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![The sun sets over a mountain view from The Rocks.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Rocks%2520Sunset%2520at%2520The%2520Rocks%25205-9-Danny%2520Richardson.jpg?h=031b01a4&itok=ZZtypXAe)
Remembering Rocks Volunteer Ann Gruczka
Annie Gruczka was a volunteer at The Rocks for nearly 25 years and a member of the Bretzfelder Memorial Park Committee.
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- Volunteers,
- The Rocks
![small pond surrounded by evergreens, blue sky with clouds reflected on still pond](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/NHDFL.jpg?h=fdab0137&itok=4lC0SiP_)
Draft 2020 NH Forest Action Plan Available for Public Comment
The Forest Action Plan provides a comprehensive assessment of the condition of our state’s forests, their challenges and needs, and strategies for conserving these forested landscapes while enhancing the benefits we receive from them.
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- Advocacy
![Trees stand in a forest conservation easement.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/MorisonEasement_Peterborough_Best_Edited_portrait_0%2520RS.jpg?h=35f80530&itok=VjhsD9nW)
Federal Legislation Aims to Keep Working Forests as Forests
If enacted, the Forest Incentives Program Act will be one important tool forest landowners can use to sustainably manage their lands.
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- Advocacy,
- Working Forests,
- Climate
![A sign for Mt. Major is surrounded by rocks and dirt during construction.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/mt%2520major%2520trail%2520work%25209-2020%2520iv.jpg?h=5dc9785f&itok=Fbe4hYsM)
DETOUR AHEAD: Mt. Major Lot Closed (Roadside Parking ONLY); TRAILS OPEN
A trail restoration project at the base of Mount Major is progressing and is due to be wrapped up by the first week in October.
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- Recreation
![Researcher Katie Galletta standing in High Five fields.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/2020-07-20_10-23-03_439.jpg?h=29234840&itok=CXsfjRhI)
Forest Journal: Milkweed Community Connections
Spotting a monarch caterpillar on the underside of a milkweed leaf is one of the quintessential rites of summer. In the right location, it’s not that hard to do...
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- Wildlife
![Members of the President's Foresters Council gather for a photo in the conference room at the Forest Society.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/president%2520foresters%2520counsel%2520RS.jpg?h=279670ce&itok=1mHYOLy0)
Remembering Conservationist Harold Janeway
The former Board of Trustees Chair made big ideas attainable with his soft-spoken leadership, including the establishment of the Trust for New Hampshire Lands.
![A branch of red maple with pinkish-red leaves](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/resized%2520Red%2520maple%2520foliage%2520best.jpg?h=707772c7&itok=Ij8akv8R)
Something Wild: Earliest flush of Red Maple foliage
Naturalist Dave Anderson shares the story behind "Judas Trees," as a very few early green leaves have already started to change to red.
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- Recreation,
- Something Wild