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2021 Spring/Summer Newsletter

2021 Spring/Summer Newsletter

Writing, art, and poetry about the Chocorua Lake Basin, musings on the importance of naming things and knowing the names of things, photos at the lake from a 1920 family album, info about covenants, GIS, Leave No Trace, and loons, a calendar of summer events, updates on CLC activities, our Annual Report, and more.

A Rare Image

A Rare Image

Photographer and CLC Trail Steward Jim Diamond has wanted to take a photograph in which the Milky Way is lined up with the peak of Mount Chocorua. “For this shot,” he says, “I wanted a clear moonless night with the lake unfrozen, so I could capture the reflections off the water, as well.” But how easy are all those conditions to come by?

Annual Meeting recording and Q&A

Annual Meeting recording and Q&A

If you missed our Annual Meeting, with an informative and important presentation by Dr. Bob Newton, Professor of Geosciences at Smith College, and Tara Schroeder, Education Coordinator at Green Mountain Conservation Group, you can watch it here!

Chocorua Basin Thrush Survey Results

Chocorua Basin Thrush Survey Results

From 1993 to 2018 Harriet Hofheinz and a team of volunteers surveyed thrush populations in the Chocorua Lake Basin, and found, over that time, a decline in numbers. She has shared the results of her work with us, written in collaboration with Henry C. Stevens.