Hello Province Lake Community,

We are sending you a quick note to inform you that NH DES has put a Research Buoy on the lake near the deep spot over toward the golf course.  The picture below shows what it looks like.  The purpose of the buoy is to gather temperature and oxygen levels at various depths of the lake to see if the lake ever truly stratifies and if so whether the oxygen level gets depleted at the deepest area.  This will give us more information on whether phosphorus coming from the sediment at the bottom is a larger contributor to the phosphorus in the lake than we have previously thought.

There is a light on the buoy as well, so if you happen to be out at night, you will see it.  Please stay away from it and tell your friends and neighbors to do the same.  It is going to remain in the lake until fall of 2025, so basically a full year from now.

Again, please help us by not going near it and help spread the word.

Regards,

The PLA