Request for Public Meeting on Septic Issues and Proposed New and Expanded Parking Lots
Friends of Mount Sunapee(FOMS) writes to inform you of the latest developments regarding the Newbury Conservation Commission(NCC) efforts to have…
Category: advocacy
The Environmental Hour explores Mount Sunapee’s rare old forest
The Environmental Hour on Portsmouth, New Hampshire, community radio WSCA 106.1 FM recently explored the exemplary and old forest in…
Old-Growth Forest Network founder speaks for forest
Voices & Views shares an inspiring article. The Esperanza Project interviewed Joan Maloof, founder of the Old-Growth Forest Network: “What…
Let the forests speak through you
Voices & Views: Let the forests speak through you. The photos and sentiment are courtesy of a Friends of Mount…
PBS Brief But Spectacular take on environmental literacy and old growth
Check out this Brief But Spectacular take aired on PBS. Naturalist John Bates speaks about the purpose of his…
New NH rule, if made permanent, will put endangered species at risk
Environmental organizations in New Hampshire “say a new state rule, which has support from the construction industry and could become…
Eagle Times: Sunapee group seeks protection of old growth
The Friends of Mount Sunapee continues its work on conservation, natural resource protection, education, and advocacy. Our current focus includes…
Councilors want more info on Mt. Sunapee lease amendments – audio 10.17.2018
Here is the audio of the Executive Council discussion on Oct. 17, 2018, about Mount Sunapee and the proposed lease…
DNCR to announce Mount Sunapee lease decision at Sept. 26 meeting
Special Alert: Mount Sunapee State Park Public Information Session – Wednesday, September 26 (6 pm) at Mount Sunapee State Park…
Documents involving Sunapee ski lease sale to Och-Ziff
The Friends of Mount Sunapee continues to gather and make available via its website information about the sale of the…
State wants public meeting on sale of Mount Sunapee ski area lease
After bribery schemes in Africa led the U.S. government to fine the new operator of Mount Sunapee Resort $412 million…
Is a ‘Timber Ripper’ coming to Mount Sunapee?
A Disney style amusement ride — a mountain coaster, which Okemo calls its “Timber Ripper” in Vermont — maybe coming…
How do you describe Mount Sunapee’s rare old forest?
Q. – The manager of Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort has repeatedly stated that there is no old growth in the proposed…
Herbert Welsh: Protect Mount Sunapee for All People
Herbert Welsh: “Save Mount Sunapee for all people to all time!” Herbert Welsh (1851-1941) was a political reformist, an artist,…
Sunapee plan for state park is “unprecedented in NH” – FOMS ENews Jan. 2015
Friends of Mount Sunapee E-News, January 9, 2015 Dear Friends, Read the Concord Monitor Editorial against the Sunapee Expansion! Their…
Help protect the Summit Hiking Trail on Mount Sunapee
“The proposed ‘West Bowl’ expansion will fatally compromise the Summit Trail,” says Steve Russell, Newbury. “The trail as it now…
A forest treasure by Christopher Kane
This week conservation ecologist Christopher Kane passionately spoke out about protecting the old-growth forest on Mount Sunapee in a letter…
Family of Herbert Welsh Asks to Stop Advertising with their Legacy
Descendants of Herbert Welsh, the father of land conservation on Mount Sunapee, responded to the use of the “Welsh family…