July 10, 2008
Meeting Minutes
Present: David
Besecker, Joe Donahue, Donna Curry,
Approval of minutes from previous meeting: Minutes from previous meeting were approved by committee members.
Water Sampling Squam Creek: Joe reported that he has been in contact with the DMR and requested that they allow us to commence accelerated water quality testing at Squam Creek. To this end, Joe, Lincoln and Anna Bourakovsky (Marine Resource Scientist I) at DMR met on June 24 at Squam Creek. They traveled by canoe to the south end of the pond area where evidence of a beaver dam was observed. Several ducks were also noted swimming in the marsh. Anna took three water samples at various locations in the pond.
On Friday June 27, Anna contacted Joe with the results from the water samples. The sample scores ranged from as high as 364 at or near the beaver dam to under 200 downstream to 94 at the pond dam. As a result of these high scores, Anna stated that DMR could not agree to accelerate the testing program.
Anna also went over the current data available (see attached) for the last several years of testing at Squam Creek. These scores are listed under columns titled A1COL & MFCOL. While many of the scores are in the single digit area which indicates very clean results, there are five scores which exceed the maximum average allowable level of 43. While it could not be determined precisely where the pollution is coming from, it is believed that the cause is primarily a result of seasonal wildlife migration through the area and from pollution emanating from the beaver habitat in the pond.
Joe will continue to make scheduled water test and the results will be watched closely for improvements. In the meantime, Squam Creek will remain close to all shellfish harvesting.
Warden’s Report: There was no activity to report from wardens.
Ordinances: Thanks to Ron Aho, we have located the most
recent version of the Shellfish Ordinance, approved by the Selectmen on June
13, 2007. Committee members reviewed the
document but found no reference to the commercial shellfish license application
process.
Surveying of flats: This item was postponed since both Lincoln and Clem were unavailable. Committee members suggested that we set some potential dates for the next meeting. Attached are tide charts for the months of August, September, and October to help set dates at the next committee meeting.
Next meeting: The next meeting will be held on August 5, 2008, when the following item will be part of the agenda:
