The Lake Attitash Association will be holding its 2019 Annual Meeting on Thursday, August 15th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Merrimac Public Library.  The Library is located at 34 West Main Street (Rt.110) in Merrimac, MA.Members and non-members are welcome.  The meeting will include social time, presentations and discussion. The agenda includes: The […]

Lake Attitash is blessed with many mature and beautiful trees around its shores. Have you ever wondered why the Conservation Commissions works so hard to protect trees and other vegetation near our lake? Why do we need to protect them? Why should we plant more trees? Trees, shrubs and plants play an incredible role in […]

Participant Relaunch We are looking for additional participants to be included in this project. Great Summer join-in program. The Lake Attitash Association is creating a new educational project group open to any interested party of any age including family/neighborhood groups.  Project Statement The project is to develop free standing trailhead type signs to be located […]

Dear Friends of Lake Attitash: Now that the alum treatment is done, we must continue to think of ways we can do more to protect our beautiful lake. Having a “natural” shoreline with native plants and stones is probably the best thing you can do. The Conservation Commissions strongly discourage walls, preferring more natural slopes […]

Dear Friends of Lake Attitash: Amesbury has let us know that the alum treatment will be completed on Thursday- May 16th. Boating and other recreational activities can be resumed on Friday 17th. After the unfortunate accident with Solitude’s larger boat, they had to switch to the use of their smaller boat. This caused the whole […]

Dear Friends of Lake Attitash, After all this time, the Lake Attitash Alum Treatment is happening this month! Crystal clear water is coming soon!  It has been a long journey so here is a refresher for those who are new to the lake. December 2015 – The LAA took its first steps towards obtaining an s.319 grant from […]

2019 Lake Attitash Lovers New Year’s Resolutions! This is going to be a Happy New Year for Lake Attitash! This year we are going to get an amazing gift. Our lake is scheduled to receive a $600,000 alum treatment in early spring, thanks to a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, fundraising from […]

Lake Attitash needs your help.  Please attend the Amesbury Conservation Commission meeting on Monday, January 7th at 7 PM at the Amesbury City Hall, 62 Friend Street in Amesbury to support the Lake Attitash Association’s request to extend its permit to treat for invasive weeds in 2019. (Good news – we are early on the agenda!) Without […]

Amesbury Order of Conditions for weed management – LAA’s Order of Conditions (OoC) from the Amesbury Con Com expires on March 19, 2019.  We are starting the process of renewal of our OOC now and have submitted a request to extend our OoC to John Lopez, Con Comm agent for Amesbury.  LAA is on the […]

The 2018 Lake Attitash Association annual meeting was held on Thursday, August 9th.  Over 70 people attended.  The guest speaker for the evening was Stephanie Hanson, from Comprehensive Environmental, Inc who gave a presentation about the history, current status and proposed treatment plan to manage the Cyanobacteria problem in Lake Attitash.  There were also other […]