WHAT LANDOWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S WOOD MARKETS Forest Notes NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CONSERVATION MAGAZINE Gallery of Winning Photos Conservation Success in Deering and Sandwich AUTUMN 2017 forestsociety.org RIVERMEAD . The Mead The Village 150 RiverMead Road Peterborough, NH RIVERMEAD (Coming Soon) A New Adventure... The Villas at Contact us today for an update on our New Villas, or Upcoming Events, and Cottage and Apartment Availability.
[email protected] Call to schedule a personal visit: 1.800.200.5433 RiverMead is a Non-Prot LifeCare Community in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTUMN 2017, No. 292 30 36 DEPARTMENTS 2 THE FORESTER’S PRISM Perpetuating the Ethic 6 5 THE WOODPILE Law Provides Tax Break for Conserving Small Properties. FEATURES 24 PEOPLE MAKING A DIFFERENCE Honoring our Conservationist of the Year. 6 Conservation Gallery 26 IN THE FIELD Winning photos from our 2017 Photo Contest. Upcoming events 16 Today’s Wood Markets 27 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT Markets for low-grade timber are disappearing fast. Meet the 2017 Volunteer of the Year. What does that mean for family forest owners? 28 CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORIES 22 First to Meet the Forest — Skiing enthusiast’s latest conservation easement Reservations Challenge donation protects more trails in Sandwich. — Donations strengthen landscape-scale conservation Hikers share their notes after checking off in the Contoocook Valley. all 33 featured reservations. 30 THE FOREST CLASSROOM All ashore for kids’ camps at the Creek Farm Reservation in Portsmouth. 32 PUBLIC POLICY WHAT LANDOWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S WOOD MARKETS N.H. legislators tell the SEC why Northern Pass’s Forest Notes proposal does not merit approval.