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Dirt roads and driveways are often a major source of sediment laden runoff that impact New Hampshire’s lakes and streams. Recently, extreme rainstorms caused monumental washouts in local roads and driveways resulting in much of the eroded soil soon reappearing in nearby lakes and ponds.

Drawing on decades of hands-on experience, Russ Lanoie shares practical, low-cost techniques for maintaining unpaved roads to reduce potholes and erosion that make roads difficult to drive on, while also protecting surface water quality. For over 50 years, Lanoie has dealt with managing water in wet basements and septic systems until focusing on gravel road and driveway restoration and maintenance services for over 25 local developments including those surrounding Conway Lake and other local water bodies.

This has led him to share what he has learned through presentations to road and lake associations throughout Maine and New Hampshire. He has also produced an Owner’s Manual for those who travel on dirt & gravel roads titled A Ditch in Time that is available on-line.

This webinar is presented through the Tin Mountain Conservation Center and the Big Pea Porridge Watershed Preservation Association. Big Pea Porridge Pond in Madison, NH was the beneficiary of much of the road damage caused by the recent 500 year storm. As such extreme storms are becoming commonplace it is important for all homeowners in erosion prone areas to understand how smarter road care improves the roads and driveways they travel on while also protecting water quality.

Be sure to register to receive the Zoom link.

Copies of A Ditch in Time can be downloaded from Lanoie’s Website: https://ruralhometech.com/a-ditch-in-time/