[Pine Island Guy]

Well said LG, I agree! The revenue generated by the CSPA will hardly cover the additional people that are hired to review and enforce it (I recall 6?).

And another good point LG made is that if acid rain is a problem, then the 250 foot buffer can only be a better way of mitigating it since the run-off will not go directly into the lake but be absorbed by the natural vegetation.

I'll say it again (and again), but my dealings with the NH DES to get a permit to rebuild an existing house within the buffer, have been great! Everyone there has spent as much time as I needed to understand what can be done (often without a permit), and what can not be done, how to make modifications to my design which will in turn benefit the Lake, etc. They are not an onerous organization that is saying "no" to everything!!!

I encourage everyone to post questions to them, read materials on their site, or attend one of their outreach education sessions. Find out the facts, rather than the misconceptions, rumor, and inuendo that floats around.

looking forward to ice-out (and finally fixing the PIG cams)... PIG

p.s. when I started my project, I was told by many builders that I needed to hire a "permitting expert" who could navigate the NH DES for me... as a native NH resident and general cheapskate that really rubbed me the wrong way, so I have tackled this on my own, and it really hasn't taken very much time, and I've met some really great people along the way!!