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  • Action Alert: Legislation targets conservation easements

    Matt Leahy
    February 22, 2021

    Update on the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on HB 82.

  • Action Alert: Legislation Targets LCHIP’s Dedicated Fund

    Matt Leahy
    February 12, 2021

    Take action to oppose HB 621 by contacting the House Ways and Means Committee.

  • NH CORD Extends Status of Kelsey Notch ATV Trail in Nash Stream State Forest

    Matt Leahy
    January 26, 2021

    The NH Council on Resources & Development recently approved the Dept. of Natural & Cultural Resource’s request to study OHRV use in the Kelsey Notch Trail for two more years.

Legislative Alert: NH Legislature to Consider Bills on LCHIP & Conservation Easements

Matt Leahy
January 26, 2021
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NH Gold Capitol Dome and church steeple in mist surrounded by bare tree tops

The Forest Society is closely watching two bills the New Hampshire House of Representatives will consider during the 2021 Legislative session.

First, the House Judiciary will consider in the 2021 Legislative Session House Bill 82. The hearing for this bill has not been scheduled yet but the Forest Society plans to testify against the legislation. We are concerned it will, if enacted, undermine the integrity of conservation easements.

Second, the Ways and Means Committee will hear House Bill 621, which, if enacted, would allow the registers of deeds to keep up to 10 percent of the fee charged on four types of documents that are recorded at the county registry offices. This $25 registration fee is used to support LCHIP’s mission. Diverting up to 10% of the funds available to LCHIP for its grant activities means fewer worthy projects will be supported. 

As soon as the hearings for both bills have been scheduled, we will send out a notice about the hearing and more information about them.   

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Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests54 Portsmouth St.Concord, NH 03301
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