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are stocked each spring. Intrusive organisms are a constant concern. Over the years the lake has seen waves algae and of water weeds like
Valisineria. Changes in climate, runoff chemicals, silt levels and other large scale environmental factors and non-migratory Geese make it a dynamic challenge to keep the lake clear for swimming and boating. The lake is largely able to dilute, buffer and cleanse itself, and through careful practices designed and implemented by the Lake Water Quality Committee, the water is safe for enjoyment. As of 2006, there have been no appearances of zebra mussels.
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from humans. The lake is dredged periodically to reduce silt and to slow the natural tendency of the lake to fill in and become a meadow. The waters are home to endemic species of snails, leeches and insects. Hardy fish such as sunnies and perch survive year-round. Other fish such as trout and bass
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Pinewood Lake and its facilities are the center of a private recreational community with no public access. In addition to the lake, Pinewood Lake
Association maintains a clubhouse, several boat racks, two dams, a common access beach and several access parcels interspersed between houses that border
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Pinewood Lake
Association is registered as an operating company in the State of Connecticut. Business activities are managed by a board of governors consisting of owner members elected from the various properties that are eligible for owner membership status within the association.
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and gathered at Pine Brook during the summer of 1936. The group produced works by the most important
American playwrights of the time on real life subject matter which changed stage and film forever. Some of the artists who summered at Pine Brook Lake were
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for people to stay and enjoy theatrical productions. Pine Brook is best known for becoming the summer home of the most important experiment in the history of
American theatre. The
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Pinewood Lake is fed by three streams that bring sediment, chemical pollutants such as phosphorus and nitrates from fertilizer, and biological pollutants such as
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is a natural lake located northwest of 330 feet (100 m) tall Mischa Hill in the
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in 1930. Plotkin's dream was to market the club as a
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300:Governance
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178:History
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