Recreation

The Forest Society's mission includes conserving lands that provide recreational opportunities--and economic benefits through tourism--for New Hampshire residents and visitors. Visit this page to explore stories related to recreation on conserved lands.

Tree ID at the Merrimack River Floodplain

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 3:30pm
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Join Linden Rayton, Forest Society Floodplain Education Coordinator, at the Merrimack River Conservation Area to explore the most common trees you see here and in your neighborhoods, along with some specialties you won’t see in a city park. Learn how trees communicate with each other, and their resiliency in the face of current challenges like invasive pests and climate change.  After the program ends, you are in the perfect spot to cool off with a dip in the Merrimack River!

Monadnock Trails Week – Giving Back to Trails on Popular Peak

Dave Anderson
July 8, 2019

This July, the Forest Society with partners at NH State Parks will host “Monadnock Trails Week” beginning Friday July 19 through Tuesday July 23 in Jaffrey.

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Stewardship
Recreation
Volunteers and partner organizations at a service day to help the trails on Mount Major during a Leave No Trace Hot Spot Week

A Major Effort to Leave No Trace

Carrie Deegan
July 3, 2019

When the Forest Society protected 200 acres on Mount Major in 2015, our fundraising slogan was “Everybody Hikes Mount Major.”  There has never been a more accurate campaign slogan, even in New Hampshire, home of the nation’s first primary. 

Stewardship
Volunteers
Recreation

Monadnock Trails Week 2019

Friday, July 19, 2019 (All day)
Monadnock Trails Week packing out looking back at the Monadnock summit
Jaffrey, NH

Join us for the 14th Annual Monadnock Trails Week!

FRIDAY JULY 19th - TUESDAY JULY 23rd
Meet @ 9am - Work until 3pm then hike out

Monadnock Trails Week is cancelled Saturday 7/20 and Sunday 7/21 due to heat. See you Monday & Tuesday!

A brook trout is pictured in the water.

New Hampshire Brook Trout

Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, Andrew Parrella
June 12, 2019

The foam formed eddies on the surface of the pool as Stevens Brook rushed down and through this particular crook in the waterway in the shadow of route-89 in East Sutton, New Hampshire.

Recreation
Wildlife
Clean Water

Mount Major the Hottest Spot in the State

Jack Savage
June 9, 2019

It is stunning, even for those who can’t quite imagine what it must be like to summit Mount Everest to see the recent pictures of climbers ascending the 29,000-foot peak in long lines that make it seem more like the line for Space Mountain at Disney World.

Mount Major
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Stewardship
A hiker and dog on the summit of Pheobe's Nable Mountain at Moose Mountains Reservation

8 Reservations for Dog Walking

Carrie Deegan
June 6, 2019

Dog owners will find a lot to love about Forest Society lands: Dogs are permitted at all of our reservations except for Monadnock, Lost River, and Creek Farm. If walking is a social experience for you and your pooch, super-popular locations such as Mount Major may fit the bill.

Recreation

Building Bridges Builds Community

acrowley
May 28, 2019

What could be a better metaphor for community connectedness than a group of individuals coming together to build a bridge?

Volunteers
Recreation
Stewardship
Hand touches a fern's fuzzy fiddlehead

Ferns Tell a lot About a Forest

Emily Lord
May 28, 2019

Are you a fern fan?

I suppose to most, ferns are just those plants that brush up against your calves while walking or hiking. They tickle and often make tick-weary hikers nervous wherever they lean into the trail.

Recreation
Natural Resources