Thanks to the generosity of our donors and the valuable contributions of our funders, SELT is excited to announce the successful conservation of Scruton’s Dairy Farm in Farmington, NH. Because of them, another New Hampshire farm is protected for all time. And not just any farm. Scruton’s Dairy is a fifth-generation, commercial dairy farm, owned […]
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Efforts to add 643 acres to the Birch Ridge Community Forest (BRCF) in New Durham were jumpstarted by the announcement of a $485,000 grant to the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire (SELT) from the US Forest Service’s Community Forest and Open Space Program. If successful, Phase 2 will add two tracts of forestland, key
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Thank you to Brentwood voters! At their March Town Meeting, they overwhelmingly voted 137-17 to contribute $140,000 in funding for the purchase of a conservation easement on 35-acres commonly known as the “Game Farm.” This is one of many steps to ultimately result in the land being permanently conserved and perhaps more importantly – owned
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Recently, a handful of volunteers and SELT staff ventured out to Two Rivers Preserve in Epping to check up on some very special guests. It was time to see how the American Chestnuts were doing. Planted several years ago, these trees represented an important ecological conceit: hope. The hope that the American Chestnut, nearly wiped
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