With a June deadline approaching, the Piscataquog Land Conservancy’s ambitious effort to purchase 267 acres of forest, streams and wetlands in Mason has entered the home stretch. The land PLC hopes to buy is located in northeast corner of town off Abbott Hill Road. When the land came on the market in the spring of 2019, a conservation-minded buyer stepped in to quickly purchase the land before it could be bought for development. PLC then signed a purchase agreement with this interim buyer that gives us until June 30, 2020 to raise the necessary funds.
If PLC’s effort to purchase the land is unsuccessful the current owner will have to place the parcel back on the market. Development of the land would significantly impact its extensive streams and wetlands, habitat, as well as aquatic systems downstream.
PLC has to raise $640,000 to close the purchase by June 30th. The good news is that with the two major state grants, town funding, and additional grants awarded to the project from the Merrimack Conservation Partnership and the state’s Conservation License Plate grants program, we have just $20,000 left to go. PLC hopes to raise this remaining balance between now and June from private grants and local fundraising. Protecting the Mason property would help complete a decades-long effort to protect the headwaters of the Nissitissit River. The Nissitissit is a main tributary of the Nashua River that flows through Brookline and Hollis, and was given National Wild and Scenic River status in 2018. The Piscataquog Land Conservancy has previously worked with the Town of Brookline to conserve key parcels along the river’s mainstem.
We hope you will consider a tax-deductible donation payable to the Piscataquog Land Conservancy, 5A Mill Street, New Boston, NH 03070. Please include “Nissitissit River Headwaters” in the memo line. Contributions can also be made securely online using the button below.
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To help us reach our goal, please consider a tax-deductible donation.
Thank you!
To donate by check
Mail to:
The Piscataquog Land Conservancy,
5A Mill Street, New Boston, NH 03070.
Make checks payable to:
Piscataquog Land Conservancy.
Add to the memo line: "Nissitissit River Headwaters Fund".
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