In addition to the Meadowsend land purchase, PLC completed two other critical conservation projects in the closing days of June. On the 27th, we purchased a conservation easement on 41 acres of fields, forest, streams and wetlands along Paige Hill Road in Goffstown. The land is owned by Fred and Sylvia Jennings, who have farmed and lived on the historic property for decades. Funding for the easement purchase came from the NH DES Aquatic Resources Mitigation Fund and Goffstown’s Conservation Fund. On June 21st, PLC completed our purchase of the Houghton property, a thirty-acre forested property along the Middle Branch of the Piscataquog River in New Boston.

The land abuts our 55-acre George Thomas Wildlife Sanctuary, and is also close to PLC’s Tuthill Woodlands Preserve and town forest land. The new PLC acquisition protects another seven hundred feet of frontage on the Middle Branch. Funding for the land purchase came from the New Boston’s Conservation Fund, local private donations, and proceeds from PLC’s recent timber harvest at the Tuthill Preserve. Special thanks to the Goffstown and New Boston Conservation Commissions for being amazing partners on these important projects!