- Surveying of flats
Conservation Credit Update as of July 1, 2008
|
Individual |
Activity |
Date |
Points Accrued |
|
|
Survey of McCarty Cove |
May 10, 2008 |
4 |
|
Committee meeting |
July 1, 2008 |
1 |
|
|
|
TOTAL TO DATE |
5 |
Respectfully submitted,
_________________________________ ___________________________________
Joe Donahue Donna Curry
_________________________________ ___________________________________
David Besecker Jay Seigars
_________________________________ _________________________________
|
W I S C A S S E T
|
August
2008
|
|
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|
DATE |
|
HIGH |
|
LOW |
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
AM |
hgt |
PM |
hgt |
AM |
hgt |
PM |
hgt |
rise |
set |
qtr |
||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
1 |
Fri |
|
11:56 |
9.9 |
- |
- |
|
5:30 |
-1.0 |
5:39 |
-0.1 |
|
5:27 |
8:02 |
|
|||
|
2 |
Sat |
12:09 |
11.5 |
12:47 |
10.1 |
6:21 |
-1.1 |
6:32 |
-0.2 |
5:28 |
8:01 |
|
||||||
|
3 |
Sun |
1:00 |
11.4 |
1:36 |
10.3 |
7:09 |
-1.0 |
7:24 |
-0.2 |
5:29 |
7:59 |
|
||||||
|
4 |
Mon |
1:50 |
11.0 |
2:23 |
10.2 |
7:56 |
-0.7 |
8:14 |
0.0 |
5:31 |
7:58 |
|
||||||
|
5 |
Tue |
2:39 |
10.5 |
3:09 |
10.1 |
8:41 |
-0.3 |
9:04 |
0.2 |
5:32 |
7:57 |
|
||||||
|
6 |
Wed |
3:28 |
9.9 |
3:54 |
9.9 |
9:26 |
0.2 |
9:55 |
0.6 |
5:33 |
7:55 |
|
||||||
|
7 |
Thu |
4:18 |
9.3 |
4:41 |
9.6 |
10:12 |
0.8 |
10:48 |
0.9 |
5:34 |
7:54 |
|
||||||
|
8 |
Fri |
5:10 |
8.7 |
5:30 |
9.3 |
11:00 |
1.4 |
11:44 |
1.2 |
5:35 |
7:53 |
|
||||||
|
9 |
Sat |
6:05 |
8.2 |
6:22 |
9.1 |
11:51 |
1.8 |
- |
- |
5:36 |
7:51 |
|
||||||
|
10 |
Sun |
7:04 |
7.9 |
7:17 |
9.0 |
12:42 |
1.5 |
12:46 |
2.1 |
5:37 |
7:50 |
|
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|
11 |
Mon |
8:04 |
7.7 |
8:14 |
9.0 |
1:42 |
1.5 |
1:43 |
2.2 |
5:38 |
7:48 |
|
||||||
|
12 |
Tue |
9:02 |
7.8 |
9:08 |
9.2 |
2:39 |
1.4 |
2:38 |
2.2 |
5:40 |
7:47 |
|
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|
13 |
Wed |
9:53 |
8.0 |
9:58 |
9.4 |
3:31 |
1.2 |
3:29 |
1.9 |
5:41 |
7:45 |
|
||||||
|
14 |
Thu |
10:38 |
8.3 |
10:42 |
9.7 |
4:16 |
0.9 |
4:14 |
1.6 |
5:42 |
7:44 |
|
||||||
|
15 |
Fri |
11:19 |
8.6 |
11:23 |
10.0 |
4:57 |
0.6 |
4:56 |
1.3 |
5:43 |
7:42 |
|
||||||
|
16 |
Sat |
11:56 |
9.0 |
- |
- |
5:33 |
0.3 |
5:35 |
0.9 |
5:44 |
7:41 |
|
||||||
|
17 |
Sun |
12:01 |
10.2 |
12:31 |
9.3 |
6:08 |
0.1 |
6:14 |
0.6 |
5:45 |
7:39 |
|
||||||
|
18 |
Mon |
12:39 |
10.3 |
1:06 |
9.7 |
6:43 |
-0.1 |
6:54 |
0.3 |
5:46 |
7:38 |
|
||||||
|
