Monday Memories Post 22, December 11, 2017 Hello All: Thank you for twenty years of amazing staff, volunteers and partners! As we head towards the end of 2017 and I realize I can’t possibly tell every story and mention every employee, intern, volunteer and partner that I have had the grace to work with over
Monday Memories Post 21, November 6, 2017 Hello All: It is with deep sadness that I write to let my Watershed friends know that my sweet mum passed away on October 22 at exactly noon. Many of you knew that she had been diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer in May. She was fortunate to have
Monday Memories Post 20, September 25, 2017 Hello All: At the Annual Meeting in January of 2004, the GMCG Board changed from one of “founding board members” to one of nearly all new people. In anticipation of this, we hosted a series of workshops that were directed by an outside facilitator who helped guide this
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
Green Mountain Conservation Group protects 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.
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