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TPL in New Hampshire

Pond of Safety in Randolph, NH -- 13,000 acres protected Photo by: Ned Therrien

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national nonprofit organization that conserves land to create livable communities and a healthy environ- ment. Our projects range from forests, farms and wilderness to playgrounds, parks and community gardens in urban areas. Since TPL began working in New Hampshire in 1987, we have protected nearly 60,000 acres across the state.

Protecting the Lands You Love
TPL's experts in law, finance, real estate, fund- raising, government, and public relations help citizens, government agencies, and land trusts identify areas they wish to see protected and then help them accomplish their goals before the land is lost to development. Working from more than 50 locations nationwide, including an office in Concord, New Hampshire, TPL has protected more than 1.5 million acres of land for future generations.

Helping Communities Think Ahead
Growth pressures make it more important than ever that communities plan ahead for parks and open space. "Greenprinting" is TPL's proactive approach to conservation. By combining community vision with strategies for funding land protection, TPL helps communities grow smarter by protecting lands important to their economy, environment, and quality of life.

Vision: TPL brings together community groups, businesses, landowners, public officials, and funders to envision and pursue conservation goals.
Financing: TPL identifies existing and potential sources of public and private funds for land conservation, and helps communities tap them. TPL crafts ballot measures that can provide dollars needed to protect the special places communities cherish.
Transactions: TPL specializes in conserving lands through public ownership. We bridge the gap between the time property is available and the time agencies and land trusts are able to acquire it, sometimes by purchasing land and holding it off the market.

Signature Projects and Campaigns

Photo by: Ned Therrien

Connecticut Headwaters Campaign - Coos County
Connecticut Headwaters Campaign - Coos County In 2001, TPL launched a joint effort with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and The Nature Conservancy to conserve 171,000 acres surrounding the headwater lakes of the Connecticut River in northern New Hampshire from International Paper. The largest contiguous block of privately owned land in the state, this property is the backbone of the local economy, providing both timber-related jobs and a popular tourist destination for outdoor recreation. In 2002, the State purchased 25,000 acres to be managed as Natural Areas and donated a conservation easement to The Nature Conservancy. Now, TPL and its partners are working with state and local elected officials and the Congressional delegation to raise funds for the State's purchase of a conservation easement over the remaining 146,000 acres and the acquisition of 100 acres for recreation at Deer Mountain Campground.

Photo by: Ned Therrien

Lake Umbagog Initiative - Coos County, New Hampshire, and Oxford County, Maine
Straddling the Maine-New Hampshire border, Lake Umbagog and its surrounding forestland are home to moose, bald eagles, loons, and other wildlife. Since 1999, TPL has helped the State of New Hampshire create a new park on the southern tip of the lake, and added roughly 8,000 acres to the Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge—including the first addition to the refuge in Maine. Now, TPL is continuing to work with the Refuge and local communities to identify land protection priorities for the Lake Umbagog watershed.

Photo by: Jerry and Marcy Monkman

White Mountains Initiative - Coos, Grafton, and Carroll Counties
Since 1987 TPL has worked with communities, nonprofits, the State of New Hampshire, and the U.S. Forest Service to protect nearly 20,000 acres in the White Mountains, including 13,000 acres around the Pond of Safety in Randolph and Jefferson, 5,300 acres surrounding Lake Tarleton in the Upper Valley, the 850-acre Glen House property at Pinkham Notch, and 450 acres at Bretton Woods near the base of Mount Washington. These lands provide critical habitat for wildlife, protect wild and scenic views from the Appalachian Trail, and help maintain sustainable supplies of timber for the local economy. Our current goals are to protect public access to existing trails and to link together the two units of the National Forest with a combination of state, private, and federal conservation land.

Land and Community Heritage Investment Program
In June 2000, Senate Bill 401 became law, creating the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP). The program grants up to 50 percent of a project's cost to municipalities and nonprofits to protect forests, farms, wildlife habitat, scenic views, historic sites, and other resources. TPL assisted the effort to pass the legislation as an founding member of the state's Citizens for New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage, and we continue to advocate for increased funding for the program.

Farmland Protection Initiative - Southern New

Corneliusen Orchard, Derry Photo by: Jerry and Marcy Monkman

Hampshire
Since 1999, TPL has helped protect 93 acres in Walpole, 68 acres in Derry, and the 155-acre Carter Hill Orchard in Concord as working farms. Currently, we are spearheading an initiative to protect 510 acres at Rossview Farm in Concord. Critical support for these projects has been provided by New Hampshire's Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, the federal Farmland Protection Program, the Congressional delegation, local nonprofit organizations and elected officials, and hundreds of individual supporters. TPL is also exploring partnerships with other organizations, agencies, and farmers as part of a larger effort to preserve farmland and farming in this part of the state.

For more information, contact our New England Regional Office at (617) 367-6200.

Updated: 8/22/03