19 |
Tue |
1:18 |
10.4 |
1:43 |
10.0 |
7:19 |
-0.2 |
7:36 |
0.1 |
5:48 |
7:36 |
|
||||||
|
20 |
Wed |
1:59 |
10.3 |
2:22 |
10.3 |
7:57 |
-0.2 |
8:20 |
-0.1 |
5:49 |
7:34 |
|
||||||
|
21 |
Thu |
2:43 |
10.1 |
3:05 |
10.5 |
8:39 |
-0.1 |
9:09 |
-0.1 |
5:50 |
7:33 |
|
||||||
|
22 |
Fri |
3:32 |
9.7 |
3:52 |
10.5 |
9:24 |
0.2 |
10:02 |
0.0 |
5:51 |
7:31 |
|
||||||
|
23 |
Sat |
4:25 |
9.3 |
4:45 |
10.5 |
10:15 |
0.5 |
11:01 |
0.1 |
5:52 |
7:29 |
|
||||||
|
24 |
Sun |
5:25 |
8.9 |
5:45 |
10.4 |
11:12 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
5:53 |
7:28 |
|
||||||
|
25 |
Mon |
6:31 |
8.7 |
6:51 |
10.3 |
12:06 |
0.3 |
12:16 |
1.0 |
5:54 |
7:26 |
|
||||||
|
26 |
Tue |
7:42 |
8.6 |
8:00 |
10.4 |
1:15 |
0.3 |
1:25 |
1.1 |
5:56 |
7:24 |
|
||||||
|
27 |
Wed |
8:52 |
8.8 |
9:08 |
10.6 |
2:24 |
0.1 |
2:34 |
0.9 |
5:57 |
7:23 |
|
||||||
|
28 |
Thu |
9:54 |
9.2 |
10:10 |
10.8 |
3:27 |
-0.2 |
3:38 |
0.5 |
5:58 |
7:21 |
|
||||||
|
29 |
Fri |
10:50 |
9.7 |
11:05 |
11.0 |
4:24 |
-0.5 |
4:35 |
0.1 |
5:59 |
7:19 |
|
||||||
|
30 |
Sat |
11:40 |
10.0 |
11:56 |
11.0 |
5:14 |
-0.7 |
5:28 |
-0.2 |
6:00 |
7:17 |
|
||||||
|
31 |
Sun |
- |
- |
12:26 |
10.3 |
6:01 |
-0.7 |
6:17 |
-0.3 |
6:01 |
7:16 |
|
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|
W I S C A S S E T
|
September
2008
|
|
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|
DATE |
|
HIGH |
|
LOW |
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
AM |
hgt |
PM |
hgt |
AM |
hgt |
PM |
hgt |
rise |
set |
qtr |
||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
1 |
Mon |
|
12:44 |
10.9 |
1:09 |
10.4 |
|
6:44 |
-0.5 |
7:03 |
-0.3 |
|
6:02 |
7:14 |
|
|||
|
2 |
Tue |
1:29 |
10.5 |
1:50 |
10.3 |
7:26 |
-0.2 |
7:49 |
-0.1 |
6:04 |
7:12 |
|
||||||
|
3 |
Wed |
2:13 |
10.0 |
2:31 |
10.1 |
8:07 |
0.2 |
8:33 |
0.2 |
6:05 |
7:10 |
|
||||||
|
4 |
Thu |
2:57 |
9.5 |
3:12 |
9.8 |
8:48 |
0.7 |
9:19 |
0.5 |
6:06 |
7:08 |
|
||||||
|
5 |
Fri |
3:43 |
8.9 |
3:55 |
9.5 |
9:30 |
1.2 |
10:07 |
0.9 |
6:07 |
7:07 |
|
||||||
|
6 |
Sat |
4:32 |
8.4 |
4:42 |
9.2 |
10:15 |
1.7 |
10:59 |
1.3 |
6:08 |
7:05 |
|
||||||
|
7 |
Sun |
5:25 |
8.0 |
5:35 |
8.9 |
11:06 |
2.1 |
11:57 |
1.6 |
6:09 |
7:03 |
|
||||||
|
8 |
Mon |
6:22 |
7.7 |
6:32 |
8.7 |
- |
- |
12:01 |
2.3 |
6:10 |
7:01 |
|
||||||
|
9 |
Tue |
7:23 |
7.6 |
7:32 |
8.8 |
12:57 |
1.7 |
1:01 |
2.4 |
6:11 |
6:59 |
|
||||||
|
10 |
Wed |
8:21 |
7.8 |
8:29 |
9.0 |
1:56 |
1.6 |
1:59 |
2.2 |
6:13 |
6:58 |
|
||||||
|
11 |
Thu |
9:13 |
8.1 |
9:21 |
9.3 |
2:49 |
1.4 |
2:53 |
1.9 |
6:14 |
