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Managing Forest Land With Help From Monadnock Conservancy

Deborah Schachter — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Jack Calhoun and his siblings donated the 310-acre Calhoun Family Forest to the Monadnock Conservancy. They wanted the tract to be managed as their parents had managed it -- as a sustainable timber resource, for public use, education and conservation.

Monadnock Conservancy

Deborah Schachter — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:15:28 +0000

The Changing Forest

Dave Anderson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

A recent 10-year update to US Forest Service “Forest Inventory and Analysis” data reveals that New Hampshire now has a slightly higher percentage - 85% of the state now forested. Yet just as our human population is aging – a so-called “Silver Tsunami” – our forests are likewise aging. More than half the timberland in NH - 57% percent - is older than sixty-one years old.

Gaming the Forest

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:02:38 +0000

A new app transforms tree leaves into currency…kind of changes your mind about raking season, eh?

More Than A Woodlot

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:40:42 +0000

A new forestry has taken hold across the northeast.