Gilmanton’s Greatest Views – For Everyone, Forever!
View of the Belknap Range from Frisky Hill, Rt. 107, Gilmanton, across lands to be preserved in the Gilmanton’s Greatest Views – For Everyone, Forever campaign undertaken by the Gilmanton Land Trust and Five Rivers Conservation Trust. ( Photo by T.Howe, GLT)
December, 2012 – Thank you to all who supported this cause. The campaign to preserve “Gilmanton’s Greatest Views – For Everyone, Forever” was a huge success due to the generous contributions of many.
The project, begun two years ago, will protect and ensure the good stewardship of four iconic conservation properties in Gilmanton owned by George Twigg, III. With the completion of this project, Five Rivers will have conservation easements on all four tracts of property, totaling 86 acres.
These lands include famous views from Frisky Hill, extensive frontage on unspoiled Meetinghouse Pond, highly productive farmlands, and an historic site used two centuries ago for processing (“retting”) flax into linen and found no where else in New Hampshire.
Key partners include the Five Rivers Conservation Trust, and the Gilmanton Conservation Commission. Part of the project’s confirmed funding includes a $531,750 award to Five Rivers from the federal Farm and Ranchland Protection Program. Having received many additional contributions from individuals, our project has also been awarded some key grants, giving further validation of our cause:
- Bank of New Hampshire – $10,000
- Davis Conservation Foundation – $10,000
- NH Land & Community Heritage Investment Program – $22,500
- NH Conservation License Plate (“Mooseplate”) Grant Program – $30,000
Tom Howe commented: “We’re grateful to have received such strong support from 190+ households, businesses, foundations, and public funding programs. It’s a testament to the sense of community that our supporters feel about this project, and why we’ve done so well.
