MMLA Defibrillator Fundraiser

The Merrymeeting Lake Association is asking for your help! We would like to purchase and install defibrillators at locations around the lake that can be accessed by the public 24/7. At times, ambulance responses can be extended due to Merrymeeting Lake’s rural location and for cardiac events, every minute counts when life-saving intervention is needed. […]

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Unfortunate Loon Death

We received the following information from one of the biologists at The Loon Preservation Committee (LPC, https://www.loon.org/contact-loon-center.php ).  Please, if you see a loon in distress, or have any questions at all, contact the LPC. This is why they are there. “Just wanted to keep you in the loop–yesterday, I collected a dead loon on […]

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Merrymeeting Watershed Management Plan to be presented on Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

The environmental consultants, Forrest Bell Environmental Associates, will be making a presentation for the public on the status of the Merrymeeting Watershed including Merrymeeting Lake and all rivers and streams merging with the Merrymeeting River between the Merrymeeting Lake and Lake Winnipesaukee. This meeting will address recurrent blooms of cyanobacteria seen in both New Durham […]

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We’ve Reached Our Goal to Save Birch Ridge!!!

 Dear Lake Neighbors, I am thrilled to share with you that last Friday the Birch Ridge Community Forest was officially awarded a $350,000 grant from the highly competitive Land and Community Heritage Investment Program! With this award, and a recent grant from the NH Department of Environmental Service’s Aquatic Resources Mitigation Fund, the fundraising goal of […]

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