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

Please join us on Friday, May 27, 9-11:30AM, for a Stewardship Day at C.C. Browne Woods on Washington Hill Road in Chocorua (directions below). 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 water and snacks if you like. Be prepared for bugs and ticks just in case.

Feel free to come for all or some of the morning. Please email events@chocorualake.org with your name and 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.

Directions to C.C. Browne Woods

From Chocorua Village take Rt. 16 north to Washington Hill Rd. north of the lake (3.3 miles). Take a right onto Washington Hill Rd. and go .7 miles to the top of the hill. Park in the field, or at the side of the road.

Please do not use driveways to turn around. If you miss it and need to turn around, use Savary Rd., the next road on the left.

Coming from the north on Rt. 16, take Washington Hill Rd. on the left, which is the first road on the left after the Albany/Tamworth town line (just past the Quilt Shop).