https://www.peaporridgepond.org/home daily 1.0 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1634239011720-SF9Z50R2NWGSCAC94MPO/IMG_2528_crop.jpg Home - Protection and Preservation We have several initiatives dedicated to preserving our pond, including a Weed Watch Program, our Watershed Management Plan, and the NH Lakes LakeSmart Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1634244221096-R3DEHFEF2BCI8IWVE5DN/IMG_0046_crop.jpg Home - Support the Watershed Preservation Association Whether you are most comfortable contributing time to help achieve our goals or money to help us grow, we appreciate your help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1634244402538-7WKQFXQSOYFYAKUBINTT/IMG_0013_crop.jpg Home - Photo Gallery There is so much natural beauty surrounding Big Pea Porridge Pond. From flora and fauna to water sports and snow sculpture contests, check out some scenes from our community! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1634239038356-SC52M7VAQ23TUBBNJ51Z/IMG_2522_crop.jpg Home - Statistics & Environmental Trends There have been many changes over time to the natural habitat and landscape of Big Pea Porridge Pond. Check out this page to see a record of loon arrivals, ice in and ice out dates, and more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1917505f-ecfe-4327-a348-80c22944639b/The-Pond-book-crop.jpg Home - A History of the Pond We are fortunate to have a fascinating book of Big Pea's history that was written by Connie Brown with Chapter Contributors, Connie Brown, Brian Fowler, and Lee Pollock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1634241445110-B929ORWR395PIQ6ZNVYQ/NH+Lakes+logo_sm.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peaporridgepond.org/donate daily 0.75 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/5c3bdd15-60c9-4ea3-a0bc-cda55adef0cf/Venmo+QR+Code.jpeg Donate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peaporridgepond.org/contact-us daily 0.75 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/3d6af6fd-dab3-4cd8-9f31-dac82db84893/IMG_0099.JPG Big Pea Porridge Pond Fauna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/a04f801d-f056-48b4-bf0a-837b638b3c28/IMG_0101.JPG Big Pea Porridge Pond Fauna Catfish with its swarm of young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/fa6b836c-24cc-46f3-b15c-d92ab64993b1/IMG_0102.JPG Big Pea Porridge Pond Fauna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1bd3d232-cd35-45ee-80a3-bb50593e5cf3/IMG_0095.JPG Big Pea Porridge Pond Fauna Beaver dam between Big and Middle Pea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/8dfa19aa-0ee8-40b2-9672-6564f1ab9fb4/IMG_0049.JPG Big Pea Porridge Pond Fauna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/b6b91878-9e7c-4eac-b943-688beea19f4a/IMG_0012.JPG Big Pea Porridge Pond Fauna https://www.peaporridgepond.org/madison-hills-paleoecology-project daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1638222498753-VBITU6POPMSD0FJ2K0E4/paleoecology.jpg Madison Hills Paleoecology Project The Madison Hills Paleoecology Project (MPEP) is a privately funded endeavor that, in 2009, drilled and sampled the layers of soft sediment that had accumulated in the deepest part of Big Pea Porridge Pond ("BPPP") in Madison, New Hampshire during the past +/- 14,000 years. Its findings and carbon-14 date for the Pond’s formation of +/- 14,000 years before present has become an important data point in the wider study of New England’s deglaciation and related pattern of climate change back in that time frame. https://www.peaporridgepond.org/rsa daily 0.75 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/4fd03ad5-a039-4b1c-922c-863503c2bf7a/image_6487327_1.jpg RSA 270:93 Unfortunately the oil spills continued and the discovery of a loon killed by a speeding boat was the final straw for the Browns. They initiated a new effort to have boats with gas-powered engines banned completely. They photographed the bird, the oil slicks and the waterskiers too close to rafts and headed to Concord. One of the props they used in their presentation at the committee hearing was a map of Lake Winnipesaukee. They placed an outline of Big Pea drawn to the same scale and placed it in one of the tiny bays in Lake Winnipesaukee to show the size comparison. Connie then read a poem about the beauty and tranquility on Pea Porridge Pond. With the committee’s recommendation, the legislature passed the law outlawing internal combustion engines on our pond. Sometime later Charlie Burnham noticed something in the law had been transcribed incorrectly, so the group was off to Concord one final time which resulted in a correction. https://www.peaporridgepond.org/history-book daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/da76d096-6256-48f3-a199-0213ab53327a/IMG_0006.jpg A History of Big Pea Porridge Pond Brian Fowler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/e29c5d68-6d6c-4cb2-938a-333554b2d3b8/image_6487327.jpg A History of Big Pea Porridge Pond Connie Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1c2fccd9-6ceb-4cf9-8436-7df57bb0020c/IMG_7625.jpg