This year, the N.H. Legislature and Governor approved a law to establish a commission tasked with producing a comprehensive land conservation plan for the State of New Hampshire.
Since 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has worked to conserve the state's most important landscapes and promote wise use of its renewable natural resources. The Forest Society is New Hampshire's oldest and largest non-profit land conservation organization.
From the beginning, the main issue the Forest Society has had with Northern Pass has been with how the project proposes to bring electrons to the marketplace. We are not philosophically opposed to importing electricity from Canada, but we are opposed to the 180-mile scar that the proposed overhe