Journal

July 2026 – The Piscataquog Land Conservancy has completed our purchase of 141 acres along the Massachusetts border in Mason as a new forest preserve. The acquisition permanently protects top-ranked wildlife habitat and recreational access to the adjacent 3,000-acre Townsend State Forest in Massachusetts. The land was sold to PLC by Judy and Jerry Anderson,

June 2026 – The Piscataquog Land Conservancy is excited to announce the protection of three forested parcels totaling one hundred and twenty-three acres in in the northwest corner of New Boston and adjacent areas in Weare and Francestown.  The property links existing conservation properties around Dennison Pond to extensive protected areas to the east around

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

April 2026 – Some of you may have heard about the terrible impact a new type of rat poison is having on our local wildlife population.  While all poisons are deadly by definition, the new or “second-generation” rodenticides increasingly being used are really bad news…like DDT-level bad news.  For those who need a refresher, DDT was

May 2026 – New Hampshire has a tendency to call you home. Philip Cody enjoyed his childhood at his family’s property in Weare. He spent his school years in Massachusetts but always came back for the summers and weekends when possible. After marrying and starting a life in Maine, that property in Weare called him

May 2026 – Last June PLC purchased a 295-acre property bordering New Boston’s Great Meadow wetland from the estate of Alice Follansbee. Now named the Great Meadow-Follansbee Preserve, the parcel includes the entire remaining unprotected shoreline of Great Meadow plus over two miles of frontage on the Middle Branch of the Piscataquog River and Buxton