Our Mission at the CLPA
We are a 501-c-3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Canobie Lake thru education and working with the community. To view our list of current officers, click here.
The CLPA 2023 Annual Meeting
Tonight, the doors open at 6 PM, and the meeting starts at 6:30. We will have raffle prizes and Canobie Lake Park Screemfest Ticket for each person who becomes a member that night. Bring a neighbor.
The CLPA Annual Social, Meeting, and Educational Speakers at the Searles School and Chapel.
6:00 - 6:30 PM - Check in and visit with your neighbors. Enjoy some light snacks and water.
6:30 Business Meeting begins
- President's Report
- Secretary - Membership approval of meeting minutes of 2022
- Treasurer - Delivers Treasurer's report
- Election Officers and Board Members
ELECTION INFORMATION:
The following four board positions of 2-year terms. The CLPA board recommended slate:
Salem Director - Senator Daryl Abbas - uncontested
Windham Director – Phil Workman - uncontested
Treasurer – Diane Labrecque - uncontested
Secretary – Jeff Boyer - uncontested
7:00 Close of Business Meeting for members.
7:00 PM
After our business meeting, we have a spectacular lineup of speakers this year.
Former State Senator Chuck Morse will update us on the Southern NH Water Project.
Salem's Municipal Services Director - Roy Sorenson - Review the water management plan and update on the Southern NH Water Project and how it helps Salem.
VLAP program and summary of the reports on Canobie Lake's water quality.
NH DES Watershed-Management - Amy Smagula - Weeds and more weeds, what to do?
Cobbetts Pond Improvement Association - Dave Blundell - Sharing the new septic system ordinance transforming Cobbetts Pond. https://nhlakes.org/septic-system-ordinanc
- Raffle drawing
Wildlife Found on the Lake
Nesting Bald Eagles
Bald eagles can live to ~30 years old. They typically begin breeding between the ages of four and six. During the breeding season, the male and female will work together to build a nest from sticks. The nest will be located at the top of a tall tree and can measure up to eight feet in diameter. Once built, the eagles often go back to the same nest from year to year. Eagles typically mate for life. Should one of the mates die, the remaining mate will seek another partner.
The female lays one to three eggs, five to ten days after mating. Eggs are incubated by both the male and female, for about 35 days. The eaglet/eaglets typically remain in the nest for about 6 weeks before they go out on their own. Bald eagles don't develop their distinctive white head and tail until they are between four and five years old. An eagle's diet consists primarily of fish, occasionally other birds, small to medium mammals, turtles, and carrion.
Our Common Loon couple is in a "Platonic" relationship where coupled loons do not mate and just hang out together. If this is the same couple we had last year, the male is our original banded guy and the female is not our original gal. Loons are very territorial so they may be the same loons as last year. Let's hope they get together this year and have a successful chick.
“Loons are a migratory species that spend the breeding season on inland lakes and overwinter on the ocean. They arrive on their breeding lakes shortly after the ice goes out in the spring and remain late into the fall or early winter, often leaving for the ocean shortly before ice forms. Loons display high territory fidelity, and individuals typically return to the same breeding lake year after year. This often results in the same male and female loons pairing up and breeding together in consecutive years; however, contrary to popular belief, loons do not mate for life. If one member of a pair dies or is displaced by a rival, its mate will accept a new breeding partner.”
To learn more visit the Loon Preservation Committee site at loon.org/about-the-common-loon
Nesting Loons
Loons can't walk well on land, so we provide a loon nesting floating platform.