WW Assessment Subcommittee Meeting Agenda

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Monday, March 8, 2021 - 1:30pm

Wolfeboro Waters Assessment Subcommittee Meeting
Meeting Agenda 1:30 pm Monday March 8, 2021

(VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY)

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1. Introductions of Dr. Peter Countway, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Dr. Amanda McQuaid, NHDES Cyanobacteria Program Director, and perhaps one other scientist from Bigelow Lab

2. Review of biological information, observations, measurements, and laboratory results in Wolfeboro Waters to date

· What do we know about the biology, including cyanobacteria, of Winter Harbor and the rest of Wolfeboro Waters?

· What further results should we expect from 2020 samples?

· How do the results from the DNA analyses from Bigelow compare to those that NHDES observed microscopically?

· What, if anything, should be done to make them more comparable?

· Where are the Gloeotrichia?

3. Scientific issues and plans for the Biomeme Two-channel Thermocycler

· What cyanobacteria are present in concentrations that may be important to track in 2021?

· What cyanotoxin measurements would we like to make this year and when?

· What other biological observations, measurements, sampling should be planned for 2021? (Water and sediment chemistry issues and plans will be the subject of the March 15, 2021 subcommittee meeting.)

· Which of these biologically-related analyses should be made by Bigelow and supporting labs, NHDES, and/or by WW using its thermocycler?

· What supplies, reagents, software, etc. are need to obtain to enable WW to use of the Biomeme Thermocycler this year to make those measurements?

· Next steps in scientific planning?

4. Management plans for the Biomeme Two-channel Thermocycler

· Who should be the three designees submitted to Frankin to be their support contacts in Wolfeboro?

· What are the next steps in getting folks trained to use the Thermocycler?

· How should we manage the use of the Thermocycler?

· How should we involve the lake associations in such monitoring and assessments?

· Next steps in planning to use the thermocycler?

5. Any 2020 results received since the last subcommittee meeting

6. Assessing the impacts of large wake-boats

· Report by Pat Tarpey on proposed NH State legislation and work

· Report by Pat Tarpey on proposed NH State legislation and work by others on this topic

· Thoughts/proposed plans by Steve and Abby on what observations and/or measurements Wolfeboro Waters can make to help assess the impacts of large-wake boats

7. New Business

8. Public Comments

9. Adjournment