Chocorua Lake Basin

Spring Wildflower resource list

Spring Wildflower resource list

The spring wildflowers will come and go in their ephemeral way, but if you walk out into the woods and fields regularly all through the growing season, you will always find something blooming, growing, changing, fruiting, or sending seeds into the world, and some of these resources may help you to learn more about them.

For the Love of Loons: A Loon Raft Story on Chocorua Lake

For the Love of Loons: A Loon Raft Story on Chocorua Lake

CLC and the Loon Protection Committee got together this spring to install a loon nesting platform on Chocorua Lake, a “loon nest raft” built and donated by the LPC.

A Successful Chocorua Mountain Club Trail Clearing Day!

A Successful Chocorua Mountain Club Trail Clearing Day!

The Chocorua Mountain Club (CMC) Trails Committee of Chocorua Lake Conservancy (CLC) hosted its annual Trail Clearing Day on May 11, with 41 participants including volunteers, CLC staff, and U.S. Forest Service Trail Crew members from the USFS Saco Ranger District.

New Opportunities for Trail Stewardship!

New Opportunities for Trail Stewardship!

In 2023, Chocorua Mountain Club merged into Chocorua Lake Conservancy, and a new coalition of trail stewards is coming together to care for the well-used trails on Mount Chocorua. You’re invited, too!

Climate & Community program series update

Climate & Community program series update

 Early in 2022, Chocorua Lake Conservancy (CLC) and Cook Memorial Library (CML) met with a group of interested community members to discuss climate program possibilities. Since then, with inspiration from that group and continuing conversations with folks around the community, we have been convening an ongoing program series called Climate & Community (C&C). 

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.