Rescheduled to Friday, May 5, 9AM, due to rain.

Good company and free exercise in the fresh air while helping protect a place we all share, with a view of a beautiful mountain! The Chocorua Lake Conservancy is hosting a stewardship morning at the Island and Grove public access areas along Chocorua Lake.

Join us on Friday, May 5 from 9-11AM to help care for a place beloved by so many. The land all along the Route 16 side of the lake has been conserved by the CLC, and through the support of donors and volunteers the CLC is able to make this land accessible to the public. Public areas that receive heavy use need regular stewardship to stay stable and healthy. 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!

Meet at 9AM at the Island public parking area on Route 16 beside Chocorua Lake and we’ll go from there. Bring work gloves, a rake, and/or a shovel, and a wheelbarrow if you have one; if you don't have these we’ll have a few extras available. Wear sturdy close-toed shoes or boots and bring water and a snack, if you like, as well as bug or sun protection as needed. Please register in advance at below to let us know you’ll join us—we want to be able to reach you if plans change or the weather changes plans!

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: Stewardship is good for the soul! Photo: Alex Moot