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

New land protection projects are exciting for PLC and our members, so we share quite a bit of news about the work leading to the completion of a land or conservation easement acquisition. But what happens after the closing date? … Read More

New land protection projects are exciting for PLC and our members, so we share quite a bit of news about the work leading to the completion of a land or conservation easement acquisition. But what happens after the closing date? … 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

For the first time since 2014, PLC had a summer intern! Maddy Smith, who grew up in Lyndeborough and is a Junior at the University of New Hampshire, spent 10 weeks assisting PLC’s Stewardship Coordinator Dan Ewald. Maddy’s primary responsibility … Read More

by PLC Stewardship Intern Maddy Smith Have you ever heard the term Baseline Documentation Report (or BDR)? These documents (despite their pragmatic name) are interesting and essential to PLC’s stewardship practices. Stewardship Intern Maddy Smith has been working with our … Read More

Where are you from?I’ve lived in Lyndeborough, NH my entire life. What are you studying at UNH?I started with a major in Environmental Conservation & Sustainability. I recently added a double major in Political Science. Why did you choose those … Read More

The Alan and Edgar Rice Nature Preserve is home to a PLC treasure – the cascading beauty of Cold Brook and Senter Falls. Getting to the falls means crossing Scataquog Brook, a small tributary that connects to the south branch … Read More

Conservation campaigns tend to feature the big, bold, and breathtaking creatures – moose, bobcat, birds of prey. Their existence represents the sum of land protection efforts – a single bobcat requires five square miles (3,200 acres) of territory to have … Read More

They’ve done it again! As of December 31, 2021 PLC has completed the 2021 conservation easement monitoring season. During the 2021 season, 128 properties were monitored by 84 volunteers, totaling over 500 hours of volunteer work. ⁠A tremendous thank you … Read More