Forest Society Blog - News & Features

New Hampshire State Forester Brad Simpkins recently left the position in order to take a new job with the U.S. Forest Service’s Cooperative Fire Program in Durham.

Photographer Ellen Kenny is a frequent visitor to the Concord Merrimack River Outdoor Education and Conservation Area. She shares some recent observations and wildlife photographs.

It's the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, created in 1970 to advance environmental protections.

Wood ducks are "dabbling" ducks: feeding on the surface of the water and not diving for food. They eat pond weeds, berries, seeds, aquatic insects and even acorns.

When a road trip north isn’t an option, Maria Finnegan relies on Nashua’s network of rail trails or takes a walk in a local park. Unfortunately, the Coronoavirus has made getting some fresh air a bit more complicated.

April marks the retirement of longtime Vice President of Public Policy & Reservation Stewardship Will Abbott. But instead of saying farewell, we’re celebrating the incredible conservation work that Will has accomplished over his tenure with the Forest Society (and also because we’re lucky to have him staying on in a limited capacity).

The pressing concern for many in the environmental community is that the Department of Environmental Services has proposed changing one of the standards it uses to issue Alternation of Terrain permits.