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See FOMS 2008 newsletter for:
- "Our Mountain Park Report"
- "What's In a Name?"
- "Easement Protects Judkins Property"
- "FOMS Offers Conservation Awards"
All in the . . . FOMS 2008 Newsletter
Friends
of Mount Sunapee attended this year's Saving Special Places Conference
held at Kearsarge Regional High School in April (2008).
FOMS
Directors Linda Dennis (left) and Brenda Shapiro (right) were on hand
for the conference, set up our exhibit table and took part in workshops.
Presented by the Forest Society’s Center for Land Conservation Assistance, UNH Cooperative Extension and the State of NH Conservation Land
Stewardship Program, the Saving Special Places Conference is the
premier land conservation training, education and networking event in
the state.
See FOMS March 2008 Newsletter for more information.
Photo: Courtesy of the Center for Land Conservation Assistance at the Forest Society.
Followup: Effort to protect 1,095
acres on Mount Sunapee's eastern slope was successful!
Led by the
Forest Society, this land conservation project involved the partnering
of several area organizations including FOMS. In May, 2007, the Forest
Society purchased conservation easements
on two parcels--845 acres in Newbury and 250 acres in Goshen--that
guarantee that the properties will be permanently protected with public
recreational access assured.
“Local ownership is important,” observed Jolyon Johnson,
president of Friends of Mount Sunapee. “This protects not only the
natural resources of the area, but assures continued public use of
trails like the Andrew Brook Trail.”
“Everyone understood that the 1,100 acres was a priority to
the Sunapee region,” said Debbie Stanley, executive director of the
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust. “The complexity of this project
required pooling fundraising sources among multiple partners.”
In addition to ASLPT and the Town of Newbury, those partners
included the Friends of Mount Sunapee, Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Club, Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition, the Town of Goshen, Lake
Sunapee Protective Association, Rural Heritage Connection of Bradford
and North Woodlands, LLC. |
