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NEXT STEPS FOR BURYING N. PASS Forest Notes NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CONSERVATION MAGAZINE Special photo issue A farm grows by conserving AUTUMN 2015 forestsociety.org Locate Your Organization Here Convenient access to the water & Portsmouth Harbor The Historic Creek Farm e ForestFFororest SSocietyociettyy is lookinglooking forfor a partnerpartner with similar sstewardshiptewarddshipship interinterestseestssts to lease the buildings and 35-a35-acrecre ccoastaloastal prpropertyoperty at CrCreekeek FFarmarm in PPortsmouth.ortsmouth. AvailableAvailable in 2017 – SuitableSuittabable forfor nonprotnnonprot organizationsorgganizanizations or institinstitutionsutionsu – HHistHistoric,isttororic, 19,460 sqsq.. ft. cottcottagetagaggee with 2-st2-storytorororyy utilitutilitytyy buildingbuildiing and garageggararragage – 1,125 ffeeteet off frfrontageonttagaggee on SSagamoreaggamoramorree CrCreekreekeeeek – DoDockck and aaccessccesscess ttoo PPorPortsmouthortsmouth HHarbHarborarbor Historic, 19,460 sq. ft. cottage with 2-story utility building and garage Contact Jane James 115050 MirMironaona Rd PPortsmouth,ortsmouth, NH 03801 CelCell:ll:l: (603) 817-0649 [email protected]@marpleleejames.comjames.com TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTUMN 2015, N o. 284 4 23 30 DEPARTMENTS 2 THE FORESTER’S PRISM 3 THE WOODPILE 14 IN THE FIELD Fall is tree-tagging season at The Rocks Estate. FEATURE 16 CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORIES 4 Winning Shots How a conservation easement is protecting working forests while A photo essay featuring the winners of the First Annual providing capital that will help the last dairy farm in Temple, N.H. Forest Notes Photo Contest. keep growing. A landowner in Wilton with roots going back to the town’s first settlers donates a conservation easement on his hilltop farm. 23 WOODS WISE Most of our reservations aren’t well-known recreation destinations, and that can be a good thing. 24 PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE The draft Environmental Impact Statement for Northern Pass: What’s in it, what’s not in it, and what should be in it. Protective policies should guide Nash Stream Forest when considering ATV trails. NEXT STEPS FOR BURYING N. PASS Forest Notes 30 NATURE’S VIEW NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CONSERVATION MAGAZINE Like birds, we migrate to a different climate in the fall… when we head for the beach. Special photo issue On our cover: A farm grows by conserving In Sandwich, Kusumpe Pond and a solo canoe look inviting in one of our photo contest’s 32 PROJECTS IN PROGRESS winning photos by Daniel Heyduk, a volunteer A chance to create a new, recreation-oriented Forest Society AUTUMN 2015 land steward for the Coolidge Tree Farm (and the reservation near the Seacoast! builder of the canoe.) forestsociety.org THE FORESTER’S PRISM CHAIR William Webb, Holderness VICE CHAIR Bill Tucker, Goffstown SECRETARY Deanna Howard, Etna TREASURER Bill McCarten , Lancaster See the winning photos from our PRESIDENT/FORESTER first annual contest on page 4. Jane A. Difley, Webster Welcome! BOARD OF TRUSTEES Charlie Bridges, New Durham Malin Clyde, Durham f a picture is worth a thousand words, of fishable streams and Margo Connors, Sugar Hill Stephen Froling , Hancock then the photos from our contest that ponds, lots of scenic Pamela Hall , Portsmouth are featured in this issue of Forest Notes vistas, and over 53,000 Karl Heafield , New Boston I Andy Lietz, Rye are worth a travelogue of our reservations. acres to wander, believe Jack Middleton, Freedom me, we’ve got a place Rebecca Oreskes, Milan Many of the pictures by our members and Barbara Russell, New Boston friends were taken on the floodplain at the for you! Lorin Rydstrom, Hollis Andrew Smith, Littleton Conservation Center, but they all explore The contest partici - William H. Smith, Center Harbor the diversity, beauty and outdoor opportu - pants captured the STAFF nities Forest Society lands offer to members essence of the special EXECUTIVE Jane A. Difley, president/forester and other visitors. As George Frame, our places that the Forest Society protects. Maria Stewart, executive assistant director of forestry, writes on our website: There are 178 possibilities at this writing FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION Rebecca Darman, receptionist Whether you are seeking some solitude on a with more added every year. Have you Michelle Morse, human resources specialist quiet woodland walk or you want to really walked in our woods and fields lately? Amy Nichols, finance specialist Tina Ripley, administrative assistant stretch your legs over the rocks and freshets I invite you to explore the possibilities on Denise Vaillancourt, vice president of finance found on a steep mountainside, we’ve got a our website’s Reservations Guide and then