PLC is working to protect an undeveloped 250-acre property that would complete the protection of New Boston’s Great Meadow, a 160-acre open water wetland that has been a preservation priority for PLC and the town since the 1980s.   … Read More

Over the course of 2023, the Piscataquog Land Conservancy developed a new land conservation plan for our 26-town service area. PLC’s new plan integrates this most-current natural resource and climate related data.… Read More

Before dawn on a recent morning — which also happened to be the first day of spring — I stepped out my back door, coffee in hand, and listened.  After months of winter silence, I was greeted by a small symphony of birdsong.… Read More

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our volunteer monitors, PLC’s 2023 property monitoring was completed right on schedule! Eighty-six monitors spent over 430 hours monitoring all 134 of our properties. Annual monitoring is an essential part of the … Read More

As 2024 gets under way, the Piscataquog Land Conservancy is thrilled to welcome two new members to our Board of Trustees: Andrew Eills of Amherst and Betsy Holmes of Deering. Andrew’s involvement with the Piscataquog Land Conservancy began in 2018 … Read More

In our final project closing of 2023, on December 22nd accepted the donation of seventy-one acres on the eastern slopes of Temple Mountain.  The forested property is located just off Route 101, and directly abuts Temple Mountain State Reservation.  After the closing, landowner … Read More

The Piscataquog Land Conservancy is thrilled to announce the completion of our eighteen-month campaign to conserve Clarkridge Farm, a historic hilltop farm located along the General John Stark Scenic Byway (Rt. 13) in Goffstown.  Sixty-nine acres of the farm are … Read More

In late September, PLC received a generous gift of land that adds twelve acres to our Florence M. Tarr Wildlife Sanctuary in Goffstown.  Landowner John Shirley had inherited the property from his late parents.  After some deliberation with his brother, … Read More

On July 14th 2023 the Piscataquog Land Conservancy completed the acquisition of a key 22-acre property on the slopes of Rose Mountain in Lyndeborough.  The new land increases the size of our Rose Mountain Preserve to 211 acres and secures … Read More

This year was one of growth, program development, and (lots) of trail improvement projects! Bridge at Blackbriar Woods Preserve in Goffstown In April and May, members of the Stewardship Committee and Dan Ewald repaired a bridge and completed drainage work … Read More