The Pawlake Association website announces this holiday's boat parade.
The July 4th Boat Parade on PawtuckawayEveryone is invited and encouraged to participate!
Every year, the residents and their guests decorate their boats in various themes.
Most simply display patriotic colors of Red, White, and Blue bunting and flags.
In the last several years, even a marching band has played on a Pontoon boat!
Mark West, a wetland scientist and former chair of the Nottingham Conservation Commision, tells us that the mitigation land that may be added to Pawtuckaway Lake State Park is located near the Nottingham-Raymond line, and is bordered by Dudley Brook, and an unnamed stream which feeds Mountain Brook.
The purchase/addition is still in proposal form and requires further approvals before it is a done deal. West says the completion of these approvals could be a four month process.
Although the wetlands involved are remote, federal and state official "love" the site. It is apparently the location of a stand of "black gum" trees, aka "swamp tupolos", which officials are pleased to see protected.
West will be providing us with a map of the area, showing the proposed new lands. I'll post that here when it arrives.
Just a reminder that the weekly sailboat races are tonite (Tuesday 29 June) on the South end of the lake. Any boat type is welcome and the atmosphere is more social than competitive. To participate, or just be part of the spectator fleet, show up in the middle of the South lake at 6PM.
More info here on the Pawlake Association website.
Seacoastonline.com has reported that, as part of a plan to bring another large shopping center to Epping's Route 125x101 crossing, conservation land will be purchased and added to our Park.
...more than 130 acres of land near Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham that will be bought for conservation. That land will allow the state to expand the park.
According the Park's website, it is currently 5,500 acres in size, so the addition will increase it by about 2.3%. No word on the precise location of this new acreage.
The [New Heights] Teen Center... will be offering a program full of day-trips to Kingston State Park, Wallis Sands Beach, Pawtuckaway State Park, Short Sands, Fort Foster State Park, New Castle Commons, Kingston State Park, Hampton Beach State Park and Crane Beach....The Adventure Program will be offering activities that include road biking, boogie boarding, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, surfing, mountain biking and deep-sea fishing.