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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.

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!

CLC featured in MWV Vibe!

CLC featured in MWV Vibe!

We are honored to be featured in the spring issue of MVW Vibe—check out the gorgeous cover photograph by Dan Houde of Wiseguy Creative, Editor of MWV Vibe.

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.

Chocorua? There's an app for that!

Chocorua? There's an app for that!

Thanks to Cornell geology professor Rick Allmendinger, iPhone and iPad owners can now experience the Chocorua Lake basin and trails with our new Chocorua Map app for iOS mobile devices.

Chocorua Redux: Revisionist History of a Name

Chocorua Redux: Revisionist History of a Name

While local legend, created by white colonists and their descendants, has it that Mount Chocorua was named for a Native American Chief Chocorua, historical evidence does not support the legend or the notion that the mountain is named for any person. Historian Mary Ellen Lepionka has written extensively about this, using historical evidence to debunk the myth, and etymology to speculate about where Chocorua may have gotten its name.