News Archive
Alliance Says Beach Study Highlights Need For Protection
By Terry Leavitt
Ossipee – December 22, 2005 – Ossipee Lake Alliance says the initial study of natural resources at Long Sands shows that the proposed site for a new town beach for Ossipee does in fact have rare plants and significant plant communities that need to be protected.
Permanent State Protection Next Step for Lake Natural Area
By Alliance Staff [Editorial]
Freedom – December 5, 2005 – The Ossipee-funded botanical report has been released and the results are clear: Ossipee Lake Natural Area remains as unique as previous research has shown.
Merrow Says Plant Survey Results Inconclusive
By Terry Leavitt
Ossipee – November 24, 2005 – Selectman Harry Merrow released the state report on natural resources at Long Sands and said that at this time those results are inconclusive. They do not rule out the creation of a town beach on the land, but further study is needed, he said.
New Study Confirms Lake Natural Area Contains Rare, Endangered Plants
By Alliance Staff
Freedom – November 22, 2005 – The latest botanical study of Ossipee Lake Natural Area shows that the proposed location of a town beach contains five natural communities, four of which are rare in New Hampshire and one of which is the only known example of its type in the state. The site also contains an endangered individual plant species.
Ossipee Resident Irked By Town Hall ‘Editorial’ Regarding Beach Battle
By Nate Giarnese
Ossipee – November 10, 2005 – Selectmen offered little response Monday to a Long Sands Road resident’s complaint that the board editorialized on a divisive public beach battle when a selectman posted a one-sided commentary at town hall.
DRED Discusses Expectations of Ossipee In Beach Project
By Alliance Staff
Ossipee – November 3, 2005 – What is required for Ossipee to obtain state approval to construct a beach in Ossipee Lake Natural Area? What will the town’s responsibilities be? Why did DRED re-open the beach issue after rejecting it in 1999?
A Walk In the Natural Area
By Barre Hellquist
Ossipee – October 14, 2005 – To get a perspective on a place like Ossipee Lake Natural Area, there’s nothing like exploring it with a biologist – especially if it’s Barre Hellquist, the long-time lake resident and co-author of “Aquatic and Wetland Plants of North America,” the definitive textbook on the subject.
Ossipee Lake Alliance Says Ossipee Doesn’t Need New Beach
By Terry Leavitt
Ossipee – October 6, 2005 – David Smith, executive director of Ossipee Lake Alliance, has written a letter to Sean O’Kane, commissioner of the N.H. Department of Resources and Economic Development, questioning the town’s need for another beach on Ossipee Lake, particularly one that will use state land at Long Sands.
462 days…
It has been since DRED implemented the new Natural Area management plan.
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