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?
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?
An exploration of the local glacial and bedrock geology of the Clark Reserve in Chocorua with geologist Rick Allmendinger.
Like every pond and lake, Chocorua Lake is home to myriad species of flora and fauna. Come learn who lives here!
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?
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?
Join us for an exploration of the local glacial and bedrock geology of the Clark Reserve in Chocorua with geologist Rick Allmendinger.
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).
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
Good company and free exercise in the fresh air while helping protect a place we all share, with a view of a beautiful mountain to boot! Chocorua Lake Conservancy is hosting a stewardship morning at the Island and Grove public access areas along Chocorua Lake.
Fresh air, good company, and a chance to pitch in, all with a view of a beautiful mountain! Chocorua Lake Conservancy is hosting a spring cleaning at the Grove & Island public access areas along Chocorua Lake.
Join us for an evening Owl Prowl with CLC Stewardship Director Debra Marnich. We’ll take a walk from The Preserve at Chocorua, following their monthly Community Soup Night benefit, listening and calling for owls and experiencing the world of nocturnal animals by the light of a near full moon.
Join longtime teacher, storyteller, and outdoor enthusiast Matt Krug for Stories Behind the Stars in Wonalancet, NH, an evening of stories and star gazing.
With our abundance of maple trees, have you ever thought of having your own sugaring operation? Are you not sure how to tell a red from a sugar maple, or what the difference is in sugar production?
With cold winters and long dark nights comes the opportunity to experience the unique magic of being outdoors in the brightness of a full moon on snow.
Forests for the People is the story of the forest conservation movement that started in New England and led to the establishment of 41 Eastern National Forests, including the White Mountain National Forest.
The beauty of snow is that it provides us with a natural canvas where we can see the pattern of animal tracks, other signs of animal activity, and read a story about the forest in winter.
What rodent increases biodiversity wherever they spend their time, creates habitat for myriad other species, provides housing for other animals, shelters fish, and offers nesting sites for birds on the “rooftops” of their homes? Come find out!
With the diminishment of certain kinds of habitat, including convenient holes in old-growth trees, cavity nesting birds may have a harder time finding places to nest. We can help!
What does it mean to think like a forester? What does a trained forester see when they walk out into the woods? Come find out!
Shelter, warmth, tools, and even food: wood provides so many things to humans and wildlife!
