history

4.6 Billion Years of Chocorua Lake Conservancy History

4.6 Billion Years of Chocorua Lake Conservancy History

This past September, the Friends of the Cook Memorial Library asked us to speak at their Annual Meeting and share the history and current activity of CLC with their group. Many thanks to the Friends for this invitation, which provided the impetus to write a short history of the Lake Basin and the CLC.

2023 Spring/Summer Newsletter

2023 Spring/Summer Newsletter

Our spring/summer newsletter is out. It includes our Annual Report, stories about stewards, soil, lake bathymetry, poison ivy, and lots more! If you didn’t get one in the mail, hard copies will be available throughout the summer at our kiosks in the Grove and at the Island on Chocorua Lake, and in the CLC office in Chocorua Village, or you can download a digital version here.

The Ossipee Aquifer: A Story of Water

The Ossipee Aquifer: A Story of Water

Film coming soon! In the meantime, you can experience some of the GORGEOUS art in this 30-foot communal painting in the “graphic novel” version of The Ossipee Aquifer: A Story of Water. Big thanks to Peggy Johnson for creating this version!

2022 Spring/Summer Newsletter

2022 Spring/Summer Newsletter

Our spring/summer newsletter is out now. If you haven’t received one, and you would like a hard copy, you can find them at the two Chocorua Lake kiosks at the Grove and Island, or download a digital version here.

Forest Land Donation Protects Open Space

Forest Land Donation Protects Open Space

The Chocorua Lake Conservancy (CLC) has gratefully received a donation of a 75-acre parcel of forestland off of Savary Road in Chocorua, NH. The new Browne, Greenough, VerPlanck Forest became official on December 17, 2021 with the gift of the property by the Browne, Greenough, and VerPlanck families.

Fall 2021/Winter 2022 Newsletter

Fall 2021/Winter 2022 Newsletter

Our fall/winter newsletter is out now. If you haven’t received one, and you would like a hard copy, you can find them at the two Chocorua Lake kiosks at the Grove and Island, or download a digital version here.

Thank you to Jeff Schloss

Thank you to Jeff Schloss

UNH Extension Natural Resources Team Leader Jeff Schloss is retiring. Jeff played an integral role in the diagnosis and treatment of water quality challenges in Chocorua Lake in the later 1990s. Dwight Baldwin, a longtime CLC water quality volunteer, has shared this letter of gratitude to Jeff.