Headwaters Project-I
Headwaters Project-I a Success!
1000 Acres to be Protected in the Piscataquog Region
More than 1000 acres that drain to Cold, Rand, and Brennan Brooks will have been conserved at the culmination of a two and a half year coordinated effort led by the Francestown Land Trust, the Piscataquog Land Conservancy, and the Monadnock Conservancy. Other key participants in the project were a number of landowners, the Francestown, Greenfield, and Lyndeborough Conservation Commissions, and the Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
The 13,000 acres that comprise these watersheds include some of the richest wildlife habitat remaining in southern New Hampshire – encompassing the south side of Crotched Mountain, the north side of Rose Mountain, and portions of Francestown, Greenfield, and Lyndeborough. Data collected by the PLC and St. Anselm College indicate that the three brooks currently have high water quality and support a healthy diversity of aquatic life; the State has identified Rand Brook as a standard by which other cool water streams are evaluated.
The project added approximately 625 acres to the Rand Brook Conservation Area in Greenfield and Francestown and 20 acres near the Crotched Mountain Town Forest. In Lyndeborough one conservation block on Cold Brook was doubled in size to almost 500 acres, and 51 acres were added to a second larger core area.
On September 28 more than 75 supporters and neighbors of the project gathered at the Francestown home of Ben and Kate Taylor and David Taylor and Susie Sargent to celebrate this major accomplishment, explore some of the newly protected acreage, and learn about projects still in progress that will increase conserved land in this specific.
Thank you to all of those who contributed to the success of Headwaters Project-I!
Individual Donors
R. Leonard & Meredeth Allen
American Steel Properties
Tom & Kay Anderson
Abigail Arnold
Diane M. Beland
Carolyn & Randy Benthien
Gerri Bernstein
Charles Boswell
John & Korena Boyle
Herb & Rosa Bromberg
Ron Cheney & Judy Badot
Harriet T. Cope
Michael & Jane Decubellis
Amy & Tim Doherty
Martha & Alfred Eisenberg
Susan Flint
Hilary Graham
Tom Grossman
Carol Hall & David Moffat
Ben & Robin Haubrich
Ellen Hill
Ray James
Sue & David Jonas
Monica & Michael Lehner
Linda Lindgren
Linda May
John & Anne McCausland
Jim Mellowes
Pam Nalefski
Greg & Ellen Neilley
Pat Nelson
H. Randall & Gail Parker
Jeremy & Carolynne Shinn
Holly & Mica Stark
Dan & Karen Taylor
David Taylor
Ben & Kate Taylor
Jeff & Sara Timmons
Mario & Katherine Vannini
Arthur & Roberta Walmsley
Alice & Thomas Weldon
Barry & Lois Wicklow |
Landowners
Pamela Avery
Constance Bicknell
Dennis & Tiffany Calcutt
Monica Derr
Tom Grossman
Roger Hall
Samuel & Louise Kaymen
Tom Lorden
Lyndeborough Land Preservation Society
Harry & Trish Murray
Pam Nalefski
Robert Rogers
Seamans Family Trust
Ben & Kate Taylor
Tim Taylor
Aasta Torsen
Clara Turner
Whittaker/Rice Family
Barry & Lois Wicklow |
Foundations & Municipalities
Cricket Foundation
Davis Foundation
Fields Pond Foundation
Town of Francestown
Arthur Getz Foundation
Town of Greenfield
Samuel P. Hunt Foundation
Landowner Incentive Program/SPNHF
Town of Lyndeborough
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
The Orchard Foundation
Piscataquog Area Trailways
Russell Piscataquog River Watershed Foundation
Verney Foundation
Wharton Trust |
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