6:56 |
|
||||||
|
12 |
Fri |
9:58 |
8.5 |
10:07 |
9.6 |
3:35 |
1.0 |
3:40 |
1.4 |
6:15 |
6:54 |
|
||||||
|
13 |
Sat |
10:39 |
9.0 |
10:50 |
10.0 |
4:16 |
0.6 |
4:24 |
0.9 |
6:16 |
6:52 |
|
||||||
|
14 |
Sun |
11:16 |
9.5 |
11:30 |
10.3 |
4:53 |
0.3 |
5:05 |
0.4 |
6:17 |
6:50 |
|
||||||
|
15 |
Mon |
11:53 |
10.0 |
- |
- |
5:30 |
0.0 |
5:46 |
-0.1 |
6:18 |
6:48 |
|
||||||
|
16 |
Tue |
12:11 |
10.4 |
12:30 |
10.5 |
6:07 |
-0.2 |
6:28 |
-0.5 |
6:19 |
6:46 |
|
||||||
|
17 |
Wed |
12:53 |
10.5 |
1:10 |
10.8 |
6:46 |
-0.3 |
7:12 |
-0.7 |
6:21 |
6:45 |
|
||||||
|
18 |
Thu |
1:37 |
10.3 |
1:52 |
11.0 |
7:28 |
-0.2 |
7:59 |
-0.7 |
6:22 |
6:43 |
|
||||||
|
19 |
Fri |
2:24 |
10.1 |
2:39 |
11.0 |
8:13 |
0.0 |
8:50 |
-0.6 |
6:23 |
6:41 |
|
||||||
|
20 |
Sat |
3:16 |
9.7 |
3:30 |
10.8 |
9:03 |
0.3 |
9:46 |
-0.3 |
6:24 |
6:39 |
|
||||||
|
21 |
Sun |
4:13 |
9.3 |
4:28 |
10.5 |
9:58 |
0.7 |
10:48 |
0.0 |
6:25 |
6:37 |
|
||||||
|
22 |
Mon |
5:17 |
8.9 |
5:33 |
10.3 |
11:01 |
1.0 |
11:56 |
0.3 |
6:26 |
6:35 |
|
||||||
|
23 |
Tue |
6:27 |
8.7 |
6:44 |
10.1 |
- |
- |
12:10 |
1.2 |
6:27 |
6:33 |
|
||||||
|
24 |
Wed |
7:38 |
8.8 |
7:56 |
10.1 |
1:07 |
0.3 |
1:22 |
1.1 |
6:29 |
6:32 |
|
||||||
|
25 |
Thu |
8:44 |
9.1 |
9:02 |
10.2 |
2:14 |
0.2 |
2:31 |
0.8 |
6:30 |
6:30 |
|
||||||
|
26 |
Fri |
9:42 |
9.5 |
10:01 |
10.4 |
3:14 |
0.0 |
3:32 |
0.4 |
6:31 |
6:28 |
|
||||||
|
27 |
Sat |
10:33 |
9.9 |
10:54 |
10.5 |
4:07 |
-0.1 |
4:26 |
0.0 |
6:32 |
6:26 |
|
||||||
|
28 |
Sun |
11:19 |
10.3 |
11:41 |
10.4 |
4:54 |
-0.2 |
5:15 |
-0.2 |
6:33 |
6:24 |
|
||||||
|
29 |
Mon |
- |
- |
12:01 |
10.4 |
5:37 |
-0.1 |
6:00 |
-0.4 |
6:34 |
6:22 |
|
||||||
|
30 |
Tue |
12:25 |
10.2 |
12:40 |
10.4 |
6:17 |
0.1 |
6:42 |
-0.3 |
6:36 |
6:21 |
|
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|
W I S C A S S E T
|
October
2008
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
DATE |
|
HIGH |
|
LOW |
|
|
|
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|
AM |
hgt |
PM |
hgt |
AM |
hgt |
PM |
hgt |
rise |
set |
qtr |
||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
1 |
Wed |
|
1:07 |
9.9 |
1:17 |
10.3 |
|
6:55 |
0.4 |
7:23 |
-0.1 |
|
6:37 |
6:19 |
|
|||
|
2 |
Thu |
1:47 |
9.5 |
1:54 |
10.1 |
7:33 |
0.8 |
8:04 |
0.2 |
6:38 |
6:17 |
|
||||||
|
3 |
Fri |
2:28 |
9.1 |
2:33 |
9.8 |
8:11 |
1.2 |
8:45 |
0.5 |
6:39 |
6:15 |
|
||||||
|
4 |
Sat |
3:11 |
8.7 |
3:14 |
9.4 |
8:51 |
1.6 |
9:30 |
0.9 |
6:40 |
6:13 |
|
||||||
|
5 |
Sun |
3:56 |
8.3 |
4:00 |
9.1 |
9:35 |
2.0 |
10:18 |
1.3 |
6:42 |
6:12 |
