The Latest Lake Kanasatka Water Quality Monitoring - NH Lakes Lay Monitoring Program
A Summary and Recommendations from 2008, with photos from Robert Craycraft & Jeffrey Schloss of the UNH Cooperative Extension. The report is in PDF format for you to download. Click here to get the report.


More of Jordan's Wildlife
Check out Jordan's latest photos
and others in the Gallery.

Get more of the Latest Reports here:
2009 Loon Nesting Data - The Loon Preservation Committee offers a summary of loon nesting activity and nest raft use from 1975 to the present.  The LPC is dedicated to sharing information about New Hampshire's loon population with the interested public.  Though it is generally unable to accommodate requests to distribute monitoring data on individual lakes, this report is an exception and has been provided by the LPC to us on a trial basis.  See the Loon Nesting report here.

New! Read the latest in the LKWA Blog.

What is that White Foam?
Have you seen white foam on the lake's shoreline?  Chances are it is a natural occurance. 
Get the facts here.

Going Fishing? 
Are you concerned about the mercury level in the lake's fish? How much fish is safe to eat?
Download a Fact Sheet on the subject here.

Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act
The NH Department of Environmental Services has made the following information available in PDF format for us to download. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files.

What do I need to know to comply with the law and protect water quality?  
A brochure with information concerning the CSPA

Working with the Grid and Points System in the Waterfront Buffer.  
An article published in the DES June 2008 Newsletter.

Loons and People a message from Harry Vogel:
The best protection for those chicks is to keep too many people from getting too close to the family for too long.  Hard to do because everyone is excited about the big event, but the care and feeding of loon chicks is a full-time job for both of the parents, so they should not be spending their time and energy swimming away from boats.

My standard advice to boaters is if you want to get close to loons, especially loons with chicks, buy a good pair of binoculars.  Loons can be quite curious birds, and if they swim close to have a look at you, by all means enjoy – but no chasing loons around the lake!  Judy Silverberg at NH Fish & Game said it best I think – any time you’ve caused a wild animal to change its behavior, you’ve had an impact on that animal.  The firstborn chick will generally be the first to be fed, and if we give the birds enough space then the second chick will also get enough food to survive and grow and fledge before the ice closes in.  It’s great to see loon chicks on Kanasatka again – I hope they survive and thrive, and I hope they are the first of many more to come!

Harry Vogel - Biologist with the Loon Preservation Committee   

Other news and reports: 
  • Archive of previous newsletters in our Lake News.
  • EPA and DES form Performance Partnership Agreement  - Read about it here.
  • Boater Education Certificate Information here.
  • Update on the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act here.
  • Depth Maps of Selected NH Lakes and Ponds.  In alphabetical order by town here. 
  • Article IV. WATERFRONT PROPERTIES - Removal of Trees Shrubs and Vegetation.  Read about it here.
  • Information on the Boater Education Law RSA -D:10 can be found in the Lake News

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