BLACK MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION PROJECT RECEIVES
$150,000 BOOST FROM LCHIP
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests’ efforts to conserve Black Mountain received a boost thanks to a $150,000 contribution from the State’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP).
“This morning, LCHIP announced a $150,000 grant for Black Mountain, bringing the campaign over the $1 million mark,” said Forest Society Vice President for Development Susanne Kibler-Hacker. “Today’s total is $1,035,360. We have December 15 to raise the remaining $165,000.”
LCHIP is an independent state authority that provides grants to protect and preserve the state’s most important natural, cultural, and historic resources. Previous since its creation nine years ago, LCHIP has provided funding to 187 projects that have helped 125 New Hampshire communities conserve nearly 286,000 acres and 109 historic structures and sites.
The Forest Society is working to conserve the 1,025-acre property, with the goal of managing it as a Forest Society reservation that will remain open to the public. Just two years ago, this land on the shoulder of Mount Kearsarge was advertised as a promising site for a residential subdivision. If the Forest Society succeeds in its conservation efforts, the land will remain open for hiking, hunting, fishing, and other recreational pursuits.
For more information about Black Mountain or to support the project, visit forestsociety.org/blackmountain, email skh@forestsociety.org, call 603-224-9945, or look for “Black Mountain, NH” on Facebook.
Founded in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the state’s oldest and largest non-profit land conservation organization. Supported by 10,000 families and businesses, the Forest Society’s mission is to perpetuate the state’s forests by promoting land conservation and sustainable forestry. For more information, visit www.forestsociety.org.
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