Fall mornings. | Donna Thompson |
It's October already, what!?! Still very dry, and also so beautiful, singing crickets, hooting owls, and howling coyotes by night, bees buzzing in the asters by day.
It's our biggest outdoor stewardship month of the year! If you can spare a couple of hours to help look after public access areas that are open to everyone, we'd love to see you. Scroll down for the full calendar of events.
Read on for some special upcoming programs, important thank yous, a free online program to help you stay safe while hiking with phone apps, fungi bigger than your head, autumn haiku, and more! |
TWO KINDS OF STORIES THIS MONTH! |
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Matt Krug. | Photo Courtesy of Matt Krug |
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Tembe cub. | Photo courtesy of Lee Gutteridge and Dr. Kersey Lawrence. |
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Dr. Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge. | Photo courtesy of Lee Gutteridge and Dr. Kersey Lawrence. |
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Stories from the Trail: Tracking Dangerous Animals |
On Saturday, October 25, at 7 PM, join CLC, New England Wildlife Tracking, and Tin Mountain Conservation Center at Tin Mountain in Albany, NH for a free program with Master Tracker Lee Gutteridge and Senior Tracker Dr. Kersey Lawrence. Lee and Kersey will be celebrating the publication of their new book, Tracking Animals: A Guide to Trailing Animals. This talk will be of interest for both beginners and experienced trackers, as well as naturalists, hikers, guides, hunters, scientists, and educators. All of you!
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Nyala. | Photo courtesy of Lee Gutteridge and Dr. Kersey Lawrence. |
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These are just the first few of a full month of outdoor volunteer opportunities! Learn more and sign up below. Want to volunteer in other ways? Fill out a volunteer form HERE. Thank you! |
Learn, visit, and volunteer with us
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Our educational programs are free for CLC members and kids. We ask non-members for a $10/pp event donation (memberships start at $35 a year). Zoom programs are free, and gratitude to everyone who volunteers for an outdoor volunteer stewardship event! |
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Autumn Highway Cleanup, Sun. Oct. 12, 8:45–10:30 AM. Meet at the Grove, Chocorua Lake. Sign up HERE. Fall Colors Trail Time, Sun. Oct. 12, 1 PM. Charlotte C. Browne Woods. More info and join the Trail Time email list HERE.
Spread Wood Chips & Invasive Removal, Thurs. Oct. 16, 9–11 AM. The Grove, Chocorua Lake. Sign up HERE.
Fall Colors Trail Time, Sun. Oct. 19, 1 PM. Heron Pond, meet at Hammond Trail parking on Scott Road. More info and join the Trail Time email list HERE.
Stories Behind the Stars, Tues. Oct. 21, 7 PM. With Matt Krug, Charlotte C. Browne Woods. More info and register HERE. Clearing Small Saplings, Wed. Oct. 22, 10 AM–12 PM. Charlotte C. Browne Woods. Sign up HERE.
Partner Program: Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators & Pollinator Habitat Improvement Project Volunteer Work Day, Fri. Oct. 24, 10 AM–2 PM. Blue Heron House, Green Mountain Conservation Group, Effingham, NH. 10 AM–12 PM: Program with CLC Stewardship Director Debra Marnich and Wendy Scribner, Natural Resources Field Specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension. 12–2 PM: Volunteer Work Day. More info and register HERE.
Stories from the Trail: Tracking Dangerous Animals, Sat. Oct. 25, 7 PM. With Lee Gutteridge and Dr. Kersey Lawrence, in partnership with New England Wildlife Tracking & Tin Mountain Conservation Center, at Tin Mountain, Albany, NH. Free. More info and register HERE.
Fall Colors Trail Time, Sun. Oct. 19, 1 PM. Runnells Lane, meet at the Grove. More info and join the Trail Time email list HERE. Berms & Swales Stewardship & Cleanup, Wed. Oct. 29, 10 AM–12 PM. Meet at the Island, Chocorua Lake. Sign up HERE. |
Mount Paugus Trail Stewardship Day, Sat. Nov. 8, 9 AM–4 PM, Meet at the Grove, Chocorua Lake.
