Fresh air! Free workout! Friends! Come spend a morning in a beautiful place stewarding land with us.

Please join Chocorua Lake Conservancy Stewardship Director Debra Marnich on Thursday, September 29, 9-11AM, for a Stewardship Morning at the Island on Chocorua Lake and at Moose Meadows, up the road on Route 16 across from the quilt shop. We’ll meet at the Island, right off of Rt. 16, to spread wood chips that help prevent erosion along the lake shore and protect tree and shrub roots in high use areas. When that work is done, we’ll head up to Moose Meadows to cut down saplings in the field in advance of mowing.

Bring work gloves and a shovel and/or long-handled clippers if you have them, water and a snack, and please wear sturdy, close-toed shoes. We will have some tools available if needed. Be prepared for bugs and ticks just in case. Feel free to come for all or some of the morning. Please register below so that we can let you know of any changes in the schedule.

CLC Stewardship Director Debra Marnich holds a BS in Zoology and an MS in Forestry. Her major interests and professional focus areas include combining wildlife and forestry practices to manage for both sound silvicultural and optimum wildlife habitat, creating early successional and bird nesting habitat, pollinator habitat creation, promoting small diverse farms local food production/agriculture, promoting land conservation and protection, environmental education, and integrating all resources concerns to create a balanced conservation system.

Banner image: Spreading wood chips at the Island, spring 2022. Photo: Alex Moot