join Cook Memorial Library and Chocorua Lake Conservancy via Zoom to discuss the book Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge, by Erica Gies, a hopeful journey around the world and across time, illuminating better ways to live with water.
On Saturday, February 8 from 2–10 PM, join us for Winter Fest, a fun-filled community event offering a variety of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages.
With naturalist Kyle Ball. Learn how to identify the four Oak species in this area, and how to efficiently and safely collect and process acorns for eating.
Who took care of baby Zeus? Why does Casseopeaia have to spend half her time upside down? Who might the Greater Bear and Lesser Bear represent? And how can we find all these constellations, and stories, in the myriad stars above us?
We’ll meet in the Grove by Chocorua Lake, near the Narrows Bridge at the end of Chocorua Lake Road.
The area around Chocorua Lake provides a widely diverse and rich fungal habitat. Ever wonder about the hundreds of miles of mycelium beneath our feet, of which we see only the fruiting bodies? Or which mushrooms are poisonous or edible?
Everyone is a poet when it comes to their own experience.
An exploration of the local glacial and bedrock geology of the Clark Reserve in Chocorua with geologist Rick Allmendinger.
Celebrate the end of summer and the gift of community with a magical lantern parade on Chocorua Lake at dusk.
Join us for a movement workshop with Indian classical dancer Mouli Pal, at the Grove at Chocorua Lake. Workshop participants will explore the lake through Indian classical dance Mudras.
Like every pond and lake, Chocorua Lake is home to myriad species of flora and fauna. Come learn who lives here!
Stewardship “in perpetuity,” the commitment land trusts make, means ongoing stewardship in the face of changing conditions!
The area around Chocorua Lake provides a widely diverse and rich fungal habitat. Ever wonder about the hundreds of miles of mycelium beneath our feet, of which we see only the fruiting bodies? Or which mushrooms are poisonous or edible?
Please join us! Burgers, sausages, hot dogs & non-alcoholic drinks provided. Feel free to bring a salad or dessert to share.
Join us for a mindfulness meditation and gratitude for nature practice with Christi Humphrey, certified mindfulness teacher, at the Grove at Chocorua Lake.
As communities around the globe contend with weather patterns and shifting ecologies brought on by climate change, climate fiction novelists are imagining what different futures and different kinds of adaptation might look like.
Like every pond and lake, Chocorua Lake is home to myriad species of flora and fauna. Come learn who lives here!
Want to learn more about how to reduce the spread of certain quick-growing plants without using chemicals that pose risks to pollinators and to soil health, or just come help prevent the spread of bittersweet to the shores of Chocorua Lake?
Learn about the recent work of CLC, hear from our Executive Director, Alex Moot, have a chance to talk to the Board of Directors, vote for a slate of board nominees, find out about volunteer opportunities, and more.
Join us for an exploration of the local glacial and bedrock geology of the Clark Reserve in Chocorua with geologist Rick Allmendinger.
Join us for our annual summer “Adopt-a-Highway” Trash Pickup along Route 16.
We’ll be re-blazing trail markers on Chocorua and Paugus mountain trails, the Bickford Heights trail, and other conservation land trails, with water-based paint (provided).
CLC invites current and prospective CLC volunteers to learn about volunteer opportunities, share ideas and questions with CLC board and staff, and visit with other volunteers.
Come join us in an exploration where water and land meet, as we venture into the upper wetlands of the Chocorua River!
Want to learn more about how to reduce the spread of certain quick-growing plants without using chemicals that pose risks to pollinators and to soil health?
We will investigate spring ephemerals and other plants in the diverse habitats of CLC’s Charlotte C. Browne Woods in Chocorua.
If you love to hike Chocorua, come help keep the trails clear and safe, and meet others who also love this place.
We’ll be spreading wood chips, as we do regularly, to help stabilize the shore during busy seasons with lots of foot traffic. Many hands make light work!
Join us for an outdoor workshop with naturalists and outdoor educators Hillary Behr and Kyle Ball in Tamworth Village.
Lend a hand creating wood and brush piles for wildlife with recently-cut early successional habitat saplings, and learn about the benefits of brush piles, which provide habitat, cover, and food for many types of wildlife and insects. We will also be clipping small stumps of saplings the mower leaves behind.
Banner image: Hillary Behr with a communal Bird Language map. Photo: Juno Lamb
Help us clean up plastics and other trash before they degrade and leach pollution into the lake.
