Read the latest news about the Forest Society's ongoing efforts in land protection, environmental advocacy, education, and sustainable forestry.

News Bites

• Forest Society, Jaffrey Residents to Fight for Mount Monadnock (7/30/2008)



• Connecticut River Forest Project Successfully Completed (7/29/2008)



• Volunteers from EMS, SCA Help Forest Society Clear Trails (7/28/2008)



• Volunteers Honored at Forest Society Reception (7/24/2008)



• Forest Society Purchases 284 Acres Along The Salmon Falls River (7/22/2008)



• Advance Screening of New Documentary About Granite State Icon on July 26 (7/8/2008)



• Tax Incentives for Donated Easements Extended (7/8/2008)



• Court Rules Against Monadnock Zone Development (6/11/2008)



• Connecticut River Forest Fundraising Building Momentum (5/5/2008)



• Ausbon Sargent Director Honored with Sarah Thorne Award (4/6/2008)



• Listen to NHPR's Amy Quinton on Square Trees (4/1/2008)



• Forest Society Announces Development of Square Trees (4/1/2008)



• Good Forestry and Good Public Policy (3/21/2008)



• 28 Towns Vote on 30 Land Conservation Appropriations this Year (3/21/2008)



• Andorra Forest, 2008 Tree Farm of the Year (2/9/2008)



• Nine McGettigan Siblings Donate Conservation Easement on Family Farm in Wilton (2/4/2008)



• The Ottinger/Smith/Priest Families Donate Conservation Easement on 171 Acres in Epsom to Forest Society (2/1/2008)



• Lamprey River Forest Conservation Initiative Completed (1/24/2008)



• Forest Society Reaches land protection Record in 2007 (1/23/2008)



• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (12/19/2007)



• A Century and a Second Chance at The Rocks (12/18/2007)



• Forest Society Seeks to Conserve Five Miles of Upper Connecticut River Frontage (12/1/2007)



• Trees for Troops at the Rocks Estate (11/21/2007)



• Forest Society Announces Newly Elected Trustees (11/20/2007)



• Forest Society Working to Conserve 6,600 acres (11/13/2007)



• Forest Journal ~ After the Fall (11/11/2007)



• New Hampshire Residents Concerned About Climate Change (10/30/2007)



• Forest Society Applauds Governor for Vigilant Stance on Mount Sunapee (10/29/2007)



• Bulkeley Family Conserves Cornish Colony Land (10/24/2007)



• Forest Society Names Gilmanton Residents Conservationists of the Year (10/5/2007)



• National Solar Tour Day at the Conservation Center (10/1/2007)



• Forest Journal - Prickly Questions (9/30/2007)



• Forest Journal ~ Rust In Peace (9/16/2007)



• Forest Journal ~ When the Lightning Strikes (8/5/2007)



• Conservation Area Parking Temporarily Closed (7/27/2007)



• Forest Journal ~ Summer Sunlight Fades...Already (7/22/2007)



• LCHIP Day Celebrates Statewide Preservation Efforts (7/19/2007)



• Queen City Conserves a Crown Jewel (7/19/2007)



• LCHIP Funding Signed into Law (7/19/2007)



• Read Dave Anderson's New Union Leader Column, Forest Journal! (7/18/2007)



• Forest Society Celebrates the Opening of the New Dublin Trailhead (7/16/2007)



• Forest Society and Moose Mountains Regional Greenways Dedicate Moose Mountains Reservation (7/2/2007)



• NH Conservation Community Hails LCHIP Budget Agreement (6/22/2007)



• Toward a More Glorious Sunapee (6/13/2007)



• Mt. Sunapee Fund-Raising is Successful (5/23/2007)



• Sunapee Conserved!; Forest Society Raises Money in Record Time (5/23/2007)



• New Dublin Trailhead to Open Soon (5/18/2007)



• New Arrival Springs up at the Forest Society (5/18/2007)



• Cold Pond: Conservation through Common Values (5/1/2007)



• LCHIP'S Time Has Come (4/3/2007)



• Forest Society Launches Campaign to Conserve 1,100 Acres on Eastern Slope of Mount Sunapee (3/31/2007)



• Steve Curwood to Deliver Keynote at Saving Special Places (3/28/2007)



• Cottrell/Baldwin Lecture Series Presents "The Great Marlow Fire" (3/28/2007)



• Forest Society Announces 2007 Land Steward Training Program (3/22/2007)



• “All Woman Sawmill” Topic for Lecture at Fox State Forest (3/22/2007)



• 33 Towns to Consider Nearly $8 Million for Land Conservation in 2007 (3/12/2007)



• 2007 Cottrell/Baldwin Lecture Series Kicks off in Hillsborough (3/7/2007)



• Climate Change & Working Forests Conference Sells Out (2/16/2007)



• Forest Society's George Frame Honored as Outstanding Forester of the Year (2/16/2007)



