FOMS Comments on AOP

FOMS comments on Mount Sunapee Annual Operating Plan for 2008-2009

Download and read FOMS comments here (87 Kb)

May 13, 2008 Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort presented a proposed Annual Operating Plan to the Mount Sunapee Ski Area Advisory Committee, chaired by Comm. George Bald, Dept. of Resources and Economic Development.

For NH-DRED's "Public Involvement & Oversight Policy" for the Mount Sunapee State Park ski area, go to FOMS Library. 

State Beach Parking Lot

NEWBURY: Changes to the parking lot at the beach at Mount Sunapee State Park came before Newbury Conservation Commission, May 13, 2008, in a meeting with the Department of Resources & Economic Development (DRED).

UPDATE: June 27, 2008, DES requested of DRED more information about the project.

NH-DES Request for More Information (June 27, 2008) (208 KB).

Newbury Conservation Commission Meeting, May 13, 2008 (43 KB) AND Newbury Conservation Commission Meeting, May 22, 2008 (22 KB).

NOTE: File size of DES Dredge & Fill Application.

Download the Mount Sunapee State Park: Beach Dredge & Fill Application (5.3 MB) submitted to the NH Department of Environmental Services, Wetlands Bureau, March 2008.

For other resources, visit the UNH Stormwater Center. 

To comment on the parking lot project, write: Commissioner George Bald, NH-DRED, PO Box 1856, Concord, NH 03302-1856.

To share your comments with the Newbury Conservation Comm., send them to PO Box 296, Newbury, NH  03255.

Mt. Sunapee Sightings

"Early Spring in Wendell"

Oil by Susan Parmenter

FOMS March 2008 newsletter included original art by local artist Susan Parmenter, Sunapee, NH.

Prints of "Early Spring in Wendell" and "Into the Woods" are available by contacting the artist or FOMS.

 

"Into the Woods"

Oil by Susan Parmenter

Contact us if you have photographs, art or poetry to contribute to future FOMS newsletters or website.


SRK Summer Hiking Schedule

The Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge (SRK) Greenway Coalition has planned 12 summer walks and hikes both on and off the Greenway trail.  The purpose of the hikes is to see and enjoy our part of New Hampshire.

For start time and location, please contact the hike leader. Ample water and snacks are essential, as are good walking shoes or boots.  Greenway guidebooks are available at local book stores. 

The SRK Greenway Coalition is a ten-town, all-volunteer non-profit organization with members throughout the SRK region and beyond.

JUNE HIKES

June 21( Sat) - Wayne Nicoll (735-5721) - On SRK Greenway Trail #13, a hike from Chalk Pond in Newbury to Wadleigh State Park in Sutton. 5.4 miles (Moderate)

June 28 (Sat) - Charlie Killam (526-4467) - Climb Mt. Cardigan (3,121 ft.). From the east, starting at the AMC Lodge in Alexandria, ascending Mt. Firescrew, and then over to Mt. Cardigan.  Allow all day.  Meet locally and car pool to the AMC lodge. (Difficult)  

JULY HIKES

July 5 (Sat) - Barbara Dziura (763-4729) - Mt. Sunapee Summit Trail from State Park lodge parking. 4.2 miles. (Moderate)

July 12 (Sat) - Brian Faughnan (526-7838) - Explore Farnum Hill Reservation in Lebanon.  Meet locally and car pool to trailhead. 4 miles (Moderate)

July 15th (Tue) - Gerry Gold (526-2857) - Ragged Mountain, Greenway Trail #9 from Proctor Academy, Andover.  6.1  miles. (Difficult) July 19 (Sat) - Frank Perrotta (763-9380) - Enjoy NH Trails Day. Hike the Fishersfield Park trails in Newbury, including visits to original settlement sites. 3 miles.  (Easy)

July 26 (Sat) - Andy Hager (526-2846) - In New London, a hike in a loop from Great Brook Bridge to Devils Half Acre Pond, to Perley Road, over Morgan Hill, and back on the new NLCC Dura Crockett trail. 7 miles. (Moderate)

AUGUST HIKES

Aug. 10 (Sun) - Brent Scudder (763-0187) - Visit the Newport Town Forest.  Hike from Coit Peak and The Pinnacle south to the high school. 3  miles. (Easy)

Aug. 16 (Sat) - Ralph Spofford (526-6568) - Climb 3 small mountains overlooking Newfound Lake via the Elwell and Bear Mtn trails.  5 miles.  Meet locally and car pool to the trailhead. (Moderate)

Aug. 17 (Sun) - Art Robbins (927-4377) - A morning walk on Class 6 and town sections of historic Old Province Road, arriving at Sutton’s Old Home Day celebration. 5 miles.  (Easy)

Aug. 22 (Fri) - Ann and Marc Davis (927-4596) - In Springfield. Join Ann and Marc for another late summer hike to a different section of their newly conserved property (“Woods Without Gile”) within Gile State Forest. Cookies and lemonade to follow hike. (Easy to Moderate)

Aug. 23 (Sat) - Dave Cook (526-9057) - “Hypotenuse Hike”: From Great Brook in New London through Wilmot Flat to Winslow Site below Mt. Kearsarge, using SRK trails and town roads. 10 miles. (Difficult)
Last Updated ( Friday, 20 June 2008 07:35 )
 

IMPORTANT UPDATES: 

NH Parks & Recreation Public Outreach Workshops start July 15 in Concord

FOMS Comments on Proposed 2008-2009 Annual Operating Plan for Mt. Sunapee Ski Area

Stewardship of Mount Sunapee:  In 1910, the first campaign to protect land on Mount Sunapee began with Herbert Welsh and Philip Ayres of the newly formed Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. By 1934, the Forest Society secured over 1100 acres on Mount Sunapee. In 1948, this land was central to the formation of Mount Sunapee State Park, now encompassing 2900 acres—spectacular, publicly owned land, forested highlands to sandy beach front.

Yes, with the passage of time, change has come to the mountain, the park and ski area within. Yet, Mount Sunapee’s heritage endures.  As demonstrated long ago on Mount Sunapee, environmental stewardship requires public awareness, education and action to protect our special places and natural resources. See how you can help.
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