|
||||||
|
6 |
Mon |
4:46 |
8.0 |
4:51 |
8.9 |
10:24 |
2.3 |
11:12 |
1.6 |
6:43 |
6:10 |
|
||||||
|
7 |
Tue |
5:41 |
7.8 |
5:48 |
8.7 |
11:19 |
2.4 |
- |
- |
6:44 |
6:08 |
|
||||||
|
8 |
Wed |
6:39 |
7.8 |
6:47 |
8.7 |
12:09 |
1.7 |
12:18 |
2.4 |
6:45 |
6:06 |
|
||||||
|
9 |
Thu |
7:35 |
8.0 |
7:45 |
8.9 |
1:06 |
1.6 |
1:17 |
2.2 |
6:46 |
6:04 |
|
||||||
|
10 |
Fri |
8:26 |
8.4 |
8:38 |
9.1 |
1:59 |
1.4 |
2:13 |
1.7 |
6:48 |
6:03 |
|
||||||
|
11 |
Sat |
9:12 |
8.9 |
9:28 |
9.5 |
2:46 |
1.0 |
3:03 |
1.2 |
6:49 |
6:01 |
|
||||||
|
12 |
Sun |
9:55 |
9.5 |
10:14 |
9.9 |
3:29 |
0.6 |
3:50 |
0.5 |
6:50 |
5:59 |
|
||||||
|
13 |
Mon |
10:35 |
10.2 |
10:59 |
10.2 |
4:11 |
0.3 |
4:35 |
-0.1 |
6:51 |
5:58 |
|
||||||
|
14 |
Tue |
11:16 |
10.7 |
11:43 |
10.4 |
4:52 |
-0.1 |
5:19 |
-0.7 |
6:53 |
5:56 |
|
||||||
|
15 |
Wed |
11:57 |
11.2 |
- |
- |
5:33 |
-0.3 |
6:04 |
-1.1 |
6:54 |
5:54 |
|
||||||
|
16 |
Thu |
12:29 |
10.4 |
12:41 |
11.5 |
6:17 |
-0.3 |
6:52 |
-1.3 |
6:55 |
5:53 |
|
||||||
|
17 |
Fri |
1:17 |
10.3 |
1:28 |
11.6 |
7:03 |
-0.2 |
7:42 |
-1.2 |
6:56 |
5:51 |
|
||||||
|
18 |
Sat |
2:08 |
10.0 |
2:19 |
11.4 |
7:52 |
0.0 |
8:35 |
-1.0 |
6:58 |
5:49 |
|
||||||
|
19 |
Sun |
3:04 |
9.7 |
3:14 |
11.0 |
8:46 |
0.4 |
9:34 |
-0.6 |
6:59 |
5:48 |
|
||||||
|
20 |
Mon |
4:04 |
9.3 |
4:16 |
10.6 |
9:46 |
0.8 |
10:37 |
-0.2 |
7:00 |
5:46 |
|
||||||
|
21 |
Tue |
5:09 |
9.1 |
5:24 |
10.2 |
10:53 |
1.1 |
11:45 |
0.2 |
7:01 |
5:44 |
|
||||||
|
22 |
Wed |
6:18 |
9.0 |
6:36 |
9.9 |
- |
- |
12:04 |
1.2 |
7:03 |
5:43 |
|
||||||
|
23 |
Thu |
7:26 |
9.2 |
7:46 |
9.8 |
12:53 |
0.3 |
1:16 |
1.0 |
7:04 |
5:41 |
|
||||||
|
24 |
Fri |
8:28 |
9.5 |
8:50 |
9.8 |
1:56 |
0.4 |
2:22 |
0.7 |
7:05 |
5:40 |
|
||||||
|
25 |
Sat |
9:23 |
9.8 |
9:47 |
9.8 |
2:53 |
0.3 |
3:20 |
0.4 |
7:07 |
5:38 |
|
||||||
|
26 |
Sun |
10:12 |
10.1 |
10:38 |
9.8 |
3:44 |
0.3 |
4:12 |
0.0 |
7:08 |
5:37 |
|
||||||
|
27 |
Mon |
10:55 |
10.3 |
11:24 |
9.8 |
4:30 |
0.4 |
4:59 |
-0.2 |
7:09 |
5:35 |
|
||||||
|
28 |
Tue |
11:35 |
10.4 |
- |
- |
5:11 |
0.5 |
5:42 |
-0.2 |
7:10 |
5:34 |
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29 |
Wed |
12:06 |
9.6 |
12:12 |
10.4 |
5:50 |
0.7 |
6:21 |
-0.2 |
7:12 |
5:32 |
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30 |
Thu |
12:46 |
9.4 |
12:48 |
10.2 |
6:26 |
1.0 |
7:00 |
0.0 |
7:13 |
5:31 |
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31 |
Fri |
1:24 |
9.1 |
1:23 |
10.0 |
7:03 |
1.2 |
7:38 |
0.2 |
7:14 |
5:30 |
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