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Great Job In 2013 (Our Third Year)-----Thank you volunteers.

The Lake Host™ Program is a courtesy boat inspection program implemented by the NH LAKES, LAKE HOST PROGRAM in cooperation with local participating groups to prevent the introduction and spread of exotic aquatic plants and animals, like variable milfoil, from lake to lake, now including two types of exotic animals (a clam and a snail). Exotic aquatic plantand animal infestations in lakes and ponds are undesirable because they make recreation in and on the water dangerous and unpleasant, disrupt the ecological balance of these water bodies, reduce shoreline property values, and are difficult and expensive to control. Since 2002, hundreds of paid and volunteer Lake Hosts have conducted more than 300,000 courtesy boat inspections and have made more than 1000 "saves" of exotic aquatic plant fragments that were about to enter or had just left a lake. All Lake Hosts Programs made '153' aquatic nuisance species 'saves' during the summer of 2013. At Long Pond we conducted an impressive 882 inspections in 2013. This was done with 141.25 hours of Lake Host Volunteers, and 271 paid Lake Host hours. We are limited to the number of paid hours we can offer due to grants we receive. There are 700 hours that should be covered in a season. We covered 412 hours. This means a lot of boats came to our pond that we did not observe or count. More VOLUNTEERS are need. The formula for our grant includes how many volunteer hours were given in the past year. The more volunteer hours the more potential for grant money. Please give a few hours to the program if you can. Thank you all.