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IN THIS ISSUE Farms in Transition 1 Farms in Transition When vulnerable farmland changes hands, SELT can help to ensure a 2 2017 Going Out with a conservation outcome Bang by Ellen Snyder 3 Tri-City Subaru “Share the Love” Campaign or 100 years Barker’s Farm on Route 33 in Stratham has been a vibrant family farm. It started small to benefit SELT Fin 1917 when Willard Barker and his wife began raising animals and produce for their own uses 4 Winter’s Whispers on a few acres. Three generations later, the farm has grown to 88 acres, with 19 acres under cultivation, 7 greenhouses, and 20 or more seasonal employees. In season, 200 people a day visit the rustic Barker’s 5 Local Landscapes Farm Stand and leave with armloads of fresh vegetables, herbs, flowers, strawberries, pumpkins, and Inspire Generosity myriad other locally grown or made products. When Gordon Barker, great grandson of Willard, died 5 Harvest Fair Fundraiser – suddenly in 2009, his wife Edie took on all aspects of running the farm and now their daughter Forrest, Thank You for a Fun & a recent graduate of Cornell University, is back to help run the family farm. Festive Evening! “Farming is the most rewarding work that you can do,” says Edie Barker. After a high school semester 6 Upcoming Events spent at the Mountain School in Vermont, Forrest Barker knew she wanted to be on her family farm. 8 Holiday Online Auction With a degree in Agricultural Sciences and concentration in sustainability, she is now focused on to benefit SELT keeping the farm soils healthy. 8 NEW Map & Trail Guide In the next two decades, seventy percent of New England farmland is likely to change hands. Securing a farm legacy has substantial challenges, including financial, legal, and family complexities. Farms in southeastern also face increasing development pressures. Already one of the most densely populated parts of the state, this region is expected to absorb much of the state’s projected growth by 2020. SELT is tackling this trend by using conservation easements to help farmers like Edie and Forrest meet their unique needs and to ensure private farmland stays productive and viable. Bob Hills has five beautiful, brown Jersey cows on his Chesley Mountain Farm in central Farmington. The 52-acre farm lies along a quiet, gravel road and borders the Rattlesnake River, which flows continued on page 7

Above: Edie and Forrest Barker at their farm. PHOTO BY JERRY MONKMAN 1 2017 Going Out with a Bang

ecause of your gifts to SELT, the following special places a variety of agricultural products from maple syrup, to meats Bare being permanently protected in the last part of this year and vegetables, to eggs, and even the local favorite: Stump – nearly 2,300 acres of land conserved for public recreation, City hard cider! A significant portion of the funding and wildlife habitat, clean water, and farmland for our future! support for this project came from the proactive efforts of Through conservation easements and land acquisitions, SELT the Rochester Conservation Commission and the Rochester works to protect the unique character of this place we call home. City Council. Other partners include the Natural Resources Thank you for supporting SELT and making all this possible. Conservation Service (NRCS) – Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) and Jane’s Trust. ➊ Stonehouse Forest, Barrington – SELT’s largest project ever! 1,500 acres of pristine forest adjacent to the popular ➍ McGivern Donation, Rollinsford – Linda McGivern and Stonehouse Pond. This expansive landscape supports vibrant Ben Thayer know that the 39 acres surrounding their home wildlife, free flowing streams, and miles of trails. This in Rollinsford is a special place. The many grassland bird land will be owned by SELT, and permanently protected species they see in their fields, the monarch butterflies they’ve by a conservation easement held by the NH Fish & Game been monitoring as part of a larger research network, and Department and the Town of Barrington. The easement will the waterfowl utilizing their ponds and wetlands all point to also guarantee public access for outdoor recreation. More productive wildlife habitat. These are things you can see, but than 360 generous donors have made gifts to help save this what you can’t see is the role their land plays in maintaining special place – THANK YOU! Other funders include the clean drinking water for the Town of Rollinsford, whose well state’s LCHIP and Moose Plate programs, as well as the Town head protection area encompasses much of their property. of Barrington. SELT is extremely appreciative of this generous conservation easement donation by Ben and Linda. ➎ DeYoung-Fralic Conservation Area, Brentwood – With the help of the Brentwood Conservation Commission and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), SELT completed another multi-year conservation project along the continued on page 3

