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Climate & Community Book Discussion: Water Always Wins
Jan
22
6:30 PM18:30

Climate & Community Book Discussion: Water Always Wins

join Cook Memorial Library and Chocorua Lake Conservancy via Zoom to discuss the book Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge, by Erica Gies, a hopeful journey around the world and across time, illuminating better ways to live with water.

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Forests for the People: The Story of the Eastern National Forests
Feb
21
7:00 PM19:00

Forests for the People: The Story of the Eastern National Forests

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.

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Chocorua Byways: An Old Roads Ramble with Paul King
Oct
22
2:00 PM14:00

Chocorua Byways: An Old Roads Ramble with Paul King

Please join The Tamworth History Center, Chocorua Lake Conservancy, the Tamworth Road Study Committee, and Hike with Friends for “Chocorua Byways”with Paul King, longtime surveyor and local history buff, and a member of the Tamworth Road Study Committee.

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Geology Hike
Aug
19
9:00 AM09:00

Geology Hike

If we could slow down to geological time, we would feel the earth rising and falling beneath our feet in a perpetual churn of motion. Alas, our lives are too brief. We can, however, learn to read the landscape to understand the movement that came before our time.

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Dawnland film with Q&A
Oct
27
7:00 PM19:00

Dawnland film with Q&A

Join Cook Memorial Library and Chocorua Lake Conservancy for a screening of the film Dawnland, and the short film Dear Georgina, followed by a Q&A with Esther Anne, film participant and co-director of Maine-Wabanaki REACH; gkisedtanamoogk, film participant and Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner; and film director Adam Mazo.

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Geology Walk with Rick Allmendinger
Aug
7
9:00 AM09:00

Geology Walk with Rick Allmendinger

  • Chocorua Lake Conservancy Clark Reserve (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

An exploration of the local glacial and bedrock geology of the Clark Reserve in Chocorua with geologist Rick Allmendinger and naturalist Lynne Flaccus. The hike will offer an opportunity to see eskers, glacial meltwater channels, and kame terraces, as well as two types of granite with different ages.

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Geology Walk with Rick Allmendinger
Jun
24
9:00 AM09:00

Geology Walk with Rick Allmendinger

  • Chocorua Lake Conservancy Clark Reserve (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

An exploration of the local glacial and bedrock geology of the Clark Reserve in Chocorua with geologist Rick Allmendinger and naturalist Lynne Flaccus. The hike will offer an opportunity to see eskers, glacial meltwater channels, and kame terraces, as well as two types of granite with different ages.

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