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  • May We Recommend... Black History Month Edition

    Anna Berry
    February 19, 2021

    Read and watch with the Forest Society to learn more about Black history this month — and all year long.

  • Cold is Cool IF You're Prepared! A Guide to Winter Hiking & Recreation

    Anna Berry
    December 10, 2020

    A guide to plowed Forest Society reservations so you can recreate responsibly this winter.

  • Forest Notes: Tending to Mount Major’s Trails

    Wendy Weisiger
    December 2, 2020

    In 2013, the Forest Society launched the “Everybody Hikes Mount Major” campaign to protect the trails and land surrounding Mount Major Reservation ...

Winter Recreation Safety

Learn more about the 10 Essentials you should bring when you are heading outside in the winter. Looking for a place to recreate? Here's a list of Forest Society reservations that have plowed parking.

Graphics: Andy Crowley

Recreation
A graphic of 10 essentials for winter recreation: navigation, flashlight, sun protection, first aid, knife, fire starter, shelter, extra food, water and clothing.
Cold is Cool if you're prepared! Here are the 10 essentials for winter recreation.
A graphic illustration of using navigation tools.
#1: Navigation tools
A graphic about bringing headlamps during winter recreation.
#2: Flashlight
A graphic of sunprotection - sunglasses.
#3: Sun protection
A graphic of first aid tools.
#4: First Aid
A graphic of a knife.
#5: Knife
A graphic of fire starter.
#6: Fire starter
A graphic of shelter, i.e. a tent or bivvy.
#7: Shelter
A graphic of extra food.
#8: Extra food
A graphic of extra water.
#9: Extra water
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#10: Extra clothes

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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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