!1 Stonehouse Forest !2 Cafasso Donation !3 Gauthier’s Farm !4 McGivern Donation !5 DeYoung-Fralic Conservation Area !6 Bodwell Dairy Farm (Phase 2) !7 Kaczmarek Donations Stonehouse Forest. PHOTO BY JERRY MONKMAN !8 Lewis Donation !9 Derry Conservation Easement ➋ Cafasso Donation, Barrington – John and Cindy Cafasso heard about the Stonehouse Forest project through ! Barrington’s public access television station and were excited Rochester 3 about the project. When they started to think about what they could do to support the project, they realized they could ! !2 4 Rollinsford donate their abutting 2.11 acre property along Swain Road, !1 Barrington which includes a portion of an important wetland system on the Stonehouse Forest land. The Cafassos saw the SELT booth at a local winter farmer’s market and pitched the idea. Fast forward to today – and soon after SELT owns !8 Stonehouse Forest, we will receive this generous donation Candia of land! Brentwood ➌ Gauthier’s Farm, Rochester – The was !5 recently ranked the third most threatened watershed in !7 !6 Kensington the entire country due to projected increases in housing Derry density. By conserving Gauthier’s Farm, SELT will perma- !9 nently protect nearly 163 acres and more than 1.4 miles of Map outlines SELT’s Service Area precious shoreline along this river for the benefit of wild- (Rockingham & Strafford counties, life and people alike. Since 1966, Gauthier’s Farm has been plus the towns of Brookfield & welcoming guests with open arms, with a history of selling Wakefield at the north.) 2 Tri-City Subaru “Share the Love” . Thanks to a generous donation by John and Lois DeYoung, this sought- after property includes 105 acres of forests, wetlands, and high priority wildlife habitat Campaign to and contains more than 3,700 feet of pristine river frontage. Now known as the DeYoung-Fralic Conservation Area, this property will be added to SELT’s growing list benefit SELT of reservations. Tri-City Subaru in Somersworth NH has selected SELT as its local charity of choice ➏ Bodwell Dairy Farm (Phase 2), Kensington – In Phase Two of a multi-year project, for Subaru’s annual, “Share the Love” SELT is protecting the final 200+ acres of the Bodwell Dairy Farm in Kensington. campaign. From November 16, 2017 to One of only five remaining commercial dairies in Rockingham County, SELT January 2, 2018, Tri-City Subaru custom- has made this six-generation farm a top priority in its effort to protect important ers buying or leasing a new Subaru will farmland. Bodwell Farm provides the surrounding community with milk, cheese, have the option of directing a $250 dona- meats and other farm products while also maintaining critical open space, wildlife tion to SELT from Subaru of America. habitat, and scenic strolls that remind passers-by of a more agrarian past. Partners include the Kensington Conservation Commission, NRCS, LCHIP, the Lewis Family Foundation, the 1772 Foundation, and more than 120 area residents who made donations – THANK YOU! The donation partnership between Tri-City ➐ Kaczmarek Donations, Kensington – Elaine Kaczmarek and her son Stefan have Subaru and SELT is part of Subaru of roots that grow deep into the land at Prescott Corner in Kensington. Little has America’s annual “Share the Love” event. changed on these two properties for centuries, and for good reason; open space Nationally, the Share The Love program abounds, streams meander, and lush fields grow hay to sustain local farms. Both is entering its tenth year and is hoping to Kaczmareks appreciate the beauty and bounty of these 70+ acres, and each have exceed $115 million donated throughout generously agreed to donate a conservation easement to SELT so that nature and the the life of the program to charitable orga- surrounding community may continue to flourish long into the future. nizations across the country. Customers have the choice of directing the donation ➑ Lewis Donation, Candia – Dennis Lewis and his brother Daniel have pledged to to a national charity or to a hometown donate a conservation easement in honor of their parents Ralph and Norma on charity selected by the local Subaru 124+ acres of land, which the family has pieced together over the years. The land retailer. National charities include ASPCA, includes fields, a large forest and two old sugar shack foundations which the family the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Meals hopes to revive someday. A diversity of wetlands including frontage along the On Wheels America, the National Park Foundation and in the case of Tri-City provides habitat for amphibians, songbirds, waterfowl, wading Subaru, SELT will be listed as the home- birds, and moose. This project has been supported by many partnerships including town charity of choice. the state’s Moose Plate program, Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership, and NH DES Aquatic Resource Mitigation Fund (ARM). Tri-City Subaru believes and participates in the philanthropic spirit of Subaru. This project is supported by funds from the sale of the Conservation License Plate (Moose Plate) through the Partnering with SELT allows Tri-City to NH State Conservation Committee grant program. actively preserve and protect the beautiful ➒ lands around us for wildlife, recreation, Derry Conservation Easement – With the aid of SELT and the Merrimack and generations to come. Tri-City has Conservation Partnership, the Derry Town Council and Conservation Commission elected to focus its efforts with SELT stepped up to purchase 75 acres of land, which has been a high priority for on the 1,500-acre Stonehouse Forest in decades. This acquisition grows an existing conservation complex to over 400 acres Barrington, NH. Tri-City has committed to providing frontage along the Rockingham Recreational Trail, access to an existing a long term financial agreement as well trail network, and scenic views of Ballard Pond – all while helping to protect as active volunteer days to help conserve a downstream water supply reservoir. Transaction funding for this project was and maintain this magnificent place! provided by the Merrimack Conservation Partnership, a public/private effort for land conservation in the Watershed. To learn more, visit www.merrimackconservationpartnership.org.

