The remaining forestland owned by the Wright family in rural Lempster includes the open summit of aptly named “Silver Mountain,” elevation 2,160’. The family-owned “Wright’s Silver Polish” of Keene is a product well known to those whose silverware annually graces holiday dinner tables.
Forest Society Conserves 100 Acres on the North Side of Bartlett Mountain
Concord, NH, September 9, 2009 — The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has conserved 100 acres on the north side of Bartlett Mountain in Bartlett.
There’s a dirt road I travel on my way to and from work that I hope will change very little. It’s not long—less than three miles from either end of the pavement it bridges.
Just a short drive from downtown Keene, the Greater Goose Pond Forest has been a favorite place to relax, cool off, and get the kids outdoors for local residents since the mid-1980s. But it until recently, it was not permanently conserved open space.