Community Conservation Partnership Town-Wide Forums
Come voice your opinions, hopes, ideas, and questions.
Do you value the town's rural character?
Where in town would you welcome new growth?
Where in town do you want to retain open space?
What resources do you value and want to conserve?
Events presented in partnership with the respective town conservation commissions, the Monadnock Conservancy, and Antioch New England Institute.
Alstead Community Forum
Thursday, May 8, 6:30 pm
Dessert and coffee at 6:00 pm.
Alstead Town Hall: RSVP by April 30, 283-2114
For more information, call Joy Nalevanko at 835-2564,
David Moody at 835-7900, or Sarah Webb at 835-2890.
Westmoreland Town Forum
Wednesday, May 21, 6:30 pm
Dessert potluck at 6:00 pm
Westmoreland School: RSVP by May 14, 283-2114
For more information, call Marshall Patmos at 352-8730.
Ryan Owens Is New Executive Director
The Board of Trustees of the Monadnock Conservancy is very pleased to announce that, after an extensive search considering candidates from across New England, Ryan Owens has been selected as the Conservancy’s new Executive Director. Ryan joined the Conservancy’s land protection staff in 2006, having previously worked for The Wilderness Society in Boston. The Conservancy's Interim Executive Director, Rick Church, will assist with the transition, which is expected to be complete in early May. Read the complete press release below.
Monadnock Tomorrow Goes Public
$2.82M already pledged to $3M campaign
Will protect $20M worth of land
The Monadnock Conservancy announced at two public kick-off meetings in Peterborough and Keene the community phase of its $3 million Monadnock Tomorrow capital campaign. Up until that tine, the campaign had been in what is known as the "quiet phase," with many one-on-one visits with friends of the Conservancy. The community phase widens the campaign to encourage everyone to participate in this exciting land conservation opportunity before land prices rise and open space slips away. Since the public receptions, mailings have been sent to the entire Conservancy membership list. Please call the office for a complete campaign packet or for more information.
Money raised by the campaign will enable the organization to accelerate the pace of land conservation in the 35 towns of the Monadnock Region and to use conservation easements to protect land valued at over $20 million over the next five years.
For more information about the campaign, see the complete release below or contact Rick Church or Jennie Norman, Monadnock Tomorrow campaign co-chairs.
Rick Church and Jennie Norman, Monadnock Tomorrow campaign co-chairs
Temple Mountain Is
State's Newest Reservation
An historic effort to protect one of southern New Hampshire’s most beloved mountains was recently completed when the State of New Hampshire bought the former Temple Mountain ski area. Temple Mountain State Reservation -- the largest state acquisition in southern New Hampshire since the 1980s -- will be managed for wildlife, non-motorized recreation, and forestry.
See the complete story below.
Save the Date!
Annual Meeting 2008 will be Saturday, August 23.
Mark your calendars.
Thank You Very Much!
2007 Annual Meeting highlights
Jack Calhoun, Outgoing President of the Board of Trustees addresses some 140 members and friends of the Conservancy at the 18th Annual Meeting held at the Peterborough Players Theater on August 25, 2007.
The success of the Monadnock Conservancy’s 18 th Annual Meeting held on August 25, 2007, was the result of the efforts of many people and businesses. Sincere thanks to the Peterborough Players for providing us with an outstanding meeting space and professional assistance with logistics. Food, always good for setting the mood, was provided by Aesop’s Tables and Events of Peterborough, Fiddleheads Café of Hancock, The Works Bakery and Café of Keene, Rosaly’s Gardens of Peterborough, Nonie’s Café of Peterborough, and C & S Wholesale Grocers of Keene. Flowers were donated by Rosaly’s and Roger and Elisabeth Swain of Greenfield, who also treated attendees to heirloom Chenango Strawberry apples. Louise Curran of Jaffrey Center entertained all with her lively piano playing. Amy Owens’ floral artistry delighted the eyes. Thanks also to Antioch New England Institute, Keene, and Yankee Ingenuity Shoppe, Hancock, for the loan of equipment and decorations and to the Sharon Conservation Commission for volunteer helpers.
Dee Robbins, conservation associate, and Mel Schupack, easement donor and volunteer land steward, study a project poster at the Conservancy's annual meeting.
