Forestry

The Reservation Stewardship Department is responsible for the management of the Forest Society’s fee-owned lands (over 58,000 acres, the Forest Society’s largest asset). These lands are managed with a vision that is focused on the future, ensuring the biological richness of the state while providing economic and social returns to the organization, its members, and the public.

In this Forestry Friday, the forestry team takes a trip to the Gardener Forest in Hollis to check in on a population of a rare species of milkweed. (Photo: Sophie Oehler)

A steering committee representing landowners, conservation organizations, state agencies and the forest industry is guiding the process.

A recent tour of an active timber harvest at the Forest Society's 162-acre Lamprey River Forest provided an excellent opportunity to see the forestry underway.

Old trees have lots to tell in their growth rings.

The Forest Society recently welcomed three seasonal staff members to the team.

Forest Society Foresters Wendy, Steve and Gabe all recently attended a field visit to Bear Brook State Park to see the beech leaf disease outbreak there.

A new study estimates that one-third of our native bees in the northeast are forest specialists, taking advantage of the nectar and pollen produced by trees and spring ephemerals in the forest understory.

Langwood Tree Farm has participated in the N.H. Tree Farm program since 1979