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 join us to learn about the secret underwater world of fish and the different ones that call Lake Sunapee home.

Please join us for LSPA's Volunteer Appreciation Picnic as we celebrate the volunteers who make our work possible.

Volunteers are essential to LSPA's mission. Whether you're monitoring water quality, supporting education programs, assisting at events, or lending a hand behind the scenes, your time and talents help protect the Lake Sunapee Watershed for future generations.

We hope you'll join us for good food, conversation, and community as we celebrate all that you've helped accomplish. We look forward to seeing you there!

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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 join us to investigate everything that makes a rock rock; shape, size, color, material and more!

Did you know that the health of any lake is determined not only at the shoreline, but throughout the surrounding landscape, its watershed? From gardens and wooded slopes to driveways, wetlands, and backyard runoff, the lake begins uphill.

Join us for an engaging presentation by Bill Weeks, Advanced Master Gardener, about the Sunapee Uplands and the fascinating journey water takes across this glacially formed landscape before reaching the lake. Designed for gardeners, homeowners, and anyone who loves lakes, this presentation connects natural history with practical stewardship.

Discover how native plants, healthy soils, buffers, and thoughtful garden design can help slow runoff, support pollinators, and protect water quality. Along the way, you'll gain a new understanding of how your own property fits into the larger watershed—and how small actions can make a meaningful difference.

Come away with fresh ideas, a deeper appreciation for the landscape around you, and a new perspective: your garden is not separate from the lake—it is part of its protection system.

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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 join us to sniff out incredible facts about coyotes and why they are so clever.

Join us to celebrate! Midge Eliassen and others will present about the restoration work, now completed, on Lake Sunapee's iconic lighthouses. Learn about how this major project to rebuild the support base of two of Lake Sunapee’s historic lighthouses evolved, from LSPA’s past efforts, through the selection of a solution, then the construction of the new platforms.  We’ll also highlight this summer’s work to be sure that the wooden structures are in good shape, and to install new solar-powered light systems.  All thanks to the efforts of volunteers and very generous donors who love these iconic symbols of our lake. 

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This erosion control field day is designed for code compliance officers, public works personnel, town boards that approve plans and service professionals working in soils, erosion control, water quality and stormwater system designs. 

 Resistration information coming soon!