Drs. Cayelan Carey and Quinn Thomas, Co-Directors of Virginia-Tech’s Center for Ecosystem Forecasting, will be joining us on Friday, January 3rd from 3:00 – 4:30pm to talk about the data generated by LSPA’s water quality buoy.  The long-term data set generated by the buoy on Lake Sunapee is used by ecosystem scientists across the world for education and research to understand how lakes are changing over time. Carey and Thomas will share how they are using Sunapee buoy data in automated workflows to predict lake water quality like we do the weather.

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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 different animals cope with winter weather.

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 snowflakes, the properties of water, and why snowflakes are so unique!

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 mighty moose, its adaptations and how it copes with the cold.

New Hampshire Project WET, Project WILD, and the Lake Sunapee Protective Association are offering a teacher professional development workshop about climate, water, wildlife, and resilience.

This workshop is designed for middle and high school teachers (formal, non-formal, and homeschool) who want o incorporate climate activities and discussions into their lessons.

Lunch will be provided by LSPA.

$50.00 registration is through New Hampshire Fish and Game.

Please use this link: https://nh-events-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/6029

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 wide variety of trees in the Sunapee Region and what they are doing all winter long.

Join LSPA staff to learn about a unique early seed sowing method. Participants will learn all about native seeds and make their own mini-greenhouses and sow seeds to take home with them. This workshop will cover the benefits of germinating seeds through this method and the advantages it has over indoor seed-starting. The workshop will also cover how to plant the seedlings once they geminate. Come join the fun and learn all about how to sow your seeds in the winter!

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This meeting is for members of regional lake & pond associations in the Lake Sunapee Region and beyond, and anyone else who is interested in this topic. Please join in the discussion about road salt impacts to waterbodies and best practices for reducing these negative effects. Harvey Pine, TMDL Coordinator with NHDES, will be presenting and will provide an opportunity for questions and discussion.

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Join us via Zoom to hear Lindsey Rustad, a Research Ecologist with the US Forest Service in the Northern Forest Science & Applications unit in Durham, New Hampshire, and the Forest Service Team Lead at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, she will share her research investigations on how human disturbances are impacting the forests of northeastern North America, particularly through climate change and acid deposition. Her approach emphasizes the need for multidisciplinary collaboration in order to understand how ecosystems are responding to global change.

This talk describes the findings of a new study at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest that is using a suite of tools, including creating artificial ice storms, to study the impacts of these storms on northern hardwood forests. This research is providing the scientific community, land managers, and the concerned public greater insight on the effects of these powerful, frightening, and curiously aesthetic extreme winter weather events.

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