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Pending Federal Legislation Proposes Increased Support for Forestry Programs
Updates on the Forest Legacy Program and the Community Forest and Open Space Program from the Forest Society's advocacy team.
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- Advocacy
![Construction equipment works on moving dirt at the site of the historic Tool Building at The Rocks.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/rocks%2520construction%2520iii.jpg?h=52d3fcb6&itok=j6mF2TMP)
Restoration Project at The Rocks
The Forest Society completed the first phase of “Forest Society North,” a long-term plan to renovate and restore the landscape, facilities and program at The Rocks in Bethlehem, following the February 2019 fire which destroyed two historic buildings, the Tool Building and the Electric Plant.
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- The Rocks,
- Forest Society History
![Looking up at blue sky through fall maple leaves](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Fallleaves.jpg?h=3894fe6a&itok=Ru9m1mr6)
NH Legislative Committee Votes to Oppose Anti-Conservation Easement Bill
Join us in thanking the committee members who voted in opposition to the bill.
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- Advocacy
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Black Heritage Trail NH Marker Added to the John Kulish Forest/Welch Family Farm
The Hancock marker describes the Due family and Jack, a once-enslaved African who gained his freedom and lived in Hancock in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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- Stewardship
![A birds-eye view of the Merrimack River meandering next to Stillhouse Forest.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Monkman_Stillhouse%2520Forest%2520RS.jpg?h=d9d430fa&itok=9SN8mGNE)
The Merrimack River: How Revisiting Its History Helps to Renew Action
A new book sheds light on the Merrimack's complicated relationship with manmade elements and provides insights on current threats.
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- Clean Water
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Something Wild: Ouch! What Just Stung Me?
As the fall approaches, wasps and hornets get more aggressive. How can you tell what's buzzing around, and when it's safe to get rid of a nest?
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- Wildlife,
- Something Wild
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Paddling to the Past
Learn about the indigenous history of the Merrimack River and how advocates are trying to restore it today.
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- Recreation,
- Land Conservation
Black Heritage Trail NH to Unveil Marker at Forest Society Reservation
The marker to be unveiled September 18 will be the first outside of Portsmouth on the Black Heritage Trail.