260 Special Places Tri-City Subaru Conserved 195 Route 108, Somersworth, NH 3,886 12,651 Land Conservation Acres Acres via www.TriCitySubaru.com Owned Easement and Phone: 603-742-3647 by the numbers by SELT Executory Interests Dealership Hours: 16,537 Monday–Thursday 8 AM–7 PM Total Acres As of November 1, 2017 Friday 8 AM–6 PM Saturday 9 AM–5 PM Sunday 11 AM–3 PM 3 PHOTO BY JERRY MONKMAN Winter’s Whispers inter is spare, but not silent. On cold, clear days, after a about – seeing more than hearing – as I hike out of the woods. Wfresh snow, I snowshoe into the woods, then stop and I notice tree trunks: the smooth, pale gray bark of beech, the listen. After the thumping noise of my heart settles, I hear other shagginess of hickory, the thick plates on a white pine, and the sounds. Bronze-colored beech leaves, hanging tight into winter, reddish hue of an oak. Briefly I remove my gloves to feel the rustle in a gentle breeze. Red maple tree trunks rub against each bark, to absorb the diversity of form and texture, which seems other, groaning in the frigid air. The wind whispers among the all the more remarkable in winter. tall white pines. My eyes shift to the ground as I snowshoe on, back toward I sit on a fallen log to catch the low winter sun, which casts home. The recent snowfall left a white canvas revealing animal long shadows. The understory is more open now, than in movements. The dainty trail of a woodland mouse emerges summer, when plants are fully cloaked in leaves. I tune out from a depression around a fallen tree, and back again, repeated distant sounds of civilization that carry deeper into the spare several times. A snowshoe hare track meanders between and woods and through the crisp, cold air. I listen close in for wild under young growth. Coyote trails crisscross the hare’s habitat. things: the soft tapping of a downy woodpecker searching for Gray squirrels, wild turkeys, and deer have moved through the insects tucked into bark crevices; the nasal “yank, yank, yank” woods too, their tracks leading here and there. of a white-breasted nuthatch as it crawls along a tree trunk. Back home I sit in front of a crackling fire in the wood stove. A mixed flock of titmice and chickadees moves through. I hear The wind has picked up outside. Out the window I see beech the tinkling of their soft notes. leaves still holding fast as they are tossed about in the wind like Suddenly a red squirrel scolds loudly from a nearby pine bucking broncos. While sipping my hot tea and feeling grateful perch. It makes me realize that my feet are cold. Time to move. for my warm abode, I wonder what wild things I would hear My steps and breathing block out other sounds. Instead I look and see if I were still sitting on a log in the deep woods.

By Ellen Snyder, who wanders through many woodlands, including SELT conservation areas, near her home in Newmarket.

4 Local Landscapes Inspire Generosity

iving in New Hampshire, we are fortunate to have easy Laccess to shorelines, mountains, rivers, open farmlands, and countless natural wonders. For Seacoast resident and artist, Arthur Balderacchi, these scenic treasures are the subject of much of his artwork – and have also provided inspiration for many of his students over the years. Arthur was Professor of Art at the University of New Hampshire for 37 years and often encouraged his students to find their muse in the natural beauty around them. In his retirement, Arthur has sought meaningful ways to give back. After consulting with his financial advisor he decided the best option would be to make a gift to SELT through his IRA (Individual Retirement Account) by taking advantage of the tax law allowing a person to apply some or all of his or her annual Required Minimum Distribution on a tax-free basis to a charitable organization. Arthur says “SELT is conserving special natural places here in New Hampshire for generations to come. Considering all that our local landscapes have provided me over the years – and will continue to offer artists and locals – making a substantial gift to SELT is very gratifying for me. Using some of my Required Minimum Distribution was easy and I plan to do it again this year!” If you’re at least 70½ years old, the benefits of doing this are significant: ➜ Satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution for the year ➜ Pay no taxes on distributions from your IRA to SELT ➜ Make a larger gift than you normally could to help further SELT’s conservation work One key provision is that charitable IRA distributions must be made directly to the charity. If you would like to learn more At UNH, Arthur Balderacchi taught a wide range of subjects including bronze casting, life sculpture, and drawing. This is one about making a charitable distribution from your IRA to SELT, of his pieces from 2013 (Untitled). PHOTO BY SAM REID please contact Executive Director Brian Hart at 603-778-6088 or [email protected].

