The following grants were awarded in 2006:
Squam Environmental Preservation Fund
The Squam Environmental Preservation Fund (SEPF) makes annual grants to organizations and initiatives that are working to:
• Maintain and improve water quality.
• Prevent and eradicate invasive plants, such as milfoil.
• Protect loon and other wildlife habitats.
• Encourage low-power and non-power boating.
• Purchase conservation land for permanent protection and managed public use.
• Provide environmental education.
• Conduct scientific research to advance any of the above objectives.
In 1997, in honor of our Centennial, the board of directors of Rockywold-Deephaven Camps authorized the creation of a charitable endowment dedicated to the protection of the Squam Lakes watershed.
The Squam Environmental Preservation Fund is managed by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (NHCF) as a donor-advised fund. RDC makes annual donations to NHCF for distribution of endowment earnings. Contributions to SEPF are tax-deductible.
We are pleased to report the following grants approved in 2007:
The Squam Lakes Conservation Society received $5,000 to help complete a $135,000 campaign to purchase a 97 acre conservation easement on the southern slope of the Squam Range. The project will result in a new trail, built in partnership with the Squam Lakes Association, connecting the Col Trail between the Rattlesnake Mountains to the Doublehead Mountain trailhead on the Squam Range. The conservation easement also protects a major tributary into Big Squam Lake.
A $3,000 grant was awarded to the Loon Preservation Committee to support the second phase of an intensive research study aimed at determining the underlying causes behind the decline of adult loons on Squam and the reasons for reproductive failure (in 2007 only one Squam chick survived). The LPC is coordinating this research that involves the NH Department of Environmental Services, the Center for the Environment at Plymouth State University, the Biodiversity Research Institute, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, and the University of New Hampshire.
The Center for the Environment at Plymouth State University received $2,500 to support the second annual New Hampshire Water Conference on April 16, 2008 as well as a graduate environmental internship in the summer of 2008. The Water Conference will bring together public officials, environmentalists and scientists from across the state to identify solutions to myriad problems relating to NH watershed management and land use. Funding for the graduate internship program will support student involvement in research and monitoring in the Squam ecosystem.
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- Squam Lakes Conservation Society was awarded $4,000 to create the Koenig Forest Conservation Area on Red Hill
- Lakes Region Conservation Trust received $10,000 to purchase conservation easements in the Squam Range
- Loon Preservation Committee received $4,000 to investigate winter loon mortality on Squam
The following grants were awarded in 2005:
- The Loon Preservation Committee received $1,500
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: $2,500
The following grants were awarded in 2004:
- Loon Preservation Committee: $1,500
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: $4,000
- Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University: $2,000
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