HISTORY
The Green Mountain Conservation Group (GMCG) is a community-based, charitable organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of natural resources in the Ossipee Watershed in central Carroll County including the towns of Effingham, Freedom, Madison, Ossipee, Sandwich, and Tamworth. Founded in 1997, GMCG is a networking and referral resource for area residents concerned about land use issues in their communities. It encourages individual and small group activism based on common sense and non-confrontational approaches to resolving problems.
PROGRAM GOALSResearch
To gather background information and, where appropriate, scientific information, including sponsoring scientific research, to inform GMCG's educational and advocacy efforts.
Education
To inform the general public of an appreciation of the natural resources of the Ossipee Watershed by involving various audiences in the following programs:
- Monthly field trips, panel discussions, or slide presentations
- Quarterly Newsletter (Watershed News)
- Symposia on special issues
- Annual Watershed Weekend
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To define the various audiences that programs are designed to reach and measure success of programs by how effectively they reached their intended audience: general public, voters, landowners, youth, and municipal officers.
Advocacy
Present objective information with the belief that informed citizens will make good judgments about our unique watershed resources.
Land Conservation
To encourage voluntary land conservation for the protection of water resources, wildlife habitat, sustainable forestry and agriculture and quality of life.
Encourage individual and small group activism on resource protection and conservation issues, based on common-sense, non-confrontational approaches to resolving problems.
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Board Members
Duane Dale - President
Don Johnson - Vice President
John Shipman- Treasurer
Noreen Downs - Secretary
Joan Sullivan- Education
Coordinator
Town Representatives
Al Levesque- Effingham
Greg Bossart - Freedom
Carol Felice - Madison
Elizabeth Gillette - Ossipee
Peter Pohl - Sandwich
C. Scott Aspinall - Tamworth
Dennis Finn - Maine
Staff
Blair Folts - Executive Director
Tara Schroeder - Program Director
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