Huzzah to this great crew who came out to collect trash along Rt. 16 along Chocorua Lake. You are helping to protect lake water, aquatic species, wildlife, and soil! | Alex Moot |
As soon as we turned the calendar from October to November the weather and landscape changed. The wind picked up, clouds roiled across the sky, rain showers brought a rainbow arcing over the CLC office, leaves that had been clinging on blustered along roadsides. Then we turned the clock back and had morning light again! Enormous thanks to everyone who came out to volunteer in October, picking up trash, clearing saplings, spreading wood chips at the lake, and clearing out the swales along the shore of Chocorua Lake. Think about what it takes to look after one backyard, and you can see why it takes a village to care for 800 acres with several well-used public access areas! Read on for exciting news from the Basin, autumn photographs, and a trailer for the upcoming Climate Future Film Festival in collaboration with Cook Memorial Library and Unitarian Universality Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes (UUFES). |
Next Generation for Conservation Meet-up |
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| In your 20s & 30s? Join us at 5:30 PM on Thursday, November 13! |
We'll meet at The Hayloft, Hobbs Tavern, 2415 White Mountain Hwy 2nd Floor, in West Ossipee, NH. Visit with folks interested in outdoor recreation and land conservation, learn about volunteer opportunities with CLC, connect over the beautiful spaces we call home, and enjoy some pizza on us. Click below for more info, or just show up! |
Joe Paddock and CLC Outreach Coordinator Anna Paddock in full pollination regalia. | Juno Lamb |
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! |
Notice anything in this picture other than super cute kids? Lots of bright clothing! It's hunting season in New Hampshire. Please wear bright colors when you are out exploring the woods and trails.
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It's that time of year: Stocking stuffers, gifts for someone you love who loves the Lake Basin, a hat to keep your own head warm! |
Visit our online shop for cozy hats, baseball caps, t-shirts, maps, and more. Proceeds support conservation and stewardship in the Lake Basin. |
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CLC Community Partner program |
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Would you like to donate to CLC via your business? |
CLC Community Partners receive recognition and appreciation on our website, on our lake kiosks, in our e-news (scroll down to see who our wonderful 2025 Community Partners are!), and more. Learn about benefits here: |
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Heron Pond in autumn at a Fall Colors Trail Time. | Anna Paddock |
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One benefit of CLC membership |
Our fall newsletter! Members, keep your eyes peeled, it will be in your mailbox soon. Meet our new board members and some of our volunteers, read about the work that goes into keeping lake water oligotrophic (and what the heck oligotrophic means!), learn about the ubiquitous and essential cyanobacteria, and why they can be hard on ecosystems when they've had too much to eat, read beautiful poems by Helen Mesick, and more. A digital version will be available in our December e-news.
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Check out this trailer for the Climate Future Film Festival, and then come watch and discuss with us later this month. |
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. Zoom and collaborative programs are free, and gratitude to everyone who volunteers for an outdoor volunteer stewardship event! |
Next Gen for Conservation Meet-up, Thurs. Nov. 13, 5:30–7:30 PM. Come gather with folks in their 20s & 30s, learn about conservation volunteer opportunities, and eat some pizza! The Hayloft, Hobbs Tavern, West Ossipee. Info & register HERE.
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. This program is full; to be added to a waiting list, email us.
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. Info & register HERE.
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. Info & register HERE.
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We were super lucky with the weather for Matt Krug's Stories Behind the Stars program in October. Just as we were beginning, a thin scrim of clouds covered most of the sky, and then it blew over and we had bright constellations and shooting stars from the Orionids meteor shower, stories, great questions, and companionship out under the stars. Also the poignancy of how much light pollution has increased since our grandparents' time—they would have witnessed far more vivid skies than we are able to in most locations.
>>> Want to learn more about the night sky? Check out our resource list HERE. And stay tuned for Stories Behind the Stars this winter. Did you know that the winter constellations don't just appear brighter because the air tends to be drier in winter? They are brighter. Come learn about magnitude!
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Stories from the Trail: Tracking Dangerous Animals |
Left to right: Kyle Ball of New England Wildlife Tracking, Dr. Kersey Lawrence, and Lee Gutteridge. | Juno Lamb
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Thank you so much to Dr. Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge of Original Wisdom (and more!) for a fascinating and inspiring presentation on tracking and trailing animals all around the world. So much gratitude to Tin Mountain Conservation Center for welcoming all of us into their beautiful space, and to New England Wildlife Tracking for bringing wonderful people to the area to share their stories with us. As one audience member said, "It's not every program where the story about bluff charging an elephant to protect a group of trackers is surpassed by the story about the rhinoceros!"
>>> Want to take a first step toward learning to track and trail animals? Go outside for 10 minutes every day in the same place and notice what you see on the ground each time, including your own footprints from yesterday, and the day before. |
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Left to right: Dr. Kersey Lawrence, and Lee Gutteridge. | Juno Lamb |
The Mary Mullarkey All Persons Trail is open. Congratulations, TCNA! |
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The new trail and boardwalk. | Teresa Fournier |
Hooray, Tamworth Community Nurse Association! The Mary Mullarkey All Persons Trail is open and accessible from a large parking area off of Scott Road north of the lake in Chocorua. This 0.5 mile out and back forest trail is a mix of deciduous and conifer trees and features boardwalks, resting benches, and a viewing platform at a destination point on the Chocorua River.
The ADA-compliant trail is located on conservation land owned by the Korson family and is known as the Mary Mullarkey All Persons Trail in honor of Tom Korson's late wife and Andrew Korson's mother. Mary Mullarkey passed away in 2021, after many years living with multiple sclerosis. Throughout her distinguished career, she served as a Supreme Court Justice in Colorado for 23 years—12 of which were spent as the state's first female Chief Justice—prior to her retirement in 2010.
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The viewing platform by the Chocorua River. | Teresa Fournier |
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At various points in the year we put out a call for trail clearing, but swale clearing happens only in the fall, after most of the leaves have fallen. This swale was put in to filter highway runoff before it reaches the lake as part of CLC's Berms & Swales project in 2001, a project that had a notably positive effect on lake water quality. We keep them clean so they can do their job!
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A cleared swale thanks to CLC volunteers! | Anna Paddock |
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A stalwart swale clearing crew. Note the bright vests, hint hint! | Anna Paddock |
One beautiful day after another... | Anna Paddock |
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Chocorua Lake from the Island. | Anna Paddock |
Visiting Heron Pond on one of our Fall Colors Trail Times. | Anna Paddock |
The things you see once the leaves are down! | Juno Lamb |
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Wishing you a peaceful November, |
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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. |
CONTACT
MAIL PO Box 105 Chocorua, NH 03817
OFFICE 11 Runnells Hall Road Chocorua, NH 03817 603-323-6252
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