• Patty Blake of Francestown Joins PLC Board

    May 2026 — PLC is pleased to announce that Patty Blake of Francestown has joined the PLC Board of Trustees.  She was elected by the  current board to fill an open seat from now through our annual business meeting this fall.  Since retiring from a 39-year banking career in 2023, Patty has taken on the

  • Read our 2025 Annual Meeting Reports

    November 2025 – PLC members gathered on November 1st at historic Deering Town Hall to elect new trustees and hear reports on our recent achievements and current finances.  Click the links below to read our latest reports: President’s Report on Fiscal Year 2025 Audited Financial Statement FY25 Trustees Elected at 2025 Annual Meeting

  • Terry Knowles Joins PLC Board

    December 2024 – We are very pleased to announce that Terry Knowles of Weare has joined the PLC board of Trustees.  Terry is a longtime member of PLC and is an easement landowner.  She is also well known to the state’s nonprofit community.  Terry held the position of Assistant Director of Charitable Trusts at the

  • Land Conservation Is For the Birds

    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.

  • PLC Welcomes New Board Members

    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 when he rode the Rose Mountain Rumble,  which introduced him to PLC’s mission and stewardship. 

  • PLC Earns Renewed Accreditation

    The Piscataquog Land Conservancy is pleased to announce that our status as a nationally Accredited Land Trust has been renewed for another five years. Over the course of 2022 PLC provided extensive documentation to the Land Trust Accreditation Commission and was subject to a comprehensive third-party evaluation.

  • From My Corner: Human Nature

    By Chris Wells – PLC President and Executive Director I recently had a spirited conversation with someone about why PLC protects land (it’s a favorite part of the job).  As we talked, I realized our exchange echoed a fundamental debate that has shaped the American conservation movement for nearly 150 years:  are we conserving land

  • 2020 Annual Meeting Recap

    The Piscataquog Land Conservancy held its 50th Annual Meeting as an online event on October 24th. PLC members learned about the organization’s accomplishments over the past year, which included the protection of three new properties totaling 740 acres, the successful merger with the Bedford Land Trust, and numerous projects that made our lands more welcoming to the public. The meeting was rounded out with a special video celebrating PLC’s fifty years of protecting land and water in southern New Hampshire. The video and a full 2020 “Year in Review" presentation by PLC President Chris Wells can be viewed by clicking "Read More" below.