One hundred years ago this year, a handful of New Hampshire leaders met one evening in Concord to discuss what could be done to prevent the whole-sale destruction of New Hampshire�s forests. By that time, 80-percent of the state had been clear cut. That night, the group founded a new organization with to two goals: to improve forestry practices, and to conserve forest land.
This year, as �The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests� celebrates its centennial, much of the group�s success can be traced to its ability to hang onto that dual mission. N-H-P-R�s Doug MacPherson reports.
