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Stephanie Barnes – Written by Susan Slack Stephanie Barnes, who has been a long-time friend of GMCG, died unexpectedly September 25, 2018, after having a stroke. We last saw Stef at the special evening for donors at Blue Heron House in July. She loved how the building and site had been rehabilitated and was excited […]

How Can Your Community Protect the Night Sky?   Examples of Poorly Shielded Lighting Examples of Low Impact Lighting Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting Dark Sky Regulations in NH Communities A Powerpoint Presentation by Astronomer Robert Gillette  ASTRONOMY WEBSITES:  •     Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)       http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html       Run by two professional astronomers, […]

Local Farmers & Community Partner with GMCG to Preserve Farmland   “… farming as the proper use and care of an immeasurable gift.”  Wendell Berry, The Agrarian Standard, 2002   Eking out a 2009 closing on the 29th of December, GMCG facilitated the conservation of three more agricultural easements in the Ossipee Watershed: The Behr […]

Green Mountain Natural Area Map Through an anonymous donation in 2000, the Green Mountain Conservation Group purchased 41.09 acres of important aquifer protection land on Route 25 in Effingham. The interest in protecting this land began in 1999 when a waste management company sought to locate a commercial trash transfer station there. An informal group […]

Ossipee Watershed Source Water Protection Project Overview The Ossipee River Basin aquifer is the largest stratified drift aquifer in New Hampshire. Made up of sandy soils and gravel particles, the aquifer has both a large storage capacity and high recharge rates, which allow precipitation or runoff from the land surface to quickly replenish water supplies. […]

Looking Back at Year 1 of Ossipee Lake Natural Area Management by Don Kent, Administrator for DRED The Ossipee Lake Natural Area (OLNA) is one of the few remaining undeveloped public areas on Lake Ossipee. Shoals and a sandy shore are ideally suited to boating, swimming, and shore activities. In addition, the OLNA is the […]

The Green Mountain Conservation Group “THANKS!” all who take an interest in our work and participate through their generosity in awarding grants and providing professional leadership to further our mission. “Thank you for your support” Adelard & Valeda Lea Roy Foundation Captain Planet Foundation Davis Foundation Dorr Foundation Lakes Region Charitable Foundation Little Family Foundation […]

Green Mountain Conservation Group Strategic Plan Adopted November 2017 INTRODUCTION GMCG is a regional conservation organization founded in 1997. Its geographic scope is primarily the “Ossipee Watershed” – defined as the southern portion of the Saco Watershed in New Hampshire, including the Ossipee and Bearcamp Rivers, Ossipee Lake, Silver Lake, and Lake Chocorua, other surface […]

Volunteer Lake Assessment Program for 2014 Lisa Doner and student Melanie Perello of Plymouth State University’s Center for the Environment  have installed temp loggers at each meter of the Big Lake’s deep spot for a temp study.  They will likely be joining us to collect data and samples when we make the journey to Big […]