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  • Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Celebrates 100th

    Dave Anderson
    June 6, 2022

    The Renaissance for the MSG began in 1974.

  • Sunapee Lease Public Meeting

    Will Abbott
    September 21, 2018

    The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will hold a public information session on the proposed assignment of the State’s lease of a ...

  • Forest Society Seeks to Conserve Land Adjacent Mt. Sunapee State Park

    Jane Difley
    March 31, 2016

    In a letter sent to Gov. Maggie Hassan with copies to Executive Councilors, President/Forester Jane Difley wrote that the Forest Society would ...

Forest Society Comment on Mount Sunapee Decision

Seeks to Explore Conserving Adjacent Lands
Jack Savage
April 6, 2016
Mount Sunapee

"Given our history in protecting Mount Sunapee, and given that we have not been in favor of the expansion, it's hard not to be disappointed in today's vote. Whenever there's talk about "balance" it usually means that something in mountains and the forests has been irretrievably lost.

"Looking ahead, the Forest Society would welcome the opportunity to explore permanently conserving the land immediately adjacent the State Park owned by stakeholders in the ski area lease (but not part of the expansion proposal). We have written to the Governor to ask for her support in exploring this idea.

"Such an outcome, we believe, would go a long way to addressing concerns about the long-term future of Mount Sunapee as one of the state’s great natural icons. 

 

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