Harvest Fair Fundraiser – Thank You for a Fun & Festive Evening!

uch gratitude goes to our guests, auction item donors, and sponsors of SELT’s Harvest Fair themed Fall Fundraiser on M October 21st. We thank the following sponsors for making this event possible: PLATINUM

GOLD BRONZE FRIEND Churchill’s Garden Center Altus Engineering, Inc. B.R. Jones Roofing Co. ​Eric C. Mitchell & Associates, Inc. The Army Family Trust Burns, Bryant, Cox, Rockefeller & Normandeau Associates, Inc. Chart Oak Capital Management Durkin, P. A. ReVision Energy Chinburg Properties Catherine Arakelian, SILVER DTC Lawyers, Donahue, Graphic Designer Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC Crafts Appraisal Associates, Ltd. Bellamy & Watson Fields Farm Credit East East Coast Bio, Inc. Exeter Environmental The Hallett Family Graham Tire & Auto Associates, Inc. Keystone Press Madden Realtors Ransmeier & Spellman, PC McEneaney Survey Associates, Inc. People’s United Bank Truslow Resource Consulting, LLC NEMO Equipment, Inc. Ruffner Real Estate Wentworth by the Sea Pax World Marriot Hotel & Spa Waste Management of Yankee Thermal Imaging New Hampshire 5 Upcoming Events

PHOTO BY JERRY MONKMAN For a complete calendar and more event details, please visit www.seltnh.org Registration for SELT’s field trips is easier than ever through our website. For a complete calendar, and to register, visit www.seltnh.org (“News and Events” tab). Registration closes at Noon on the day prior to the event. Suggested donation to attend SELT’s outreach events in $5 per person or $10 per family. All donations benefit our public outreach programs. We hope you’ll come along! Tamed: A City Girl Walks from Mexico to Canada Winter Wildlife Trek on the Pacific Crest Trail Saturday, February 24 · 9–11am · Location TBD Thursday, December 7 · 6–8pm · Phillips Exeter Academy Pull on your snowshoes and discover the traces of winter (3rd floor of Academy Center), Exeter wildlife including fox, coyote, fisher, mink, and more! We’ll look Tamed, a book by Anne Elizabeth O’Regan, is an intimate for and learn how to identify various tracks and sign of wildlife. portrayal of one woman’s journey through a myriad of internal Langley-Kennard Snowshoe Tour and external landscapes while backpacking alone in the Saturday, March 3 · 9–11am · Lee wilderness. Join her at PEA, as she talks about leaving city life behind and venturing into realms of the deep unknown on the Explore this newly acquired SELT property on snowshoes! On 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail. this trip we will get to see the Oyster River in all it’s glory and learn about the history of the property. With any luck we’ll get a Winter Solstice Bonfire peek at some of the wildlife that calls this special place home. Saturday, December 16, 3–6pm · Burley Farms, 245 North River Road, Epping SAVE THE DATE! Come celebrate the Winter Solstice at Burley Farms! Warm up with hot cocoa by the bonfire, meet other SELTies, bring the kids for stories, and brighten up the winter sky at this iconic SELT property. Tree Identification Walk Saturday, February 10 · 9–11am · Burley Farms, Wild & Scenic Film Festival 245 North River Road, Epping hosted by SELT for its 8th year! Friday, April 20, 2018 · 7pm · The Music Hall What’s that plant? Bundle up for a winter tree and shrub Historic Theater, Portsmouth identification workshop at Burley Farms. This workshop is for all knowledge and skill levels. We’ll learn all about buds, Tickets will be on sale in February. This show has sold out branching, and bark as well as site, form, and ecology to help the past 3 years in a row! with woody plant identification during our leafless season. 6 Board & Staff