Wonders of Wood: Forts, Fire, and Forest Ecology, Sat. Nov. 15, 10:15 AM–12 PM, with naturalist and outdoor educator Hillary Behr. Charlotte C. Browne Woods. Geared toward kids 3 to 9 with a caregiver.
Next Gen for Conservation Meet-up, Thurs. Nov. 20, 5:30–7:30 PM. Come gather with folks in their 20s & 30s and learn about conservation volunteer opportunities. The Hayloft, Hobbs Tavern, West Ossipee
Climate Future Film Festival: Part 1, Sun. Nov. 23, 3–5 PM, at UUFES in Tamworth Village. Short films & community conversation. A Climate & Community program in partnership with Cook Library & UUFES. Climate Future Film Festival: Part 2, Sun. Nov. 30, 3–5 PM, at UUFES in Tamworth Village. Short films & community conversation. A Climate & Community program in partnership with Cook Library & UUFES. | |
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Wildfire in Northern New England |
A giant thank you to John Neely, program specialist in wildfire mitigation for the State of NH. John is a wonderful educator, able to share complex, detailed information in a clear, digestible way. John shared handouts from Firewise USA. Check out their website for LOTS of good info on how to keep your home, neighborhood, and family safe in the event of wildfire.
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John Neely presenting to a full house at Cook Library in a time of very high wildfire risk. | Juno Lamb |
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Weeding the pollinator garden at the Basin View Lot. | Anna Paddock |
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The outdoor volunteer season is just beginning and already CLC volunteers have weeded and mulched the pollinator garden at the beautiful View Lot, and pulled up SO MUCH bittersweet. Thanks to all of you for your strong arms and good humor and care for this place. Come have some similar fun in October!
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Windy, wily bittersweet vines. | Anna Paddock |
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Building muscle pulling bittersweet! | Anna Paddock |
Chicken of the Woods—wow! |
CLC board member Sue Kelley for scale. | Sue Kelley |
A fun fact that we learned on the Mushroom Walk with Eric Milligan in September: The reason why Chicken of the Woods can fruit during a drought when you might not see other kinds of mushrooms is because the fungus feeds on dead or decaying wood, and can draw moisture and nutrients from the wood even when the soil below is dry. | Sue Kelley |
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| Navigating by App in the Wilds |
The program Rick Allmendinger shared with us live in July is now available online! Please share this program widely—it is super informative and eye-opening, and can help keep hikers safe out there in the wilderness! -
Part one: How location, elevation, and facing are determined and what problems can arise when your device does not have a full sky view.
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Part two: The importance of topographic visualization and the different ways that apps can display topography. Map tiling schemes and the ways in which paper maps are superior and inferior to digital maps.
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Part three: Where do digitized trails come from and how do they differ from the actual walked path? Learn how to use topographic slope to determine which trails are right for you and which you should avoid.
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Part four: Estimating hiking times (route planning), pace, and accessing the weather forecast for the mountain tops. Best practices for using apps for hiking.
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CLC Outreach Coordinator Anna Paddock brought a haiku activity to the CLC info table at the MWV Farmers Market this past week. Here are some of the beautiful autumnal poems! |
Haiku by Mackenzie Hester. |
The last word...from the Chocorua Lake Live Cam |
One of the coolest things about the Chocorua Lake Live Cam is that you can click on any recent date and watch time lapse videos of sunrise and sunset. Watch a few and you will develop some theories about the movement of wind and moisture across the surface of the lake! Find them HERE.
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Happy fall, soak in all the sun you can! |
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THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS! |
THANK YOU, MOUNT CHOCORUA PARTNERS |
Thank you, Chocorua Lake Partners |
Thank you, Heron Pond Partners |
Thank you, Narrows Bridge Partners |
Our vision is a Chocorua Lake Basin whose resilient forests, clear waters, and thriving habitats are a welcoming haven for people, plants, and animals for generations to come.
Our mission is to preserve the ecology and pristine waters of the Chocorua Lake Basin, maintain trails on Mount Chocorua and conservation lands, and provide welcoming access to Chocorua Lake for nearby residents, visitors, and future generations. |
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