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this year was unusually warm and the window of opportunity for frozen ground surface to avoid any damage to the shoreline was fast approaching. March 10 th was the beginning day. As you can see the before and after pictures there is a dramatic difference in the depth of the water in the narrows and the stretch has been widened. Please keep in mind the water table is down 18 inches and when the lake is at full capacity there will plenty of room to pass. Occasional manual maintenance will be necessary going forward for a few years. The LSLA Board of Directors and its membership thanks the land owner for allowing us to make this possible. The permit will not allow us to haul the sand away so allowing us to replace the sand back onto his beach has been a blessing. We ask that as you approach the Lower Sandy Narrows that you remember to slow down quite a Lower Sandy Narrows Dredging Your Generous Support at Work for You Tim Greer

Sandy Narrows before dredging

As promised at last year’s annual meeting, the removal of the sand to deepen the passage of the lower narrows was going to be different. At certain times, the conditions become too labor some for our present program of manual suctioning. The committee has the necessary Maine DEP permits to remove the sand and returning it to the adjacent property owner’s land. The narrows fill up by wave action from approaching boats coming too close before slowing down and from siltation from adding sand to beaches, vegetation removal and erosion.

Sandy Narrows after dredging

distance before entering to allow your wave action to slow down as well avoiding erosion from the beach. We also ask that when entering any of the two narrows that you take turns and when leaving, take off slowly to avoid wake action as well within the 200’ shoreline. This will help to avoid a costly return of heavy machinery.

Rob Durant, from Big Lake Marine Construction was selected to perform the work. As you know,

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