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  • Together, we made it through 2020

    Anna Berry
    December 31, 2020

    We hope you’ll take a few minutes to view a short slideshow of some highlights from our year of conserving, enjoying and caring for forests.

  • Press Release: Forest Society Protects 1.8 Miles Along the Ammonoosuc River in Bethlehem

    December 2, 2020

    The new reservation, called the Ammonoosuc River Forest, abuts the White Mountain National Forest.

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  • Wildflowers in Our Backyards

    Stacie Hernandez
    May 26, 2020

    Spring ephemeral is the term used for many of New Hampshire's wildflowers that show off in the spring and then move on to a different life cycle where they wither away back underground after going through a reproductive phase. The short definition is growing over a short amount of time.

Lakes Region

Mount Major Alton New Hampshire
Mount Major in Alton, NH. Photo by Jerry and Marcy Monkman, Ecophotography
During the fall of 2012, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and regional land conservation groups developed a new land protection blueprint for the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.  Working together, the group developed a science-driven, consensus land conservation plan that integrates the best-available natural resource data with expert judgment to prioritize land protection that aims to protect water quality in the region by prioritizing the most critical forests and shorefront lands to conserve over the next decade.   The Lakes Region comprises about 20% of New Hampshire’s land area but contains roughly 50% of the state’s surface water.  It is also the state’s fastest-growing region in terms of population and land development. The plan was developed by the Forest Society and its partners strictly as a guide for voluntary conservation by landowners interested in protecting their land. 

 

Locus map

For details on the plan, access the links below:

Strategic Conservation Plan Technical Report

 2.9 MB PDF

Conservation Focus Areas map

8.2 MB PDF

GIS shapefiles

2.8 MB ZIP file

For more information contact Brian Hotz at (603) 224-9945 ext 316 or bhotz@forestsociety.org

 

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