A Century of NH Land Conservation at the Society for the Protection of NH Forests | Mountain Voices

Revisit the origins of the now- 804,000 acre White Mountain National Forest. During the era of widespread clearcutting of steep slopes in the upper watersheds of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River by the J.E. Henry logging crews. This era includes formation of The Society for the Protection of NH Forests in 1901. Learn about the subsequent political campaign for the passage of the Weeks Act Legislation and how the Forest Society continues a legacy that includes land conservation, advocacy, education, sustainable forest management and stewardship of recreation trails.  Today the Forest Society owns 190 properties totaling 60,000 acres in more than 100 NH communities statewide and holds 750 conservation easements or deed restrictions on an additional 130,000 acres.  Presented by Senior Director of Education, Dave Anderson of the Forest Society.

Dave Anderson PSC ’85 is the Senior Director of Education for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests where he has worked for three decades. He began his career at the Forest Society in 1990. Anderson is responsible for the design and delivery of statewide conservation education programs including field trips, tours, classes and presentations to Forest Society members, conservation partners and general public.

Anderson’s monthly “Forest Journal” column appears in the statewide New Hampshire Sunday News. His quarterly “Nature’s View” columns are long-time regular feature in the Forest Society’s color quarterly magazine,  Forest Notes. Anderson is both writer and co-host of the statewide Friday “Something Wild” feature on the various stations of New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR).

Anderson was 2014 recipient of the prestigious “Fred E. Beane Award” for effective, fair and balanced statewide communications on issues affecting agriculture and forestry in New Hampshire.

Anderson is best known as a working naturalist guiding field trips on Forest Society reservations statewide while teaching about forest ecology, wildlife ecology, forest stewardship and land conservation to introduce both life-long residents and visitors alike to the protection and wise management of New Hampshire forests, farms and open space.

Quote: “The Forest Society plays a duel role as a statewide land trust and forestry organization that owns more than 190 permanent forest reservations totaling more than 58,000 acres and monitors 750 conservation easements on more than 120,000 acres. As practitioners of a practical conservation philosophy, the Forest Society works to promote land stewardship and protection of open space throughout New Hampshire”

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