Alton Bay is under 'Cyanobacteria Alert' per DES

[fatlazyless]

Lake Winnipesaukee Gloeotrichia cyanobacteria alerts, August 24, 2023

Today is Thursday, August 24, 2023, and the NH-DES Healthy Swimming Mapper .... http://www.des.nh.gov/water/healthy-...wimming-mapper ..... now shows current cyanobacteria alerts for:

Chestnut Cove and Robert's Cove, Alton, 8/24: "Green clouds of material accumulating along shorelines. Avoid areas with very dense accumulations." Initial Cyanobacteria identified: Gloeotrichia

Carry Beach and Delling's Cove, Wolfeboro, 8/18 and 8/24: "Green clouds of material accumulating along shoreline. Avoid areas with very dense accumulations." Initial Cyanobacteria identified: Gloeotrichia

Rattlesnake Island, Alton, 8/24: "Green clouds of material accumulating along shorelines. Avoid areas with very dense accumulations." Initial Cyanobacteria identified: Gloeotrichia

Here's the Wikipedia listing on Gloeoetrichia ...... www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloeotrichia ..... which has a link to Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire.

[tis]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Lake Winnipesaukee Gloeotrichia cyanobacteria alerts, August 24, 2023

Today is Thursday, August 24, 2023, and the NH-DES Healthy Swimming Mapper .... http://www.des.nh.gov/water/healthy-...wimming-mapper ..... now shows current cyanobacteria alerts for:

Chestnut Cove and Robert's Cove, Alton, 8/24: "Green clouds of material accumulating along shorelines. Avoid areas with very dense accumulations." Initial Cyanobacteria identified: Gloeotrichia

Carry Beach and Delling's Cove, Wolfeboro, 8/18 and 8/24: "Green clouds of material accumulating along shoreline. Avoid areas with very dense accumulations." Initial Cyanobacteria identified: Gloeotrichia

Rattlesnake Island, Alton, 8/24: "Green clouds of material accumulating along shorelines. Avoid areas with very dense accumulations." Initial Cyanobacteria identified: Gloeotrichia

Here's the Wikipedia listing on Gloeoetrichia ...... www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloeotrichia ..... which has a link to Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire.

I didn't see the Alton Bay and Delling's Cove alerts.

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by tis

I didn't see the Alton Bay and Delling's Cove alerts.

Hey tis ...... two ways to see them ...... go to Current Cyanobacteria Alerts and move the vertical side bar on the right, downward ..... or go to the map and click on the red location square warning symbol and use the arrows

The info is a wee bit buried, now, what with all the August 24 and today, August 25, late summer, long list of NH lake cyano locations but unfortunately is here on the big lake.

I kinda wonder if these Lake Winnipesaukee green Gloeotrichia growths in Alton and Wolfeboro come from the Powder Mill ..... http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/fish...y-project.html .... fish hatchery in New Durham on the Merrymeeting River that runs through Alton to Alton Bay?

[Winni P]

How much does the geese population contribute to the cyanobacteria problem?We have a big flock of geese in our bay, and it is absolutely disgusting how much waste they leave behind. They cannot be good for the water.

[tis]

Originally Posted by Winni P

How much does the geese population contribute to the cyanobacteria problem?We have a big flock of geese in our bay, and it is absolutely disgusting how much waste they leave behind. They cannot be good for the water.

Are you ever right about that!!

[John Mercier]

Geese in general are not. But they flock there because we have made the conditions to their liking.

[fatlazyless]

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_goose will weigh 6 to 14-lbs, live for 10 to 24 years, are territorial, and "will communicate with ten different vocalizations each in response to a different situation confronting them."

Canada goose family.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5EQVx2UfA4 ..... crossing a busy street in Oregon, eight years ago.

"They are monogamous, and most Canada goose couples stay together all of their lives."

Canada goose ..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kT3yEhyPeg ..... approaches soldiers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, March 27, 2018.