May Membership Drive a Huge Success!

2018 May Membership Drive a Huge Success!

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Greetings!

This e-newsletter is going to be a little shorter than usual, but I could not wait to tell you the results of our membership drive. This year is definitely going to be the one to beat! We are so grateful to the 65 people who became new members of LPC this May. We more than doubled our goal! I think we may have to come up with a new name for the membership drive next year. Member a Day in May might not cut it anymore!

Congratulations to Karan of Highland, IN, Lois of Belmont, NH, Nancy of Wakefield, MA, and Pam of Francestown, NH, who won the matted loon photograph, Winnipesaukee Playhouse tickets, Gavia, Tales from Loon Country book, and tickets to Mount Sunapee's Adventure Park, respectively. Thank you again to all of our new members and to our existing members for your continued support.

There's still time to buy tickets for our annual Summer Luncheon & Auction being held at Bald Peak Colony Club on June 24. Call today to reserve your spot or send in your registration form by mail. They must be received by June 14. You don't want to miss it!

The first loon cruise of the 2018 season is on Friday, June 8 at 3 pm. Join Squam Lake Project Biologist Tiffany Grade for a very informative and fun tour of the lake! If you can't make it this week, the loon cruises go until the end of August so hopefully you can make it sometime this summer.

The loon cam pair have been incubating their eggs for about 13 days and everything seems to be going well so far. Don't forget to read the blog posts on our website for the latest news about the webcam. Please make sure to share the webcam link with your friends too. Maybe it will reach the #1 spot in the live animal and pet category on YouTube this year! It has been a great tool to help educate people about loons in New Hampshire and the work LPC is doing to protect them!

As more loon nests are initiated throughout the state over the next week or two, you may see some loon nesting signs on your lake. LPC staff and volunteers float these signs in areas where a nest is highly visible, or there is a lot of boat traffic, to give loons the space they need to successfully incubate their eggs. We recommend that you stay at least 150 feet away from loons (that's the same as the no wake distance), but certainly give them more space if they vocalize or show other signs of distress. It's nice to see this moose respecting the nesting sign! Thanks to Libby Corbin for capturing and sharing this amazing picture with us.

Take care until next time,

Susie

Susie Burbidge

Outreach/Volunteer Coordinator

Upcoming Events

Greenland

June 7; 7 pm*

* Lakes Region Chapter potluck will begin at 5:30 pm

Loon Cruises on Squam Lake

Fridays, June 8, 15 & 22; 3 pm

Mondays & Fridays, June 25-August 31; 3 pm

LPC's Summer Luncheon and Benefit Auction with Guest Speaker Steve Curwood

June 24; 11 am - 2 pm

Bald Peak Colony Club

Summer Nature Talk Series

Thursdays, July 5 - August 23; 7 pm

Yakking for Loons

July 6; 8 am - 12 pm

Lee's Mill Boat Launch

Moultonborough

Loon Census

July 21; 8 - 9 am

Loon Festival

July 21; 10 am - 2 pm

The Loon Center

A wildlife camera captured this image of a loon pair together on a lake in Freedom, NH. I don't think either one wanted to get off the raft!

Loon Preservation Committee | 603-476-LOON (5666) | www.loon.org

Loon Center Hours: Monday-Saturday; 9 am to 5 pm

The Loon Preservation Committee is dedicated to restoring and maintaining a healthy population of loons throughout New Hampshire; monitoring the health and productivity of loon populations as sentinels of environmental quality; and promoting a greater understanding of loons and the natural world.