Clean Water Act turns 50! By Matt Howe, GMCG Executive Director Fifty years ago on October 18, 1972 Congress passed the Clean Water Act. As we work together each day here in the Ossipee Watershed to protect our lakes and streams and guard our aquifer, it is worth pausing to celebrate this day and to
Now is the time for municipalities and road maintenance contractors to prepare for the winter season. This preparation includes strategies for salt reduction to lessen salt's detrimental impact on water quality, public health, and property. The below links show the upcoming Data Driven Winter Maintenance (Green SnowPro) and Snowfighters’ Seminars currently scheduled by University of
Saco Headwaters Watershed Survey: Protection Priorities Dear Municipal Leaders, This survey is an invitation to the selectmen and members of planning boards, conservation commissions, zoning boards, budget committees and other areas of town management of the municipalities within our shared ecosystem, the Saco Headwaters Watershed. We ask for a few minutes of your
On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, GMCG celebrated its 25th Anniversary at The Preserve in Chocorua. Over 100 friends, neighbors, volunteers, donors and colleagues joined us for the festive occasion! It was a chance to reflect on two-and-half decades of research, education, advocacy and land conservation to protect the Ossipee Aquifer and all of the
Wild Mushrooms of Fall with the New Hampshire Mushroom Company’s Stephanie Doyle Sunday, October 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Blue Heron House Join mushroom enthusiast Stephanie Doyle to develop skills and learn the correct tools to identify mushrooms. Stephanie will teach which mushrooms are edible, poisonous and common where we live. Stephanie Doyle will go
On select Mondays in July, join us from 10:30-11:30am at Blue Heron House for Nature Story and Discovery Time! Each program will include a story as well as songs, crafts, games, and nature discovery time around the day’s theme. Activities are tailored for children ages 4-8 and their caregivers. Nature Story and Discovery Time program
On Tuesday, August 16th from 4 to 6 p.m., under an open-air tent at The Preserve at Chocorua, GMCG will host a gathering to recognize 25 years of research, education, advocacy and land conservation protecting the Ossipee Watershed for future generations. The themes of this event will be friendship, appreciation, and community. Light fare and
Tuesday, March 15: Salamander Crossing Brigade Volunteer Training 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. on Zoom. As the earth thaws and spring rains drench New Hampshire, thousands of amphibians migrate to vernal pools to breed. Sadly, many are killed when their journeys take them across roads. Every year, the Harris Center trains community scientists to serve on Salamander
Conservation in the Pristine Paradise of Palau Presentation by Nels Liljedahl of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Wednesday, March 23, 2022 from 5 to 6pm on Zoom In 2020 and 2021, Nels Liljedahl temporarily left his position of District Conservationist in the NRCS Conway Field Office to work in this remote island archipelago in
“Found Art: Recycled Plastic Sculpture” classes at Conway Public Library beginning February 10 This winter, artist Kristy Foster Carbone and Green Mountain Conservation Group (GMCG) will be hosting an art class and scientific exploration opportunity for kids focused on plastic. The class will be held in the Conway Public Library multipurpose room every other Thursday
The mission of GMCG is to promote an awareness of and appreciation for clean water and the wise use of shared natural resources across the Ossipee Watershed and advocate strategies to protect them.
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Effingham, NH 03882
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The mission of GMCG is to promote an awareness of and appreciation for clean water and the wise use of shared natural resources across the Ossipee Watershed and advocate strategies to protect them.
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P.O. Box 95
Effingham, NH 03882
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