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Forester Inge Seaboyer's creative vision can be seen in the timber harvests she plans and on the canvas she paints and draws on. The Cardigan Highlands Forest Legacy Project crosses the finish line, with 5,100 acres conserved north of Newfound Lake. 10 Stories in Stone and Steel 24 PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE New Hampshire’s woods hide an open-air museum of what Updates on Northern Pass, the Kinder Morgan gas line proposal, was left behind. and legislation aimed at creating a statewide energy plan 16 Wild Blues Yonder 27 WOODS WISE Hiking to a great view and finding ripe blueberries makes Patience doesn’t necessarily come naturally to a forester. for a New Hampshire summer two-fer. 28 NATURE’S VIEW How to read a cellar hole. 32 PROJECTS IN PROGRESS A chance to expand our High Watch Preserve in Effingham. SUMMER HIKE: BLUEBERRIES AND VIEWS Forest Notes NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CONSERVATION MAGAZINE our th annual meeting det ails on p.18 e rt On our cover: o estr SUMMER 2015 “Basking Painted Turtle”(watercolor with pen and ink) by Inge Seaboyer—see story page 4. forestsociety.org THE FORESTER’S PRISM A National Conversation CHAIR t the latest meeting of the Land is gradually seeping William Webb, Holderness Trust Alliance’s National Leadership further inland. Fortu - VICE CHAIR Council we visited two properties nately, these are not Bill Tucker, Goffstown A SECRETARY owned by our host, the Land Trust of Santa stewardship issues Deanna Howard, Etna Cruz County. One was a second growth red - that the Forest Society TREASURER wood forest, cut over 100 years ago to re-build shares with our west - Bill McCarten , Lancaster PRESIDENT/FORESTER San Francisco after the great earthquake and ern counterparts. Jane A. Difley, Webster fire. Redwoods sprout from the roots in a We have our own BOARD OF TRUSTEES crown around the original stump, but unlike stewardship challenges in the East but, like Charlie Bridges, New Durham Malin Clyde, Durham similar (coppice) regrowth here in the North - our western counterparts, we recognize Margo Connors, Sugar Hill Stephen Froling , Hancock east, these trees are very tall (taller than the that our ability to steward our conserved Pamela Hall , Portsmouth towers proposed by Northern Pass) and of lands depends on our ability to engage the Karl Heafield , New Boston Andy Lietz, Rye great girth. There is something spiritual communities in which we work. Just as Jack Middleton, Freedom Rebecca Oreskes, Milan about walking among them. each Forest Reservation is different, each Barbara Russell, New Boston When among my land trust colleagues, community has different expectations. Lorin Rydstrom, Hollis Andrew Smith, Littleton I am often asked to share our experience Gathering to share our experience is as William H. Smith, Center Harbor with the successful combination of conser - valuable as it is interesting. Nationally, we STAFF vation and sustainable forest management. are all working to engage stakeholders, EXECUTIVE Jane A. Difley, president/forester The Santa Cruz Land Trust has devoted often making our lands more meaningful Maria Stewart, executive assistant considerable effort to engage their con - to the communities around them as a way FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION Rebecca Darman, receptionist stituents before harvesting in a county to ensure support for stewardship excel - Michelle Morse, human resources specialist where forestry is not universally accepted. lence and our overall conservation mission. Amy Nichols, finance specialist Tina Ripley, administrative assistant On another Santa Cruz Land Trust prop - Denise Vaillancourt, vice president of finance erty, leased to the Driscoll’s berry company, MEMBERSHIP/DEVELOPMENT Linda Dammann, development assistant we saw acres of strawberries and learned Heidi DeWitt, data processor of the challenges faced by farmers in Diane Forbes, senior director for development Susanne Kibler-Hacker, vice president of development the California drought. The Land Trust Allan Krygeris, senior technology specialist Sara Krzyzaniak, data processor is working with other farmers to find ways Margaret Liszka, director of membership to make their water use more efficient and Jane Difley is the president/forester of the Society Ann McCoy, development specialist Martha Twombly , capital campaign specialist to stave off the encroaching salt water that for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. COMMUNICATIONS/OUTREACH PROGRAMS David Anderson, director of education and volunteers Brenda Charpentier, communications manager Eliza Cowie, intern Carrie Deegan, land steward program specialist Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Jack Savage, vice president of communications/outreach A non-profit membership organization founded in 1901 to protect the state’s most important landscapes and promote wise use of its renewable natural resources. Basic annual membership fee is $40 and POLICY/RESERVATION STEWARDSHIP Will Abbott, vice president of policy/reservation stewardship includes a subscription to Forest Notes . Frank Allen, building and grounds assistant Executive Editor: Jack Savage Clare Brown, volunteer coordinator Editor: Brenda Charpentier Daniel Butson , Christmas tree farm manager Rita Carroll , reservation stewardship and policy coordinator Design & Production: The Secret Agency George Frame , senior director of forestry Printing: TDS Printing field forester Steven Junkin , Forest Notes is published four times a year and printed on elemental chlorine-free Sappi Flo paper with Matt Leahy , public policy manager Nigel Manley, director of North Country property 10 percent post-consumer recycled content. Sappi Flo is made from pulp purchased from suppliers Carleen Quinn , retail and events manager who document sound environmental practices and sustainable forest management. Gabe Roxby , field forester Permission is required for reproduction of any part of this magazine. Jason Teaster, property manager Wendy Weisiger, lead forester Copyright 2015 SPNHF. US ISSN: 0015 7457. LAND PROTECTION 54 Portsmouth Street, Concord, NH 03301 | Phone: (603) 224-9945 | Fax: (603) 228-0423 Joslin Bennett, easement steward E-mail: [email protected] | Internet: www.forestsociety.org Reagan Bissonnette, director of easement stewardship The Forest Society proudly supports the following organizations: Paul Gagnon, easement steward Leah Hart, easement steward Brian Hotz, vice president of land conservation Tom Howe, senior director of land conservation Lauren Kras, easement steward Cosponsor Underwriter Member Karen Rose, land protection department administrator Ryan Young, strategic projects manager THE WOODPILE—NEWS NOT SO NEATLY STACKED Field Trip Hikers Get to Know Proposed Addition to Moose Mountains Reservation On a beautiful day in late May, members The Forest Society is working with the and friends enjoyed exploring the 150-acre Moose Mountains Regional Greenways to property the Forest Society is working to raise funds to buy the property. Grants from . x acquire and add to the Moose Mountains the Land and Community Heritage Invest - o c l i Forest Reservation in Middleton. The group ment Program (LCHIP) and the Adelard A. W e t hiked the woods road on the property, and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation got the proj - a K y stopping to learn about vernal pools, the ect rolling, and now we are working to raise b o t upland wildlife that live here, forest ecology the additional $174,000 needed to secure o h and the significance of conserving large, the property. You can find out more about P Hikers enjoy a view from the Forest Society’s Moose unfragmented blocks of land. this project at www.forestsociety.org . Mountains Forest Reservation. Volunteers Caring for the Land Left: Jake Bronnenberg talks about safe felling at a Chainsaw Safety & Maintenance Workshop. Middle: Land Steward Len Martin paints trail blazes at Bockes Memorial Forest in Londonderry. Right: A volunteer from Hypertherm, Inc removes dumped tires from the woods at Grafton Pond . Summer