Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
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The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is a private, non-profit land-conservation organization based in the U.S. state of New Hampshire
. It purchases or is given easement
s or outright ownership of undeveloped land, as a way to keep it open, and also performs advocacy and education services. It was established in 1901.
In addition to holding easements, the "Forest Society" acts as a resource for landowners and other, smaller conservation land trust
s. Forest Society staffers avail themselves to answer questions, make presentations and host seminars for the public and other local land trusts. One of their larger events is their annual Saving Special Places workshop, which is the largest event of its kind in the state of New Hampshire. Members of the public, conservation commissions and land trusts attend seminars presenting information ranging from tax law
s and conservation easement
creation to fundraising techniques and marketing a land trust.
The Society owns the Lost River Reservation
in Woodstock, New Hampshire
.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. It purchases or is given easement
Easement
An easement is a certain right to use the real property of another without possessing it.Easements are helpful for providing pathways across two or more pieces of property or allowing an individual to fish in a privately owned pond...
s or outright ownership of undeveloped land, as a way to keep it open, and also performs advocacy and education services. It was established in 1901.
In addition to holding easements, the "Forest Society" acts as a resource for landowners and other, smaller conservation land trust
Land trust
There are two distinct definitions of a land trust:* a private, nonprofit organization that, as all or part of its mission, actively works to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in land or conservation easement acquisition, or by its stewardship of such land or easements; or* an agreement...
s. Forest Society staffers avail themselves to answer questions, make presentations and host seminars for the public and other local land trusts. One of their larger events is their annual Saving Special Places workshop, which is the largest event of its kind in the state of New Hampshire. Members of the public, conservation commissions and land trusts attend seminars presenting information ranging from tax law
Tax law
Tax law is the codified system of laws that describes government levies on economic transactions, commonly called taxes.-Major issues:Primary taxation issues facing the governments world over include;* taxes on income and wealth...
s and conservation easement
Conservation easement
In the United States, a conservation easement is an encumbrance — sometimes including a transfer of usage rights — which creates a legally enforceable land preservation agreement between a landowner and a government agency or a qualified land...
creation to fundraising techniques and marketing a land trust.
The Society owns the Lost River Reservation
Lost River Reservation
The Lost River Reservation is a series of caves in the White Mountains in Woodstock, New Hampshire, United States. Located west of the village of North Woodstock on New Hampshire Route 112, Lost River Reservation is set in Kinsman Notch...
in Woodstock, New Hampshire
Woodstock, New Hampshire
Woodstock is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,374 at the 2010 census. Woodstock includes the village of North Woodstock, the commercial center. Its extensive land area is largely forested, and includes the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Parts of the...
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