3 easements done; remaining 2 nearly there!

Good news and more to come!

We have closed on three of the five conservation easements in the Wilkins Family Forestlands project. The remaining two need a little more i-dotting and t-crossing, but we anticipate being able to close on them in the next month.We're very close to our fundraising goal, with just $13,000 more needed to reach the $190,000 target.

This project keeps 500 acres of forest in southern New Hampshire out of development and open for the community to enjoy! We thank everyone who has donated, advocated for or otherwise supported this project.

Stay tuned in this space for news of the official completion of all five easements.

Only $40,000 to go!

Thank you to the many local donors who have matched the Russell Farm and Forest Foundation's $50,000 challenge grant. The Wilkins Family Forest campaign has raised $150,000 of the $190,000 campaign goal. AND the Wilkins family has extended the deadline to the end of November.

Please help close the gap to protect over 500 acres of land in Mont Vernon and Amherst! Public access for passive recreation will be assured on these working forestlands, many of which are adjacent to a number of different neighborhoods and other conservation lands.

The Cabinet newspaper shared our good news in an Aug. 29 article.

Foundation Grants Received!

Thank you to two foundations who have helped protect the Wilkins Forestlands!
Fields Pond Foundation:  $12,000
Samuel P. Hunt Foundation:  $20,000
Much appreciated!

Wilkins Forest in the news

Union Leader 10/1: Forest Society In Final Stretch of Fundraising

Nashua Telegraph: Area's last sawmill struggles against global competition, even as it donates land to conservation by David Brooks

Nashua Telegraph editorial: Making the Case for Lumber Mill

Union Leader: Preserving the Land by Nancy Bean Foster

Challenge Grant

The Wilkins family is donating 90 percent of the price of conservation easements on its well-managed timberlands. We must raise $190,000 to cover the remaining 10 percent and the transaction and stewardship costs involved. 

The Russell Farm and Forest Conservation Foundation has provided a challenge grant to get us started. The foundation will match, dollar for dollar, donations up to $50,000.   Click here to help with a tax-deductible donation!

Wilkins conservation easement locations

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