Published On: June 1st, 2026

Protecting clean water across all seven communities of the Ossipee Watershed

Dear Friends,

From June 9 at 5:00 PM through June 10 at 5:00 PM, GMCG will participate in NH Gives — New Hampshire’s largest statewide day of giving. Your donation during this 24-hour campaign can go even further through matching opportunities, incentive prizes, and increased visibility that help strengthen the impact of every gift.

At GMCG, our mission is to protect the lakes, rivers and groundwater of the greater Ossipee Watershed, its aquifer, land, and associated natural resources to ensure prosperous communities and a healthy ecosystem for all. From water-quality monitoring and watershed science to protecting critical lands that recharge groundwater and sustain wildlife habitat, our work is rooted in the understanding that healthy ecosystems and clean water are inseparable. Your support during NH Gives helps ensure these extraordinary waters continue to nourish communities, ecosystems, and future generations.

Thank you for standing with GMCG and helping protect the waters that connect us all.

Visit this link anytime during the 24hr giving period (June 9 at 5pm to June 10 at 5pm) to support GMCG: https://www.nhgives.org/organization/gmcg

The photo above shoes the sunset view atop Mount Chocorua across the Sandwich Range — where snowmelt, rain, and mountain streams recharge the Ossipee Watershed and the Ossipee Aquifer, New Hampshire’s largest stratified drift aquifer — to the flowing waters of the Ossipee River beside GMCG’s headquarters in Effingham, we are witnessing one connected hydrologic system in motion. Water moves continuously through forests, wetlands, rivers, soils, and underground aquifers, carrying oxygen, nutrients, sediment, and life itself across the landscape before eventually flowing eastward toward Maine and the Saco River corridor. The purity and resilience of these waters depend on intact forests, healthy wetlands, responsible land use, and long-term watershed protection.