MEMBERSHIP/DEVELOPMENT Linda Dammann, development assistant place for you. If you want to gather a few wild go out and enjoy them!. Heidi DeWitt, data processor mushrooms, or explore an old farm site with Diane Forbes, senior director for development Susanne Kibler-Hacker, vice president of development stonewalls and foundations, orchards and Allan Krygeris, senior technology specialist Sara Krzyzaniak, data processor fields, we've got a place for you. If you want to Margaret Liszka, director of membership hide or find a geocache, take stunning scenic or Ann McCoy, development specialist Martha Twombly , capital campaign specialist nature photos, put your field glasses on hawks, COMMUNICATIONS/OUTREACH PROGRAMS geese, turkeys or songbirds, we’ve got a place Jane Difley is the president/forester of the Society David Anderson, director of education and volunteers Brenda Charpentier, communications manager for you. With nearly 400 miles of trail, dozens for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Carrie Deegan, land steward program specialist Jack Savage, vice president of communications/outreach POLICY/RESERVATION STEWARDSHIP Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Will Abbott, vice president of policy/reservation stewardship A non-profit membership organization founded in 1901 to protect the state’s most important landscapes Frank Allen, building and grounds assistant Clare Brown, volunteer coordinator and promote wise use of its renewable natural resources. Basic annual membership fee is $40 and Rita Carroll , reservation stewardship and policy coordinator includes a subscription to Forest Notes . George Frame , senior director of forestry Executive Editor: Jack Savage Steven Junkin , field forester Editor: Brenda Charpentier Matt Leahy , public policy manager Nigel Manley, director of North Country property Design & Production: The Secret Agency Carleen Quinn , retail and events manager Printing: TDS Printing Gabe Roxby , field forester Jason Teaster, property manager Forest Notes is published four times a year and printed on elemental chlorine-free Sappi Flo paper with Wendy Weisiger, lead forester 10 percent post-consumer recycled content. Sappi Flo is made from pulp purchased from suppliers who document sound environmental practices and sustainable forest management. LAND PROTECTION Reagan Bissonnette, director of easement stewardship Permission is required for reproduction of any part of this magazine. Connie Colton, administrative assistant Copyright 2015 SPNHF. US ISSN: 0015 7457. April Costa, easement steward Paul Gagnon, easement steward 54 Portsmouth Street, Concord, NH 03301 | Phone: (603) 224-9945 | Fax: (603) 228-0423 Leah Hart, easement steward E-mail: [email protected] | Internet: www.forestsociety.org vice president of land conservation Brian Hotz, The Forest Society proudly supports the following organizations: Tom Howe, senior director of land conservation Lauren Kras, easement steward Karen Rose, land protection department administrator Ryan Young, strategic projects manager Cosponsor Underwriter Member THE WOODPILE—NEWS NOT SO NEATLY STACKED Extraordinary Volunteers Improve Monadnock Trails This year’s Monadnock Trails Week was a huge success with 72 participants working over five days in July to fix and maintain trails on Mt. Monadnock. Great volunteers made the event very effective. “We reset or replaced more than 20 timber checksteps and/or waterbars on the White Dot Trail, added 15 steps to a stone staircase on the Pumpelly Trail, constructed a new timber ladder on Cliff Walk, re-decked two bridges on Ravine Trail, and installed three checksteps on the Birchtoft Trail, as well as other smaller projects,” said Carrie Deegan, the Forest Society’s Land Steward Program coordinator. The annual event is a Forest Society/N.H. State Parks partnership now in its 10th year. NCTA President Blake Rafeld, right, presents Volunteers haul a felled tree that will be used the Iron Horse Award to Nigel Manley, director for erosion control. Photo by Eliza Cowie. of the Forest Society’s Rocks Estate . Rocks Director Wins National Awards Nigel Manley, director of the Rocks Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem, received awards from The National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) and the Christmas Spirit Foundation (CSF) at the tree associa - tion’s biennial gathering in Spring Grove, Ill., recently. The NCTA presented Nigel with its Iron Horse Award, which honors an NCTA How That Vintage Farm Equipment Really Worked director who has gone above and beyond in Two of the captions for the story “Open-Air Museums of N.H. History” from the service to the association, while the CSF summer issue of Forest Notes contained errors. We thank the readers who called or emailed gave him its Outstanding Service Award. to tell us how the old farm equipment in our photos really worked. The Christmas Spirit Foundation