Check out the new Chocorua Lake Live Cam & sunset and sunrise time lapses HERE. The live cam also allows you to scroll back through the last 12 hours to see non-time lapsed sunsets or sunrises or thunder storms, to watch the speed of ice melt on a warm spring day, and more. We hope this will bring you pleasure and connection when you are far from the Basin, and inspire you to sit in the Grove watching the sunrise or sunset unfold if you are in the area.
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We are deep in summer now: steamy heat and then the relief of a cool night or breezy day. People are enjoying the lake at all hours and deer flies—a pollinating insect as well as a source of discomfort to humans—are enjoying the woods! Scroll down to learn about the latest plantings on the eastern shoreline of the lake, upcoming educational programs and events, and to see some of the beauty we've been noticing in the Lake Basin. |
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At Trail Time you might see... |
Four-leaf clover! | Jamie Pike |
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Hello, beautiful. | Jamie Pike |
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Many Contributors are the key words here! | Juno Lamb |
Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual Meeting! |
We hope you enjoyed learning about CLC’s new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan and our mission-guided work over the past year, and had fun at the cookout with friends old and new.
We are so appreciative of everyone’s help setting up, moving chairs and tables, preparing and cooking food, bringing delicious desserts (wow so many amazing desserts!), and cleaning up. |
Some of the younger generations at the Annual Meeting Cookout. | Rachel Bowditch |
A Legacy Circle challenge |
CLC's Legacy Circle recognizes people who contribute to the longterm, multigenerational sustenance of CLC through a planned gift such as a provision in a will or beneficiary designation in an IRA, 401(k) or life insurance policy. (Designating CLC as a partial beneficiary can take as little as 15 minutes—log into your account or call your financial institution.)
If you notify us by December 31, 2025 that you've made a planned gift to CLC, we will receive an additional $500 gift from another Legacy Circle household. You can complete a non-binding Notification of Intent form HERE, or learn more below. |
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Rick's map of the Lake Basin that incorporates LiDAR and bathymetry. Click HERE for a larger version. |
| Navigation by App in the Wilds next week! |
Join us on Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30 PM at Cook Library to learn how to use phone apps to navigate while hiking so that you arrive at your destination and make it home safe and sound. Rick Allmendinger is the author of several hiking apps for the White Mountains. Dessert potluck and Q&A, too!
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Sundew (genus Drosera), one of the extraordinary plants you might meet during a Lake Ecology Paddle. Sundew is adapted to lower nutrient lakeshore and wetland habitats, and is carnivorous. This small, delicate plant catches insects in its sticky "dew", digesting them to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of their habitat.
Charles Darwin, who studied the genera Drosera intensively, wrote in a letter the year after the first publication of his seminal Origin of the Species, "at the present moment, I care more about Drosera than the origin of all the species in the world." | Galen Kilbride |
Two more guided lake paddles this summer: |
Exploring Chocorua Little Lake in community. | Galen Kilbride |
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More planting at Chocorua Lake! |
Our latest plantings include Pennsylvania sedge, Carex pensylvanica, one of the earliest blooming sedges; blue wood aster, Symphyotrichum cordifolium, a shade-tolerant "pollinator powerhouse plant" that is a wonderful late-season nectar source for pollinators; and foamflower, Tiarella cordifolia, a beautiful spring bloomer that attracts bees and other pollinators, and functions as a natural mulch, helping retain moisture in the soil below.
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Zach Berger of Zachary Berger Associates and CLC Stewardship Director Debra Marnich preparing the plugs, shrubs, and trees for the most recent planting. | Galen Kilbride |
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Left: Grouping of plugs of Pennsylvania sedge, Carex pensylvanica. Right: CLC Outreach Coordinator Anna Paddock digging holes. | Galen Kilbride |
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The view from the lookout at Bickford Heights. See it, and learn about these rocks, at our Saturday, August 9 Geology Hike with Rick Allmendinger. | Anna Paddock |
Learn, visit, and volunteer with us this summer! |
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 a stewardship day!
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Trail Time: Heron Pond, Sun. July 27, 2–4 PM. Meet at Hammond Trail parking on Scott Road. More info HERE.
Navigation by App in the Wilds, Tues. July 29, 6:30 PM (followed by a dessert potluck, hands-on activity, and Q&A). With geologist and hiking app creator Rick Allmendinger, Cook Library, Tamworth. More info and register HERE.
CLC Office Open House, Wed. July 30, 4–6 PM, 11 Runnells Hall Road, Chocorua, across from the Chocorua Library. Come say hello, have a cool drink, and ask us your burning questions. |
Guided Chocorua Lake Paddle with Loon Preservation Committee, Fri. August 1, 10 AM–12 PM. More info and register HERE.
CLC at Tamworth Farmers' Market, Sat. Aug. 2, 9 AM–12 PM. Learn about CLC and pick up a t-shirt or sticker.
Lake Ecology Paddle, Wed. Aug. 6, 8–11 AM. With CLC Seasonal Land Steward Galen Kilbride. More info and register HERE.
Geology Hike, Sat. Aug. 9, 9 AM–12 PM. With geologist Rick Allmendinger, CLC Clark Reserve. More info and register HERE.
Member Cookout, Sat. Aug. 9, 12–2 PM. Wheeler Field, Chocorua. Rain date, Sunday, August 10. More info and register HERE.
Writing & Moving with the Natural World, Sat. Aug. 16, 10 AM–12 PM and/or 1–3 PM. AM: Writing with the Natural World with Louise Wrobleski. PM: Moving with the Natural World with Suzanne Birdsall-Stone. Chocorua Park. More info and register HERE. August 17 storm date.
Stories Behind the Stars: The Summer Sky, Tues. Aug. 19, 7:30 PM. With Matt Krug, Charlotte C. Browne Woods, Chocorua. More info and register HERE.
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World, Wed. Aug. 20, 6:30 PM. A CLC/Cook Memorial Library Climate & Community book discussion with guests Dylan Alden and Jessie Dubuque who will share their experiences fighting wildland fires with the US Forest Service. Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth. More info and register HERE.
CLC Office Open House, Fri. Aug. 29, 4–6 PM, 11 Runnells Hall Road, Chocorua, across from the Chocorua Library. Come say hello, have a cool drink, and ask us your burning questions. Annual Picnic & Parade of Lights, Sun. Aug. 31, 6PM. The Grove, Chocorua Lake. Parade of Lights at dusk. |
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A special picnic at Chocorua Lake... |
Just a few days remain to view our National Picnic Month display at Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm—the exhibit ends on July 31. Visit the museum to learn about a very special, romantic picnic ON Chocorua Lake in June of 1940, 85 years ago. Cake! Ginger ale! Then join us for our Annual Picnic & Parade of Lights on Sunday, August 31.
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National Picnic Month exhibit at the Remick Museum. | Juno Lamb |
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Spotted around the Basin... |
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Left: Rose pogonia (snakemouth orchid), Pogonia ophioglossoides. Right: Swamp rose, Rosa palustris | Galen Kilbride
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Moth pupae exoskeleton. | Galen Kilbride |
Meadowsweet, Spiraea alba, an important pollinator plant also appreciated by herbalists, with one of the native bumble bee species on a flower cluster. If you have fields that bloom all summer, please consider waiting to mow them until autumn so that our pollinating species can thrive. | Galen Kilbride
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These two! | Rick Allmendinger |
CLC Outreach Coordinator Anna Paddock tabling in the Grove. | Juno Lamb |
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| Wishing you all the joys of summer and community, |
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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
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OFFICE 11 Runnells Hall Road Chocorua, NH 03817 603-323-6252
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