Stewardship with a view of Mount Chocorua and trails to wander afterward. Come spend a morning in a beautiful place nurturing fruiting shrubs that in turn provide food and habitat for wildlife.

Please join us on Wednesday, May 26, 9-11:30AM, for a Stewardship Day at C.C. Browne Woods on Washington Hill Road in Chocorua. We’ll be weeding around fruiting shrubs we’ve planted there to improve habitat for wildlife, and mulching them to help them retain moisture when the weather is dry. Thanks to funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the CLC was able not only to plant fruiting shrubs but also to place nest boxes for bluebirds on this site. Come to see if the bluebirds are nesting, and learn how the CLC is working to enhance wildlife habitat on some of our properties.

Please bring a shovel, long-handed clippers, loppers, hand saws, a brush cutter, or other tools, if you are able, as well as work gloves and a mask, and water and snacks if you like. We’ll work far enough apart to allow for social distancing, but close enough to have a conversation when needed. Be prepared for bugs and ticks just in case.

Feel free to come for all or some of the morning. Please email lflaccus@chocorualake.org with your phone number to let us know you will be coming so that we can let you know of any changes in the schedule.

Naturalist Lynne Flaccus has 30+ years of experience in land conservation and stewardship, managing protected properties, studying wildlife, and educating adults and children.

Banner image: Stewardship at C.C. Browne Woods.