a couple of pictures: Attached Images

11-18-2016, 09:12 PM	#2
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,479 Thanks: 1,393 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Thanks for photos Thanks for photos. Still curious to see what the (former) dam looks like now. Is access to the docks/boathouse(?) diminished (allowing for the already low water level? ou earlier mentioned a lot of debris from the dam. Is hatin the lake or just along the brook?

11-20-2016, 10:22 AM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,963 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 308 Thanked 1,061 Times in 774 Posts	Could be a good spot to install anti-beaver culvert baffles? The US Forest Service has info on this ..... just google "anti-beaver culvert baffles" ....... goal to keep the water flowing. How to outsmart the beavers! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

11-20-2016, 11:23 AM	#5
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,479 Thanks: 1,393 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Who knows besides Forum? Thanks for the photos. OP mentioned earlier that somebody from DES was supposed to look into this. Did s/he show up? Any feedback? How about the Alton Conservation Commission? Who put up the silt fence that's in the picture? Before or after DOT did the first dam removal?

11-20-2016, 03:12 PM	#7
Onshore Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 505 Thanks: 12 Thanked 428 Times in 147 Posts	For comparison I took this sometime around 1998-1999. It gives an idea of normal lakebed conditions. Attached Images

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11-20-2016, 12:36 PM	#6
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