• Lake Water Quality: Cyanobacteria & eDNA Research Presentation

    Lake Water Quality: Cyanobacteria & eDNA Research Presentation Wednesday, February 12, 7 PM, via Zoom TAMWORTH, NH—With a changing climate and changing weather patterns come particular risks to lake water. The good news is that we have the capacity both to monitor lakes for cyanobacteria blooms and invasive aquatic plants, and to take (or avoid!)

  • Winter Salt Awareness Week 2025 January 27 to 31 online

    Winter Salt Awareness Week 2025 January 27 to 31 All the salt that we apply to streets and sidewalks ends up in our freshwater. Salt pollution is impacting lakes, streams, and drinking water. By implementing best practices and new technologies, public agencies and private businesses are reducing salt use by 30-50%. Daily live streams will

  • Winter Kids’ Camp

       

  • Climate & Community Book Discussion

    Wednesday, January 22, 6:30 PM, via Zoom Please join Cook Memorial Library, Chocorua Lake Conservancy, and Green Mountain Conservation Group via Zoom on Wednesday, January 22, at 6:30 PM, for a Climate & Community Book Discussion. We’ll discuss the book Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge, by Erica Gies. Winner

  • GET WET! Info. Session on Zoom

    GET WET! Info. Session on Zoom Wednesday, February 5th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. GMCG hosts the Groundwater Education through Well Water Evaluation and Testing (GETWET!) information session for volunteers and teachers at the GMCG Blue Heron House located at 236 Huntress Bridge Rd, Effingham, NH. GET WET! is based out of the University of Maine and is

  • Mary’s Mountain Guided Snowshoe

  • Microplastics Info Session at Effingham Public Library

    Tiny Pollutants, Big Problems: Uncovering the Impact of Microplastics on Ecosystems and Human Health Delve into the pervasive issue of microplastics—tiny plastic particles less than 5mm in size—and their widespread presence in our environment, from oceans to soil to the air we breathe.  Join GMCG’s Water Quality Coordinator Jill Emerson to learn about the history

  • VBAP Community Presentation

    GMCG’s Annual Volunteer Biological Assessment Program Community Presentation with local students Monday October 28, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Ossipee Central School Students from the Ossipee Watershed will present their water quality research findings from the nineteenth annual Volunteer Biological Assessment Program (VBAP). Each year local schools present what they learned through program that assesses

  • Fall Open House at GMCG

    GMCG Open House in Effingham Saturday, October 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. On Saturday, October 26 GMCG invites the public to the Blue Heron House at 236 Huntress Bridge Road in Effingham to meet and greet board members, staff, and volunteers; enjoy light refreshments; tour the headquarters and trails; and view the online auction

  • GMCG Online Auction 2024