PLC has reached our $300,000 fundraising goal for the Proctor land conservation project, which will protect two critical properties totaling 112 acres in Lyndeborough. The final dollars raised in late April will help us wrap up the second of two land purchases, and create a modest fund for stewardship projects like trails, stream restoration, signage, etc. To everybody who answered the call, THANK YOU!

Many funders came together over the past nine months to make the Proctor project happen, including the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP), which is providing half of all funding for the project, the Town of Lyndeborough, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, the State Conservation Committee’s Conservation (“Mooseplate”) Grants Program, the Merrimack Conservation Partnership, the Davis Conservation Foundation, and the Preston Family fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. A portion of the proceeds from the 2017 Rose Mountain Rumble bike benefit also went towards the Proctor project. Several generous private individuals came forward in the final weeks of the campaign to put us across the finish line.

With all funds for the Proctor project in hand, PLC is wrapping up due diligence work on the second of the two parcels to be acquired by from the Proctor Trust. The 71-acre property includes a key stretch of Cold Brook that will be the focus of stream restoration work once we own the land. We expect to close on the purchase of the tract in June. PLC already completed our purchase of the other 41-acre property from the Proctor Trust in December 2017. That land is located next to PLC’s Rice Preserve, and features dramatic glacial eskers and a stretch of brook that supports an exemplary native trout population.