Forest Society Blog - News & Features

Sunapee Opponents Turn Out in Force at Public Hearing

May 6, 2015

DRED Issues Draft Approval of Mount Sunapee Expansion

April 16, 2015

NHPR: DRED Commissioner to Issue Sunapee Expansion Decision This Spring

February 26, 2015

Report on forest may be hurdle for Sunapee expansion

February 1, 2015

AP: Old Forest May Derail Sunapee Expansion Plan

January 30, 2015

In a report delivered to the state’s Department of Resources and Economic Development and provided to The Associated Press, the state’s Natural Heritage Bureau said it confirmed the existence of the stand of mostly red spruce trees, some of which were older than 170 years. The land, part of Mount Sunapee State Park, showed no signs of logging or other human interference and the bureau deemed the spruce trees, that most desirable of timber products, part of an “exemplary forest.”

NHPR: State Approaching Decision on Mount Sunapee Ski Area Expansion

December 12, 2014

The Mount Sunapee Ski Resort is asking the state for permission to build new lifts and new trails. It’s a proposal that was stymied by political resistance in Concord for ten years. Now with a change of governors, a court victory, and growing local support for the expansion, the lay of the land for the expansion has shifted dramatically.