LSPA Story Time!

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring how animals, like the snowshoe hare and the ermine, change from their winter coats to their summer ones and how the changing climate affects them.

LSPA Story Time!

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring the seasonal changes taking place outside and the wonderful properties of the maple tree!

LSPA Executive Director Elizabeth Harper will give an overview of the septic regulations passed in towns throughout the Lake Sunapee Watershed. The presentation will explain why regulations were needed, how different towns approached the issue, questions and concerns raised by the public, how education and outreach efforts brought community members together, and lessons learned along the way. All are welcome to attend.

This presentation will be on Zoom. Click here to register.

LSPA Story Time!

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring the attributes of the red fox and how clever they are to adapt to any environment.

This meeting is for members of regional lake & pond associations in the Lake Sunapee Region and beyond, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about the 2025-2029 Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan. NHDES Watershed Assistance Section Supervisor and New Hampshire Nonpoint Source Management Program Coordinator, Steve Landry, will be introducing and touring the audience through the 2025-2029 NPS Management Program plan and all the programs that fall under it. The purpose of this plan is to adhere to U.S. EPA guidelines and requirements to address water quality problems caused by nonpoint source pollution which comes from many different sources that are difficult to identify and quantify. He also plans to introduce the newly revised New Hampshire Stormwater Manual, a document that serves as a non-regulatory, planning and design tool for the communities, developers, designers and members of regulatory boards, commissions, and agencies involved in stormwater programs and management in New Hampshire.

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Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring seasonal changes and how animals use mud!

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring spring nesting habits of several of NH’s backyard birds.

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring the life cycle of the salamander and frog and what’s happening in vernal pools this time of year.

Come join LSPA and Ruth Droescher from the Xerces Society to learn about the plight of pollinators and how you can help. Bees are struggling due to habitat loss, pesticides, and disease, but the good news is that there are things we can do to make our landscape better for bees—and if we all do something, together we can have a big impact. Ruth Droescher, ambassador for the Xerces Society will introduce you to the diversity and natural history of America’s native bees, and present straightforward ways in which you can make your garden—or neighborhood or city—a pollinator haven. Learn how to evaluate your own landscape to determine how to make changes that will have the most beneficial impact and protect the local watershed.  Find out how to select flowers, provide nest sites, and why you should avoid pesticides. There are also community science projects to join in and other ways to engage your community.

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Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be celebrating Earth Day! We will be having fun with activities all centered around our beautiful Earth.

Happy Earth Day!

Celebrate Earth Day and join us for our Earth Day Open House at the Center for Lake Studies. LSPA staff and volunteers will provide information and offer demonstrations on environmentally friendly ways to care for your piece of the watershed. Discover ways to test your soil! Learn about methods to mulch your gardens! Gather information about natural and organic ways to fertilize! Find out about techniques during spring cleanup that protect pollinators! Become informed about ways your yard impacts the environment and the health of the watershed. This event is free and open to the public with activities for all ages and free pollinator friendly seeds to take home! Arrive anytime between 4:00 and 6:00 pm to take part in celebrating Earth Day.

The peep, peep, peep of spring peepers and the quacking of wood frogs can be heard in vernal pools when the woods wake up in the spring!  Bring the whole family for a learning adventure at one of The Fells vernal pools and discover who lives there and why these temporary habitats are so important. Lake Sunapee Protective Association staff will lead this adventure. This event is free to members of LSPA of The Fells. If you are not a member of either organization, please pay an admission fee at The Fells. Check your local library for day passes to The Fells to cover the admission fee. 

Please dress appropriately for the weather, waterproof footwear is recommended.

Meet at The Fells Gatehouse, 456 Route 103A, Newbury, NH. 

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Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring how rain can benefit animals and the unique adaptations animals have to protect themselves from spring rainstorms.

Forest lands are essential in ensuring high water quality and they are facing many threats! Join us at the Center for Lake Studies for an informative discussion of current New Hampshire forest health and major threats our forests face. Kyle Lombard, NH Forest Health Bureau, will share information on insect species such as the wooly adelgid, emerald ash borer as well as pathogens such as beech leaf disease and red pine scale. If you have trees with these issues this program is for you! Kyle will also bring specimens of pests and “tools of the trade” used in keeping our valuable forests healthy.

(Photo credit: Debbie Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org)

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Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring animal adaptations and how they use camouflage as a defensive measure.

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring the amazing and colorful world of bugs. We will be identifying many of our native crawling and flying friends and determining what makes an insect and insect.

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring NH’s top ten turtles. Turtles are amazing animals and have unique adaptations that help them survive in their varying habitats.

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring the flowers that are blooming now and the critical role of the pollinators that they attract.

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring the many animals that live in our NH forests. We will investigate various animals that live in the forest ecotones and why the forest is such an important habitat.

Come join LSPA educators at the Center for Lake Studies to explore the natural world. Each Tuesday morning will be filled with hands on learning through sensory experiences, guided exploration, creative play, art, and music. LSPA’s story time is designed for young children and their caregivers. Come to one session or all - each program is organized around a different ecological theme. Come join the fun! This Tuesday morning we will be exploring the wonder of water and its amazing properties. We will be having fun with water activities and taking a walk along the Sugar River.