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natural heritage, public policy, recreation

DNCR announces Sunapee lease transfer and amendments

October 12, 2018February 22, 2020

Read FOMS latest Enews The state-owned ski area at Mount Sunapee State Park recently took another significant turn. Commissioner Sarah…

DNCR to announce Mount Sunapee lease decision at Sept. 26 meeting
advocacy, land protection, natural heritage, public policy, recreation

DNCR to announce Mount Sunapee lease decision at Sept. 26 meeting

September 19, 2018February 19, 2020

Special Alert: Mount Sunapee State Park Public Information Session – Wednesday, September 26 (6 pm) at Mount Sunapee State Park…

education, old-growth forest

Film tells of lost ancient forests of New England

August 20, 2018October 14, 2023

Mount Sunapee State Park contains primeval forest, first documented in the Manual of Mount Sunapee in 1915 and rediscovered in…

environment, natural heritage, old-growth forest

‘The primeval forest of Mount Sunapee’

July 30, 2018February 19, 2024

Courtesy of the Eagle Times, July 28, 2018, this article by Steve Russell, president of Friends of Mount Sunapee, reports on…

public policy

AG says sale of lease at Mount Sunapee requires state approval

June 16, 2018February 22, 2024

State officials released a statement Friday afternoon (June 15, 2018) about the ski area at Mount Sunapee State Park. Vail…

advocacy, public policy

Documents involving Sunapee ski lease sale to Och-Ziff

June 23, 2017February 22, 2024

The Friends of Mount Sunapee continues to gather and make available via its website information about the sale of the…

advocacy, public policy

State wants public meeting on sale of Mount Sunapee ski area lease

June 8, 2017February 22, 2024

After bribery schemes in Africa led the U.S. government to fine the new operator of Mount Sunapee Resort $412 million…

how you can help, volunteer

Share your passion and expertise

May 17, 2017February 22, 2020

Share your passion and expertise. FOMS is looking for help with its website and social media. Please contact us for…

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Comm. Rose to announce revised master plan for Mount Sunapee

March 16, 2016February 19, 2020

Commissioner Jeffrey Rose, Department of Resources and Economic Development, is expected to release a revised five year plan for Mount…

hiking, land protection, recreation

Andrew Brook Trailhead Update

February 20, 2016February 22, 2020

Members of the hiking community around Mount Sunapee put their enthusiasm for a popular trail to Lake Solitude to work…

hiking, recreation

Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Supermap is now available

February 6, 2016February 6, 2016

A new Greenway Super Map is now available from the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail Club. Price: $10.00. The full color map…

environment, hiking, land protection, recreation

Forest Society working to buy popular trailhead for Mt. Sunapee hike to Lake Solitude

December 30, 2015February 19, 2020

When the Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests (Forest Society) posted on Facebook a plan to buy a property…

environment

Soar over Mount Sunapee via “To Be A Bird”

December 14, 2015May 10, 2020

Enjoy stunning, soaring views over New Hampshire via “To Be A Bird.”  This video by Kris Roller captures the autumn…

environment, wildlife

2015 NH Wildlife Action Plan provides new data and maps

December 1, 2015February 22, 2020

The NH Wildlife Action Plan has been updated, and there are new data and information now available, including new Wildlife…

environment, exploration, hiking, natural heritage, recreation

SooNipi Magazine: ‘Hiking Mount Sunapee’s Summit Trail’

June 18, 2015February 20, 2021

Enjoy and explore the Summit Trail at Mount Sunapee State Park. The SooNipi Magazine, always a fun and informative read,…

advocacy, environment, public policy, recreation

Is a ‘Timber Ripper’ coming to Mount Sunapee?

April 28, 2015February 19, 2020

A Disney style amusement ride — a mountain coaster, which Okemo calls its “Timber Ripper” in Vermont — maybe coming…

advocacy, environment, natural heritage, old-growth forest, public policy

How do you describe Mount Sunapee’s rare old forest?

February 1, 2015March 3, 2020

Q. – The manager of Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort has repeatedly stated that there is no old growth in the proposed…

advocacy, natural heritage, old-growth forest

Herbert Welsh: Protect Mount Sunapee for All People

January 15, 2015February 15, 2024

Herbert Welsh: “Save Mount Sunapee for all people to all time!” Herbert Welsh (1851-1941) was a political reformist, an artist,…

advocacy, how you can help, public policy

Sunapee plan for state park is “unprecedented in NH” – FOMS ENews Jan. 2015

January 13, 2015August 16, 2020

Friends of Mount Sunapee E-News, January 9, 2015 Dear Friends, Read the Concord Monitor Editorial against the Sunapee Expansion! Their…

advocacy, environment, recreation

Help protect the Summit Hiking Trail on Mount Sunapee

January 9, 2015February 22, 2020

“The proposed ‘West Bowl’ expansion will fatally compromise the Summit Trail,” says Steve Russell, Newbury. “The trail as it now…

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Friends of Mount Sunapee advocates for the permanent protection of Mount Sunapee State Park's old growth forest and exemplary natural community system of which it is a part; thus, preserving the unique character and natural beauty of the rural communities in the mountain's shadow.

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