Workshops on Economic Opportunities in Farmland and Floodplain Conservation

Press Release
April 5, 2010
Workshops Spotlight Economic Opportunities in Conserving Farmland and Floodplains
LANCASTER, N.H. – Two workshops in April will focus on conserving farmland and floodplains in the upper Connecticut River watershed. Strategies for conserving land and economic opportunities for landowners will be detailed.  Landowners and all interested residents are invited, including members of conservation commissions, [...]

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A River Runs It! Get With The Flow

For many years I have been actively working with the Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust to select and preserve significant properties with conservation easements. There are many challenges to good conservation work, not the lest of which is finding the resources to fund the transaction cost to protect the land.

Last evening I attended a session sponsored by [...]

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