New London Conservation Commission

03/28/2025

The New London Conservation Commission wants you to know about an upcoming event. Mark your calendar and let your family and friends know about this interesting presentation.

02/18/2025

Join us on Tuesday, February 25th, for a community snow shoe walk at the Clark Lookout Trail.

10/03/2024

Join the New London Conservation Commission and celebrate Arbor Day this fall with a hike at Clark Lookout. This walk is 3/4 mile roundtrip along a well-maintained access road with easy footing and a modest climb, culminating in a magnificent view of Lake Sunapee and Mt. Sunapee. Along the way we will admire one of the Commission's American Chestnut seedling sites and talk about selective cutting to maintain the view. Meet up is 09:00 AM on Saturday, 12 October 2024 at the Rte. 89 exit 12 Park and Ride. Please join us! Contact Mark Vernon, [email protected], for more information.

09/16/2024

On Saturday, September 14th, TACF (The American Chestnut Foundation) VT/NH held its first ever joint Orchard Management Day with the New London, NH Conservation Commission (NLCC). The NLCC is a proud chapter member and previously planted, and is now managing, eighty chestnut trees at three sites in New London; the Esther Currier Wildlife Management Area at Low Plain, Clark Lookout, and Shaker Street.
The project for the day was to plant an additional 22 seedlings at the site on Shaker Street and to redo the tree cages and mulch at both the Shaker Street location and at the planting area at the Clark Lookout trail. 18 volunteers from the NLCC, TACF and Elkins Fish & Game Club worked on the project, splitting up into two groups to complete the work at both sites.
TACF VT/NH generously provided all the metal posts, fencing, and plant matting for the project and the New London DPW provided the soil and bark mulch. Following the work, TACF also provided a BBQ lunch for all the volunteers, which was held at Elkins Beach on Pleasant Lake.
The American Chestnut, which once dominated the forests of the eastern United States, was decimated by a deadly Asian blight starting in the last 1800s. Within 50 years the tree population was almost totally wiped out and the Chestnut became functionally extinct. Through scientific research and breeding, TACF is working to develop a blight-resistant American Chestnut Tree. Planting sites, like the ones in New London, help to provide key information for this valuable research.
The NLCC thanks TACF and all the volunteers for doing a great job.

05/10/2024

New London Conservation Commission members and volunteers are always working to improve the trails. In May, they installed a bridge on Cocoa’s path. Pictured are Mark Vernon, Bob Hutter, and Dave Hollinger. Don Bartlett, Don Ostler and Jim Dexter also worked on the project.

03/27/2024

10/15/2023

We want to thank all the nice folks who stopped by the Philbrick-Cricenti Bog yesterday to participate in our Bog Awareness Day. We greatly appreciate the donations that were made to our walkway fund and we hope everyone enjoyed seeing the beauty of this very unique place.

If you missed our event, please plan to visit the Bog and enjoy our new walkway.

10/03/2023

Join us for Bog Awareness Day on Saturday, October 14th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The Philbrick-Cricenti Bog, located on Newport Road in New London, just down the hill from the New London Post Office, is a great trail for nature lovers. This unique natural resource has recently been upgraded with a new aluminum walkway. Bring your family and friends and learn more about the fascinating plants and natural beauty of this unique property.

08/20/2023

The Philbrick-Cricenti Bog trail is continuing to get better. The 2nd phase of our walkway improvement project was completed in June and we're raising funds to complete the 3rd phase of the upgrade. Be sure to visit the Bog and see how nice the new walkway sections look. Information on how you can help with a donation are posted at the beginning of the trail.

06/07/2023

It's nice that so many folks who are going to the Philbrick-Cricenti Bog to enjoy all there is to see on this unique trail. Pictured here are Callister (left) and Camden Jackman, who stopped by recently.

A new section of elevated walkway will be installed this month. This is possible due to the generous donations of the people who visit and enjoy the trail, and through corporate donations. We are now raising funds for the final section. Please help us out by sending a check to:
Town of New London
375 Main Street
New London, NH 03257

Note on the check that it is for the "Bog walkway"

05/20/2023

Work continues at the Philbrick-Cricenti Bog trail. The next new section (Phase 2) of aluminum walkway will be installed in June. We thank all of the generous people and businesses who have donated to this project.

We are now raising funds to complete the final section (Phase 3) of the walkway upgrade. If you visit the Bog we hope you'll consider sending in a donation to complete this work. The Bog trail is a very unique place and the most visited site in our trail system. Donations can be mailed to:
Town of New London
375 Main Street
New London, NH 03257
Please put a note on the check that the money is to be used for the "Bog Walkway Project".

10/12/2022

The NLCC wants to remind everyone that we are now in hunting season. When you go out on the trails, be safe. Wear bright colored clothing and be sure to stay on the trails.