Forest Lake Association, Methuen
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Association Update
Next Meeting:
Wednesday, September 1,2010 , 6:30 pm at METHUEN CITY HALL- SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
Officers:
President: Chris DiBella
Vice-President: Greg Kalivas
Treasurer: Jeanne Papparlardo
Secretary: Jennifer Kannan
Keep Forest Lake Alive
Keep our lake safe and clean--Join now.
Dues are $10.00 per person/ year.(see By-Law #15)
Dues must be paid at the January meeting!
Join with us.
Bluebirds
Are you interested in seeing the Eastern Bluebird make a return to our Lake and it's environs.
Check out this link, provided by Mr. Ed Nied Jr, about bluebirds.
Attracting Eastern Bluebirds
Remembrence for Friends of the Lake
Association Minutes and Bulletin
Grant Application Support
Minutes: March 31,2010
Minutes: February 24,2010
Minutes: January 13,2010
Minutes: October 28,2009
Minutes: September 30, 2009
Mayoral Meeting:
Minutes: AUGUST 26, 2009
Minutes: JUNE 9, 2009
Minutes: APRIL 22, 2009
Minutes: MARCH 25, 2009
Minutes: NOVEMBER 19, 2008
Read the Association Bulletin
Methuen Rail Trail
March 21,2009, spent an hour or so with the group.
They are trying to bring this section of the Rail Trail to life.
Added a link to this group at the watershed links.
When you get a chance, check out the blog and click through the links.
Your support is needed to help make this trail part of an active outdoor environment for your health and well being.
images from Salem, Derry and Windham and other trails
2008 Environmental Bill Notes
Environmental Bond Bill 2008
Coalition for the Environmental Bond
Governor Patrick Signs Historic Investment Bill Targeting Energy and Environment
Massachusetts Municipal Association House and Senate OK environmental bond bill
Methuen Health Department
Board of Health Meeting Schedule 2009
Board of Health Meeting Schedule 2010 Not Posted on City Site
Board of Health Meeting 8/26/2008 BROKEN LINK-City Notified.
Info:Fecal Coliform Bacteria Counts: What They Really Mean About Water Quality
Whitman Report;Chicago: Testing standards development with data
Recreation Usage
This 55-acre, relatively infertile natural great pond has a maximum depth of 28 feet and an average depth of 10 feet.
It is located about two and a half miles east of Methuen center.
Transparency is fair at seven feet, but aquatic vegetation is scarce except for scattered patches in the coves.
Development of the shoreline is moderate to heavy, with the exception of the northeastern end, bordered by town forest.
Public access is provided by a paved beach ramp located off a road through the town forest.
Parking space is limited and the ramp is best suited to car top boats and canoes.
Merrimack River trail idea rekindled-2007
No Motor Boat with Internal Combustion Engine
Environmental study
Lycott Environmental, Inc 1988-89 Forest Lake studies
Spicket River Watershed
Spicket River Flood Hazard Mitigation Committee Document (Microsoft WORD)
Historic Stone Arch Bridges in Massachusetts
Addenda
Drawdown October Update
Drawdown November Update
Drawdown December Update
Interesting Lake Facts-nice site
Great Pond Foundation, Edgartown Mass.
Merrimack River Basin,NH
Information
Poynter.org article(Sale of lakefront land by Church to City of Methuen)
Cobbett's Pond Impovement Association (CPIA)
Cobbetts Pond Consultant response
News: Latest News on Proposed Legislation and Regulations.
New legislation introduced in 2009 to protect rivers by State Representative Frank Smizik (Brookline) in the proposed Sustainable Water Resources Act (Bill H 834).
The bill would mandate state adoption of “streamflow standards” in every Massachusetts watershed, which would include specific criteria for protecting fisheries, aquatic life and other “instream” uses such as recreation. The bill would also require the state Office of Dam Safety to consider dam removal as an option for dealing with unsafe dams (removal of obsolete dams is highly beneficial environmentally). Finally, it would authorize public water suppliers to implement “waterbanking,” under which they could charge a small fee for new and expanded service to be spent on measures that conserve water supplies or protect them from pollution. For more information on the bill see: Link.
