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Conservation commission updates Turey Pond monitoring, beaver flow work and seeks trail inventory; board approves nearby river parcel purchase
Summary
Conservation Commission reported a cyanobacteria bloom at Turey Pond inlet, treatment of invasive variable milfoil with a 50% DES grant, recommended municipal support for beaver devices and a trail inventory, and the selectmen approved a conservation purchase of a 10.3-acre Merrimack-river parcel for $100,000.
Sandy Crystal, representing the Bow Conservation Commission, told the Board of Selectmen on Sept. 23 that her committee has expanded to five full members and is carrying multiple stewardship projects, including water-quality monitoring at Turey Pond, trail work and beaver management.
Crystal said the townthrough volunteers in the New Hampshire DES volunteer lake assessment programsampled Turey Pond three times over the summer (June, July and August). The committee recorded a first documented cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom in a limited area of an inlet; she said the bloom did not cover the whole pond but raised "concerns" about water quality. The commission also monitored elevated chloride levels in one inlet near the school area and proposed investigating whether roadway or parking-lot runoff is a source.
The commission reported that…
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