Forest Society Blog - News & Features

Looking up at white ash crows in the Monadnock reservation.

A Poem: White Ash Lament

Anna Berry | September 22, 2022

A poem about searching for female white ash trees and beseeching them to survive.

Tags:: Forestry

A green field at Champlin Forest in springtime.

Champlin Forest in Rochester Expands to Over 300 Acres

September 21, 2022

The Forest Society plans to celebrate the expansion of the Champlin Forest with a winter walk to be scheduled later this year.

Tags:: Land Conservation

The two men collect beetles at the insectary from a branch.

Forestry Friday: Visit an Insectary to See How Farming Beetles Can Help Control an Invasive Insect Harming Hemlocks

Steven Junkin | September 16, 2022

What is an insectary and why does it matter to forestry?

Tags:: Working Forests,; Forestry

Rows of Christmas trees are covered in snow in wintertime.

New Christmas Tree Farmer at The Rocks

Kelly Whalen | September 13, 2022

Tags:: The Rocks,; Working Forests

The sun sets over the Merrimack River near the Forest Society's conservation area.

"The Merrimack: River at Risk" Selected for NH Film Festival

Anna Berry | September 13, 2022

The festival will take place from October 6 through October 9 on the Seacoast.

Tags:: Clean Water,; Climate

A kayaker paddles on the Merrimack River in Canterbury, New Hampshire

Advocacy Alert: Water Quality Protection Legislation Faces Veto Override Vote

Matt Leahy | September 9, 2022

Contact your local representative to override the veto of HB 1454.

Tags:: Advocacy

Something Wild: The bittersweet reprise of birdsong in fall

Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, Jessica Hunt | September 9, 2022

Are you missing the dawn chorus?

Tags:: Wildlife,; Something Wild

Representatives of the Forest Society and Liberty Mutual pose with a giant check. (Photo: Anna Berry)

Liberty Mutual Grants Funding to Forest Society

Anna Berry | September 1, 2022

The Forest Society was one of only five nonprofits in New Hampshire selected for the grant.