Piscataquog Land Conservancy Applies for Renewal of Accreditation The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. Piscataquog Land Conservancy is pleased to announce it is … Read More
On Sunday, January 16th PLC partnered with the Brookline, NH Conservation Commission and UNH Extension to host a Winter Tree and Shrub ID Event at Hobart-Fessenden Woods in Brookline, NH – and winter it was! Morning temperatures clocked in at … Read More
Year-end giving season is almost here. The selflessness of donating to charity can feel amazing, knowing that you are making the world a better place. Handled strategically, philanthropic giving can also result in meaningful tax savings. Whether you want to donate cash or property worth $300, $3,000, or $3 million to your favorite charity (like Piscataquog Land Conservancy), there are opportunities that are expiring at the end of 2021 — and time is running out!… Read More
By John McCausland
The dean of the seminary I attended (I’m an Episcopal priest) had a saying: “these things don’t just happen.” He’d pronounce it at every event, the prelude to a long recitation of thank you’s for all the work behind the scenes that made the event possible. I thought of the dean’s saying when I was asked to write about my years of involvement with the Piscataquog Land Conservancy. I first learned of what was then the Piscataquog Watershed Association, or PWA, in 1997. My wife and I had just moved to Weare from Chicago and we wanted to learn about our new community, especially the woods, old farms, rivers and mountains that had attracted us to rural New Hampshire.
The Piscataquog Land Conservancy is pleased to announce that we have signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire 205 acres of ecologically-rich forest and pristine wetlands bordering our Ferrin Pond Preserve in Weare. Located almost a mile into the woods from the nearest paved road and containing almost 23 acres of wetlands and 4,700 feet of frontage on Barlett Brook, the land is a hidden jewel.