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Monday Memories Post 18, September 11, 2017 Hello All: Brianne passes the monitoring meter to Elisha As Brianne moved on in the spring of 2002, Elisha Lindquist (now Boatman) moved in to fill her position as AmeriCorp Volunteer.  Elisha took over the newly formed water quality program and expanded the volunteer corps to create a […]

Monday Memories  Post 19,  September 18, 2017 Hello All: 2003 saw the expansion of the water quality monitoring program to include sampling the five deep spots on Ossipee Lake.  Elisha helped usher this in.  When her time as an AmeriCorp volunteer ended, GMCG Board voted to create a more permanent position for the Water Quality […]

Monday Memories  Post 17,  September 4, 2017  Hello All: Ossipee Lake Natural Area and sunset over the Ossipee Mountains If you have been lucky enough to be out on Ossipee Lake, then you know about the amazing expanse of white sand beach, peat mats and unique plants that are found there. Located on the southern […]

Monday Memories  Post 16,  August 21, 2017 Hello All: Amidst all the advocacy and early GMCG Programs, we were invited by the Chocorua Lake Association, now the Chocorua Lake Conservancy,(specifically Dwight Baldwin and Toby Page of the CLA) to join forces and hire an AmeriCorp Volunteer to partner together to create a water quality monitoring […]

Monday Memories  Post 15,  August 14, 2017  Hello All: Another important resource that we are fortunate to have in the Ossipee Watershed is Historic Resources. Many of us know about these from being active members in our town Historical Societies or because we happen upon an old cellar hole when walking in the woods.  In […]

MONDAY MEMORIES POST 14, August 7, 2017 Hello All, It is with a heavy heart that GMCG and friends across the Ossipee Watershed bid farewell to Ned Hatfield of Freedom.  Our thoughts go out to Ned’s family and friends and his sweet wife Pat.  May his spirit continue to guide us all and help us […]

Monday Memories  Post 13,  July 31, 2017  Hello All: As GMCG moved into 2000—a new decade and new millennium—more and more advocacy challenges presented themselves as well as several new programs.   Partnership with UNH Cooperative Extension brought the completion of the new GIS natural resource maps of all of the Watershed Towns.  Presentations and workshops were […]

Dear Friends, MAY 1, 2017 marked the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the Green Mountain Conservation Group. While I know many amazing things have happened and there has been so much positive conservation work done as a result of this path, it also came with much pain and a compromise to my time as […]

Monday Memories  Post 11,  July 10, 2017  Hello All: 1999 was also a year full of natural resource advocacy.  OK. So I am trying to get my head around this. Each Monday I look through old GMCG paper files for inspiration and for memories. You can imagine my surprise when I found a file about Ossipee […]

Monday Memories  Post 12,  July 17, 2017  Hello All: Advocacy in 1999 included aquifer protection on Ossipee Lake, aquifer protection in Effingham and Tamworth, and natural resource protection in Pine River State Forest.  Education and outreach remained GMCG’s main focus in those early years.  Volunteers and staff would give presentations to each town’s municipal boards about […]