Saturday, Apr 20 2024
Thank you to everyone who showed up for LLNA's Earth Day Cleanup day. More than 20 people lent a hand and it truly shows. Check out the area around the wetland park and shoreline, Earth is breathing freer there.
LLNA Lakeside News - Celebrate Spring!
Welcome to LLNA’s First Digital Newsletter! 🎉
This letter will serve to keep you informed while also letting us know what is important to you. Twice in 2023, we sent 350 printed LLNA newsletters throughout the Long Lake watershed and the overwhelming response caused our LLNA membership to double last year. THANK YOU for caring about our precious resource of Long Lake!
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Long Lake Skate Party
Sunday, Jan 21, 2024
On January 21st, the LLNA set out to host a Fire & Ice Pancake Breakfast at 10am. Turns out it was only 15 degrees! A quick Plan B and instead we met at noon at the Town Beach at Long Lake for a skate party and community chat keeping warm with Cocoa & Coffee. Such a wonderful way to catch up with neighbors and enjoy the icy day on Long Lake!
Invasive Plant Pull around Long Lake
Saturday, May 20 2023 8:30 am - 12 pm
(Rain Date Sunday, May 21 2023)
LLNA is organizing an Invasive Plant Pull. Bring your shears, loppers and boots and help us out
Meet at 8:30 am at the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Beach Drive and learn to identify and safely cut the plants. Between 9-12 pm we will be there cutting and stacking plant material on pallets. We hope to have many hands on deck to make the job light. See you there
INVASIVENESS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THEM
Sunday, May 7 2023 10-12 pm
Meet at the Beach Drive, Lakeshore Drive corner by the entrance to the beach and walk the Wetlands area plus the perimeter of the lake to Aspen Road.
We will learn to identify and remove Invasive vegetation, talk about safety around the removal and how to persist in the work to keep our shores clear and healthy. Take this work home to your properties and make the neighborhood a habitat for native plants and insects. The walk will be followed by a removal date on May 20 to put our skills to good use.
Mike Bald will be leading the walk.
Mike Bald manages terrestrial invasive plants across New England, offering non-chemical services to landowners since the 2011 growing season. Some of Mike's focal areas are "the danger plants", solarizing as a management method, planning for control work, and individual / team safety considerations. Got Weeds? performs site assessments and happily trains community members to grow local, enduring stewardship capacity.
2023 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, Feb 8, 2023 • 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Reuben Hoar Library • Sturtz Meeting Room
Reuben Hoar Library • Sturtz Meeting Room
On February 8, 2023, LLNA hosted our Annual Meeting at the Reuben Hoar Library in the Sturtz meeting room.
2022 Flotilla of Boats
12 pm - 2 pm
Sunday from 12 noon -2pm (which often extends to 3pm) is the fabulous annual Flotilla event, designed to get people out on the water. Our own Steve Putnam floats out his platform boat and provides a grill. LLNA provides burgers, dogs, and ice water.
Steve's boat usually anchors in the lake close to where Aspen Road meets Lake Shore Drive. You use your boat to get to the food.
Feel free to bring other food to share. Look forward to seeing everyone!