WILTON — Foothills Land Conservancy will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, in the Academy Hill School cafeteria.

The public is invited to attend.

Rob Lively, president of Friends of Wilson Lake, will speak about the Wilson Lake Watershed survey after a short business meeting.

Friends of Wilson Lake, in cooperation with the town of Wilton, will conduct a watershed survey on Sept. 24. The group is looking at potential sources of runoff going into Wilson Lake, Pease Pond and Varnum Pond.

Of particular concern is runoff that contains phosphorous, which can be damaging to a lake at elevated levels. It leads to algal growth, which causes the water to turn cloudy and green. This has a negative impact on fish, recreational uses and property values.

The watershed survey seeks to identify these potential sources of runoff so solutions may be explored. It requires the work of technical experts and volunteers, and cooperation between the town, its citizens and those conducting the survey.

The last survey was conducted in 1994. Science adviser Dan Buckley, biologist and lake expert at the University of Maine at Farmington, has been expressing concern about the algal growth at the boat launch area off Pond Road.

FMI: 207-778-7245, [email protected].