A History of Big Pea Porridge Pond Lee Pollock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/bc02809b-6a8f-4663-9c25-0ea979cca95c/image_50358273.jpg A History of Big Pea Porridge Pond - The Pond “ A History of Big Pea Porridge Pond in Madison, New Hampshire Ice Age to 1951” We are fortunate to have a fascinating book of Big Pea's history that was conceived and edited by Connie Brown with Chapter Contributors Connie Brown, Brian Fowler, and Lee Pollock. The Pond “A History of Big Pea Porridge Pond in Madison, New Hampshire Ice Age to 1951" was published in 2011. https://www.peaporridgepond.org/2022-snow-sculpture-contest daily 0.75 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/c2b5d936-9191-42e5-9195-b966a76e60c2/IMG-8118.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Loch "Big Pea" Monster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/dc94bea2-c0fb-444d-9fa7-1f4e0e7f5781/IMG-8098.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Penguin Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/7a75cc3f-c567-4e04-8006-5a9a637dac18/IMG-8108.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Cruising the Kanc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/08f8d03c-758a-48a2-a57c-3b25b8e46cad/IMG-8101.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Lucky the Beaver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/470bcc56-3c2c-4633-b09b-1ed6dad411a4/IMG-8117.jpg 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Interlaken Olympians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/28e7ddeb-972f-4f09-91c0-7a7d5e3dc99e/IMG-8107.jpg 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Raising Pulses on PPP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/9ed6d3d6-d992-4348-a656-892b6af1f1b9/IMG-8116.jpg 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Sharks Attack Snowman on PPP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1bb91f37-da76-4b18-ba7e-81ac38ce9b84/IMG-8112.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest Sharks Attack Snowman on PPP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/c2b5d936-9191-42e5-9195-b966a76e60c2/IMG-8118.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest - 1st Place: Loch “Big Pea” Monster by Barbara and Alain Ginestet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/dc94bea2-c0fb-444d-9fa7-1f4e0e7f5781/IMG-8098.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest - 2nd Place: Penguin Party by the Lane Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/7a75cc3f-c567-4e04-8006-5a9a637dac18/IMG-8108.JPG 2022 Snow Sculpture Contest - 3rd Place: Cruising the Kanc by Andy and Alison Burke https://www.peaporridgepond.org/in-memoriam daily 0.75 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/4083b0de-2cff-4780-8197-9af24ff43c54/Charles-Burnham-crop.jpg In Memoriam - Make it stand out Charles Burnham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/6fd86a5d-083f-4c08-a44c-d811efce50ac/Robert-Denoncourt.jpg In Memoriam - Make it stand out Bob with his faithful companion Blitz https://www.peaporridgepond.org/vlap daily 0.75 2024-09-24 https://www.peaporridgepond.org/2023-snow-sculpture-contest daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/0fda9838-cf77-44c0-bf54-66544d298947/2023_Peace+on+Earth+1.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Peace on Earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/3ca1cb94-f944-4a42-9d5a-39c3db6aee7d/2023_Peace+on+Earth+2.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Peace on Earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/7cb1d94f-58cb-48fd-b7b7-7c520353a099/2023_Just+Sit+a+Spell+1.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Just Sit a Spell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/a6129a85-60cb-4392-a78e-0e9034d18ec0/2023_Just+Sit+a+Spell+2.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Just Sit a Spell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/e4868161-b318-4791-a50c-072b9e67cf15/2023_Turtle+Migration+1.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Turtle Migration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/17c58660-9199-4251-994b-ef01412feea8/2023_Turtle+Migration+2.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Turtle Migration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/f40a6dd9-6fa3-49bf-9d02-ca5bb23cbca8/2023_Finland+1.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Finland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/b44a2312-32fb-4bf3-b42d-5297468b118f/2023_Finland+2.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest Finland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/d804226e-e638-47d0-b2fe-afbd47345306/2023_Peace+on+Earth+1.