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May 13, 2008 - Tuesday

• Mount Sunapee Ski Area Advisory Committee Meeting - 3 PM at Newbury Town Hall, Route 103, Newbury, NH.  The committee will review the Mount Sunapee Resort’s Operating Plan for 2008.  Mount Sunapee Resort will give the committee an update on the recent winter season and any other news.  For more information, visit: NH DRED - Division of Parks & Recreation.

For the proposed Annual Operating Plan, visit FOMS Library.

May 17, 2008 - Saturday

• Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition Trailwork on the uphill Proctor side of Ragged Mountain, mainly lopper work/brush clearing.  For more information & to volunteer, email Gerry at geecubed@yahoo.com.

May 23, 2008 - Friday

• NH State Park System Advisory Council Meeting - 9 AM at NH Charitable Foundation, 37 Pleasant Street, Concord. Meeting notices and final minutes are posted on the State Park website.

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SRKG Updated Trail Guide Now Available

The Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition’s new and improved Trail Guide is now available. The Guidebook has the same look and feel of the first edition, but has been reedited to make it more accurate and easier to use by hikers enjoying the “Emerald Necklace,” the 75-miles of trails that cross Sunapee, Ragged and Kearsarge Mountains.

Guidebooks ($10) are available at: Village Sports and Morgan Hill Bookstore, New London; Main Street BookEnds, Warner; Dartmouth Bookstore, Hanover; Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, Vt.; Gibson’s Bookstore, Concord; the Toadstool bookstores in Milford and Peterborough; and directly from the SRKG by contacting Iain Gilmour, 603-927-4053. Additionally, purchases can be made at participating local libraries and from SRKG directors and hike leaders.

The Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition is a non-profit volunteer organization that promotes hiking and land conservation amid the rugged beauty of these three major mountains. Its 75 miles of trails, incorporating 14 separate hikes through 10 towns, are open to all. For information, visit the website at www.srkg.com, or write: Sunapee- Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition, PO Box 1684, New London, NH 03257-1684.

Read FOMS March 2008 Newsletter for more about the guidebook. 
Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 May 2008 07:02 )
 
Pisgah Wilderness Historic Sites Survey

Historic Sites Survey of the Pisgah Wilderness: Revisiting the Broad Brook Community

Dowload Pisgah Wilderness Historic Sites Survey News Release, 2008 (200 Kb)

For the first time, the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources’ State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program (SCRAP) is offering a two- week archaeological field school in Historical Archaeology.  The program will be in coordination with Antioch University and under the direction of the Division’s Historical Archaeologists Edna Feighner and Tanya Kress.  This is the first of many State Park surveys that the DHR will facilitate in partnership with other State agencies and organizations.

Participants will survey, locate and map the Broad Brook Community (1840-1920s), originally identified in 1983 through an archaeological field school conducted through Keene State College. The area is considered important in local history because of early lumbering activities that took place there; it was also the site of the Broad Brook Steam Lumber Mills. Previously unexplored areas, from Fullam Pond to Hardscrabble (later named Nash City, settled in the 1780s), will also be assessed.

Who should participate?
Community members, students, teachers and visitors to the region who are interested in exploring New Hampshire’s rich history are encouraged to enroll in this hands-on field school.   

Why enroll?
Participants will learn how to locate, document, and create state-level recordation of the existing cellar holes, dams, mills and other associated features that indicate a community’s presence.  They will also be instructed on preparing archaeological site forms.  The specific objective for this field school is to encourage participants to explore the rich history of New Hampshire and appreciate that the past bears an important relationship to its environment and natural resources.    
 
Where:
13,000-acre Pisgah State Park is located in the southwestern corner of New Hampshire. It incorporates portions of the towns of Winchester, Hinsdale and Chesterfield.      
 
When:
Two 1-week sessions: July 28–August 1, 2008 and August 4-8, 2008.  Each day runs from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. with several lectures and workshops.
 
Fee:
There is no required cost for participation! However, a donation of $25 is recommended to defray expense.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 29 April 2008 16:12 )
 
John Muir

April 21 was the 170th anniversary of John Muir's birth.  As we celebrate Earth Day, April 22, and enjoy these gorgeous days of spring, we're reminded of Muir's legacy. 

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life." - John Muir

http://sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/

Please send us your favorite quotes to add to our library.  

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 April 2008 16:42 )
 


Stewardship of Mount Sunapee

In 1910, the first campaign to protect land on Mount Sunapee began with Herbert Welsh and Philip Ayres of the newly formed Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. By 1934, parcel-by-parcel in an on-going effort, the Forest Society secured over 1100 acres on Mount Sunapee. In 1948, this land was central to the formation of Mount Sunapee State Park, now encompassing 2900 acres—spectacular, publicly owned land, forested highlands to sandy beach front.

Yes, with the passage of time, change has come to the mountain and to the park and the ski area within. Yet, Mount Sunapee’s heritage endures.  As it was long ago, as Welsh and Ayres demonstrated, environmental stewardship requires public awareness, education and action to protect our special places and natural resources.

The Friends of Mount Sunapee advocate and educate to protect Mount Sunapee and the open spaces within and beyond its border.

Join us today!  Please print and mail.
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