Farms in Transition continued from page 1 Board Members northeast to the Cocheco River. The house sits on the crest of the land, with hayfields Samuel Reid President, Dover and pastures gently sloping away on each side. After retiring, Hills bought this place Ann Welsh Vice President, Durham in 2013 and is thoughtfully rejuvenating the land. He has built two barns by himself— Ann Smith Treasurer, Kensington one for the cows and one for equipment—and, using cow manure and wood ash, he’s making the fields more fertile for hay and grazing. Like Hills, the cows are gentle and Joan Pratt Secretary, Exeter friendly. He plans to grow this small herd to provide fresh milk to local cheese makers Roger Stephenson Immediate Past President, and other dairy artisans. Stratham “I want to see this land stay as a farm for future generations and not be developed,” Terry Coyle Portsmouth says Hills, who is working with SELT and the Farmington Conservation Commission Bill Campbell Exeter to place a conservation easement on his farm. Thomas Chamberlin New Castle Steve Harriman is the Dan Clapp Madbury fourth generation of his David Kirkpatrick Portsmouth family to work the 205-acre Scott Marion Rye Bedard Farm along Route 108 Linda McGivern Rollinsford in Durham. When Harriman’s Robin Najar Portsmouth great aunt and uncle passed Laurie Smith Dover away, the farm was left to Emma Tutein Madbury 13 heirs, a complexity that Dan Wyand Portsmouth took a few years to sort out. Rob Wofchuck Brentwood Fortunately, all the heirs wanted the farm to stay in Staff the family and supported Zoe Aldag Development and Outreach Steve’s desire to resume Coordinator active farming. The 1914 Isabel Aley Development and stone farmhouse sits atop a Harriman Farm. PHOTO BY JERRY MONKMAN Communications Manager knoll at the end of a long, Phil Auger Land Manager gravel driveway that bisects the hayfield, and commands a sweeping view of the fields Dani Christopher Conservation Easement and sunsets. In addition to raising chickens—a large friendly flock greets any visitor— Steward Harriman plans to continue haying the fields and raise Belted Galloway beef cows Deborah Goard Easement Stewardship on pasture. As part of a large block of conserved land that extends out to Great Bay, Director Harriman likes that the farm is home to wildlife too. A conservation easement with Brian Hart Executive Director SELT will help Harriman feel more secure about long-term investments in the farm. Duane Hyde Land Conservation Director “I would like to create a setting where the public can visit the farm, where kids can see Jeremy Lougee Conservation Project Manager the animals,” says Harriman. Kate MacKenzie Development Specialist “Successful farms need markets for their Your SELT membership Bev Shadley Deputy Director products, farmers to work the land, and access dollars support our ability David Viale Conservation Project Manager to affordable, productive farmland,” says Jeremy to work with farmers like Lougee, Conservation Project Manager at SELT. Edie, Forrest, Bob, and Questions, Comments, Concerns? To contact SELT, please call 603-778-6088 “Our role is to secure the land and ensure that Steve to help advance it remains productive for future generations.” or email [email protected]. farmland conservation for Many SELT partners help these farms thrive. 6 Center St., PO Box 675, Exeter, NH 03833 the future of our special Seacoast Eat Local supports year-round farmer’s Website: www.seltnh.org markets, connecting farmers and customers. region. We are proud to be SELT VIEWS is published periodically and is the doing this work – Thank newsletter of the Southeast Land Trust of New UNH Cooperative Extension, Conservation Hampshire. Edited by Isabel Aley and Brian Hart. Districts, Natural Resources Conservation you for making it possible. Printed on recycled paper. Service, Farm Bureau, and Land for Good The Internal Revenue Service continues to recognize mentor farmers and guide them in land use and business planning. the Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire as a The farmers’ hard work and their willingness to conserve their land benefits their 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, Tax ID number 02-0355374. Contributions are tax-deductible. communities in other ways too. Each of these farms safeguards the water quality of streams, wetlands, and groundwater that lies on or under their farmland—a value that extends well beyond their boundaries. Barker’s Farm links to the Gordon Barker Town Forest and other conserved lands at Stratham Hill Park, which together host 10 miles of popular public trails for hiking, running, and mountain biking. Barker’s Farm is such an important part of the community that the 2017 Stratham Town Meeting voted unanimously to contribute $400,000 toward the conservation easement. Farmers cherish their farms and their connection to community as summed up by Edie Barker: “Providing our incredibly supportive community of Stratham and surrounding towns with healthy food is why we farm.” 7 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #182 MANCHESTER, NH

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