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest - 1st Place: Peace on Earth 1st Place: Peace on Earth by Victoria Courtland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/25d17038-f5a0-4976-bd78-c80257d4c45e/2023_Just+Sit+a+Spell+1_crop.JPG 2023 Snow Sculpture Contest - 2nd Place: Just Sit a Spell 2nd Place: Just Sit a Spell by Peter Kondrat https://www.peaporridgepond.org/watershed-management-plan daily 0.75 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/0f024dec-752a-4799-a2a0-ec6c3928369f/dji_fly_20240801_200826_148_1722507736692_photo.jpg Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/869f3106-c437-4308-9fc4-1d642710f2e6/IMG_6203.jpeg Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/4a25b181-d934-4845-8b1b-f90f0e24c209/dji_fly_20240801_200856_149_1722507736480_photo.jpg Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/f81da643-2772-43b9-8e29-2e6364e77abd/IMG_6202.jpeg Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/aa219b30-06f2-4967-9b9a-ef9fb9ddf818/dji_fly_20240801_200940_150_1722507735640_photo.jpg Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/d83e652a-5e1d-4607-887f-da8c49646291/IMG_6200.jpeg Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/988c8db3-7688-4a66-954d-9618d613892d/DJI_0138.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/2c426798-8b53-44df-8744-a37b87495463/DJI_0130.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/05433559-5283-49b7-a656-8f08623eadb1/DJI_0137.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/ba462051-496c-4d52-bda4-48d3a56ed893/DJI_0139.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/70f61d7a-f798-4aff-8bc9-6e03fbde208e/DJI_0143.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/7b3c3279-463b-42fc-9bbc-4c0c22c83009/DJI_0140.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/9a9aa56d-edb1-4268-a98c-0aeae064f021/DJI_0136.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/5321dd1e-2eb4-4d52-a0f1-0c7370107433/DJI_0141.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/167bde09-0bdb-4a44-b26b-6f140db7f1e8/DJI_0144.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/3a054ec1-56e9-4a62-b85a-c111fa18272a/DJI_0145.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/b1efe7bf-1bd2-4275-b8d5-1915e331b5fb/DJI_0146.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/fc95204e-88d5-4753-b878-bd96c4489bc0/DJI_0147.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/9aef8ca9-3b04-45e9-a304-c9651dc05a5e/DJI_0129.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/75944b38-9719-4311-b189-8c5832cbf57e/DJI_0131.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/8fa1e9e5-5036-43c1-8efe-38334eb51cc6/DJI_0132.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/9fd0262d-04e6-4084-b4d4-72fcf28572e3/DJI_0133.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/f9c8db31-1e0b-42d8-8aab-fe8a1b394a0f/DJI_0134.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/b0f0195b-c7c5-4fc6-97ef-6029f81dac5b/DJI_0135.JPG Watershed Management Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/0bc4a09e-5985-4f31-af39-90fc1c29778c/Brook-to-left-side-of-Gotzens-May-1%2C-2020.jpg Watershed Management Plan - Water Quality Concerns The primary concern for Big Pea Porridge Pond is water quality, and in particular, the siltation inputs to Ragged Cove and other locations along the shoreline. There are numerous private and public gravel roads on the heavily developed mountain above the pond. Eroded soils from unstable sources including these roads and improperly managed construction sites are carried in runoff toward Big Pea Porridge Pond. For well over 30 years, heavy rains have caused soil erosion that results in sediment and other pollutants entering the pond and its surrounding overburdened wetlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1634313626492-95CMT8CQ2XK1Q0ULZ19D/Allard+Hill+Rd+culvert.jpg Watershed Management Plan The wetland downgradient of Allard Hill Road and Brenner Drive in particular contains expansive sediment deposits up to 2 feet deep. The ecological function and ability of this wetland to protect the pond have been dramatically impacted. As a result, sediment from upgradient sources continues to flow into Ragged Cove, negatively impacting the pond ecology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/1634311302670-KHMZ7U4F4Y00GZLVH3U3/ppp_blend_crop_small.jpg Watershed Management Plan Below is a link to our Best Management Practices plan from Burr Phillips, an engineer and a certified professional in erosion and sediment control (Burr H. D. Phillips, PE, CPESC Civil Solutions, LLC). Disclaimer: These are conceptual plans and not final design docs. https://www.peaporridgepond.org/drone-photos-09-2022 daily 0.75 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/c77d011f-8c64-42a0-9372-26ee0da54b6a/dji_fly_20220919_080236_95_1663589224390_photo.JPG Drone Photos 09-2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/a6fb377b-789a-41b2-9115-ec7ddbcf5757/dji_fly_20220919_080308_97_1663589223850_photo.JPG Drone Photos 09-2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/c2367c13-6619-441d-a024-3725b0e02e4b/dji_fly_20220919_080330_98_1663589223428_photo.JPG Drone Photos 09-2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/616875c5fc7ca0789abe2805/2fc9ea3e-0c28-4db9-8118-0eb569c77dcd/dji_fly_20220919_080402_100_1663589220272_photo.JPG Drone Photos 09-2022