• Taking the Long View in the Belknap Mountains (2/14/2007)



• Preserving the Backdrop of Inspiration (1/17/2007)



• Opening Pandora’s Box in Jaffrey (1/9/2007)



• EqualLogic Technology Advances Land Conservation (12/12/2006)



• 11 Generations of Family Farming Protected (12/1/2006)



• New England Wilderness Act Signed Into Law (12/1/2006)



• Thayer, Zaeder Land Donation Does Double Duty (10/30/2006)



• Forest Society Welcomes Public to Creek Farm (10/11/2006)



• 105th Annual Meeting Recap (9/22/2006)



• Forest Society Names Deering Resident as Conservationist of the Year (9/22/2006)



• Forest Society Opens Champlin Reservation in Rochester (9/7/2006)



• Court Sends Monadnock Development Back to Square One (8/29/2006)



• New Tax Breaks for Donated Conservation Easements (8/17/2006)



• NH Delegation is Protecting the State's Land and Water (7/28/2006)



• Preserving an Icon, Mt. Monadnock Trails Week July 12-15, 2006 (7/11/2006)



• Forest Society's 2006 Volunteer of the Year Award (6/16/2006)



• Court Allows Lawsuit Against Monadnock Condos to Proceed (6/16/2006)



• Mulligan Forest Project Awarded LCHIP Grant (5/11/2006)



• Forest Society Presents Sarah Thorne Conservation Award (4/12/2006)



• Forest Society's Geoff Jones Honored for Exceptional Forestry Management (4/4/2006)



• Forest Society's George Frame Honored with National Field Leadership Award (3/28/2006)



• Town Meeting Voters Pass $8.4 Million for Land Conservation (3/20/2006)



• Town Meeting Voters To Consider $12.8 Million for Land Conservation in 2006 (3/8/2006)



• Forest Society Announces Land Steward Training Program (2/2/2006)



• Abbott Appointed Vice President for Policy and Land Management (1/5/2006)



• Senator Judd Gregg Finds the Perfect Family Tree at The Rocks Christmas Tree Farm (12/15/2005)



• Savage Appointed Vice President Communications and Outreach (12/1/2005)



• Statement of Jane A. Difley on the White Mountain National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (11/18/2005)



• Forest Society joins citizen appeal to protect integrity of Mt. Monadnock; Subdivision endangers successful 14-year collaboration (8/18/2005)



• Senator Gregg secures $1 Million Grant to conserve 2100+ acres in Moose Mountains (8/16/2005)



• President/Forester Jane Difley releases Statement regarding Mt. Sunapee lease boundary expansion (5/3/2005)



• Town Meeting Voters Approve $23 Million for Conservation (3/23/2005)



• Town Meeting Voters to Consider $26.6 Million for Conservation (3/7/2005)



• Town of Lee Donates Conservation Easement on Maude Jones Memorial Forest (2/4/2005)



• Eugene Young and Carolyn Rollins Donate 130-Acre Conservation Easement in Alton (2/4/2005)



• Forest Society Lauds Release of Water Supply Funds; Gov. Lynch frees up $500,000 for water protection (2/2/2005)



• Forest Society Purchases Conservation Easement in Henniker; Peter and Gail Beckett Help Conserve 296 Acres (2/1/2005)



• The Forest Society and NHTOA Initiate Study of Regional Wood Supply Concerns (2/1/2005)



• Honkala Family Helps Protect Land in Richmond; Local Logger Gives Gift for Future Generations (2/1/2005)



• Senator Gregg Announces $500,000 for Merrimack River Initiative; $150,000 needed to complete project (1/20/2005)



• New Easement Protects 170 Acres in the Upper Valley, Completes Yatsevitch Forest Campaign (1/13/2005)



• White Mountain National Forest Plan Comments Submitted (12/17/2004)



• Volunteer honored with Spirit of New Hampshire award (11/16/2004)



• Forest Society establishes "natural areas" on Mount Monadnock (8/11/2004)



• $42,000 Awarded for Local Conservation Projects (7/2/2004)



• Forest Society praises Bald's leadership at DRED (3/10/2004)



• Town meetings face record conservation plans (3/4/2004)



• Historic 108-acre Gage Hill Farm in Wakefield protected (3/1/2004)



• The Rocks Estate receives Farm of Distinction Award (2/1/2004)



• Efforts under way to protect 385 acres next to Yatsevitch Forest (2/1/2004)



• Protecting Northwood's rural character acre-by-acre (1/1/2004)



• Popular recreation spot in Warner now protected (11/1/2003)



• Local family helps Brentwood protect critical open space (11/1/2003)



• Three towns celebrate preservation of 300 acres of working forest (10/1/2003)



• Home of the blue-tinged balsam fir and nearby undeveloped (9/1/2003)



• Local family buys former McCabe house from Forest Society (9/1/2003)



• Saving Special Places Guidebook (2/1/2003)