Current Land Protection and Advocacy Projects

The Forest Society and our partners recently conserved 980 acres in the Belknap Mountains overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. Jerry and Marcy Monkman / EcoPhotography.
Each year, the Forest Society adds thousands of acres to our treasury of conserved land. We work with landowners, donors, grant organizations, partner land trusts, conservation commissions and local and state governments to identify worthy properties, negotiate their purchase or protection through easements, raise money and manage each project until we can triumphantly register a new deed. 

We also devote time and resources to forest advocacy, providing leadership and informing public debate on conservation issues statewide. 

Mount Monadnock - view from Pitcher Mtn. Photo by Sue Lichty
 Our current projects are listed above.

 

McAllaster Farm photo

Trees Not Towers! No Northern Pass

Are you ready to help defend the state's greatest asset, our scenic working landscape, from the biggest threat of our generation?

Northern Pass is a proposed powerline that would inflict a 187-mile scar across two-thirds of the New Hampshire landscape with more than 1,500 towers up to 150 feet high. Proposed by Northeast Utilities for the exclusive use of Canadian mega-utility Hydro Quebec, Northern Pass would be a private transmission line. There has been no determination of need for this proposal.

Learn how you can help defend New Hampshire from Northern Pass.
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For its sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency, the Forest Society has received Charity Navigator's highest rating.

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Land Conservation
Northern Pass
Current Projects
Prime wetlands habitat in Goffstown.
Moose Mountains Addition, Middleton