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  • Detecting Change in Conservation: The Value of Remote Sensing

    January 27, 2023

    Forest Society Director of Easement Stewardship Naomi Brattlof speaks with Conservation Finance Network.

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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.

  • Volunteer Easement Monitoring Program Expands

    elandry
    February 25, 2020

    To help the Easement Stewardship team monitor thousands of acres of conservation properties, the Volunteer Easement Monitoring Program (VEMP) was started in 2016. Since then, the program has been gradually expanding.

Program Funding

The Forest Society has a dedicated easement stewardship Defense Fund and a separate dedicated easement Stewardship Endowment to cover the ongoing, long-term costs associated with monitoring and managing our portfolio of conservation easements. 

The Defense Fund is designed to address easement disputes and violations. The Stewardship Endowment is a pooled permanent endowment used to fund our everyday expenses of easement monitoring. Both the Defense Fund and the Stewardship Endowment are pooled from a number of sources, including landowners, conservation commissions, neighbors, and private foundations.

The Forest Society strives to be as efficient and effective as possible in using these funds to support our ongoing stewardship activities. Contributions to these funds are always needed and are often a considered a charitable donation. Contact Anne Truslow, Vice President of Development, for information on how to support our stewardship work.

Easement Stewardship Endowment

The Forest Society holds over 700 conservation easements on more than 110,000 acres. Once a conservation easement is in place, the Forest Society bears the responsibility of regularly monitoring the land to ensure the terms of the easement are respected forever.

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Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests54 Portsmouth St.Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603.224.9945Fax: 603.228.0423info@forestsociety.org
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