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Our MissionThe Windy Waters Conservancy™ (WWC) is the Business name of the Waukewan Shore Owners Association, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization. Its mission is to protect and preserve the water bodies and boreal and wetland habitats in the Lake Waukewan Watershed and preserving the ecology and scenic beauty of Lake Waukewan, Lake Winona, Bear Pond, Hawkins Pond, Otter Pond and Tuttle Pond and combating, or preventing air, water, noise and light pollution on or around the water bodies and associated wetlands in the watershed.
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Fireworks!If you are planning to have a fireworks display, please consider the information in the NH DES fact sheet: Fireworks and New Hampshire Lakes.
Loon Chick - 2021
Loon Chicks on Lake Waukewan - 2015
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Welcome to the WWC Website.Your comments and suggestions to make it better are truly appreciated. You may send comments to info@waukewan.org.
2022 VLAP Report
The 2022 Individual Lake Report for Lake Waukewan and a document to help you interpret your report is available on the VLAP page. Your VLAP report WILL be posted in the document library on the NHDES website later this spring. For now, your report will be posted to the Lake Information Mapper. There’s also a lot of other information here, so please utilize the mapper to your advantage!
Jenness Cove – Cove Sedimentation Evaluation
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Stevens Landscaping Discount Offer
Stevens Landscaping has again extended their offer of a 15% discount to our members on certain plants. Download the coupon below.
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Jenness Cove Sedimentation Remediation
Project Plan
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Several Windy Waters Conservancy (WWC) members have raised an issue about Jenness Cove concerning increased sedimentation and vegetation coverage. They asked if there was anything WWC could do to help as they were having trouble getting to their docks and concerned that their waterfront was becoming more like a marsh. This could significantly diminish their property values and the increased vegetation could also encourage Cyanobacteria blooms with associated health risks.
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When it became apparent that the root causes are unclear, WWC sought professional help from DuBois and King, the environmental engineering firm that completed the recent Monkey Pond survey. There is no guarantee that anything can be done within current environmental rules and regulations, but they can address these questions and concerns professionally and propose answers and alternatives.
After discussions with D&K and receiving their proposal for conducting a study, the WWC decided that this is not something that WWC can, or should, undertake on its own since it is expensive and seriously affects only the members who abut the Cove. The WWC has agreed to fund up to half of the study costs. A letter had been sent to the affected members asking them to fund the other half and to grant D&K access to some of the properties in order to conduct the study.
When the D&K study project is finalized, WWC will present and discuss the results with everyone involved. If there are acceptable remediation choices, WWC will assist in raising necessary funding. If remediation costs are beyond WWC and the abutters, there are a number of avenues available to raise funds, including grant applications. WWC will help throughout these processes.
Further information is posted below in the letter to abutters and the D&K proposal. If after reading them you still have questions, please send them to wwc-support@waukewan.org.
After discussions with D&K and receiving their proposal for conducting a study, the WWC decided that this is not something that WWC can, or should, undertake on its own since it is expensive and seriously affects only the members who abut the Cove. The WWC has agreed to fund up to half of the study costs. A letter had been sent to the affected members asking them to fund the other half and to grant D&K access to some of the properties in order to conduct the study.
When the D&K study project is finalized, WWC will present and discuss the results with everyone involved. If there are acceptable remediation choices, WWC will assist in raising necessary funding. If remediation costs are beyond WWC and the abutters, there are a number of avenues available to raise funds, including grant applications. WWC will help throughout these processes.
Further information is posted below in the letter to abutters and the D&K proposal. If after reading them you still have questions, please send them to wwc-support@waukewan.org.
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In Memoriam
In 2021 we lost a friend, ardent and generous supporter of WWC, and a long serving member of our Board of Directors, Chuck Braxton. Chuck served on the board for over a decade, first joining the board in early 2011, and served as President for most of those years. All through the years Chuck was very forward thinking, always trying to get more and more people involved through membership in preserving and protecting the lake he loved so much.
The Windy Waters Conservancy owes Chuck a great deal of gratitude for all that he did. He will be sorely missed.
The Windy Waters Conservancy owes Chuck a great deal of gratitude for all that he did. He will be sorely missed.
2019 Windy Waters Storm Water Grant Program
WWC is proud to continue the 2019 Windy Waters Storm Water Grant Program to assist property owners in resolving their property’s run-off issues both financially and technically. More information may be found here.