News from Five Rivers Conservation Trust
Foster Meadow Farm in Boscawen Protected Forever
October, 2024 - Five Rivers Conservation Trust is pleased to announce the permanent conservation of the 90-acre Foster Meadow Farm on Water Street in Boscawen. Foster Meadow Farm is a well-known equestrian facility that specializes in training horses and riders in dressage. The 90-acre conservation easement was donated to Five Rivers by Pam Goodrich, who purchased the property in 1996 and built the equestrian facility ...
Five Rivers Announces 90-Acre Potter Farm in Concord Conserved
August 12, 2024 - Five Rivers Conservation Trust is pleased to announce the permanent conservation of the 90-acre Potter Farm on Oak Hill Road in Concord. Cynthia Potter Johnson led the family effort to sell the conservation easement for the Potter Farm to Five Rivers. She has fond memories of growing up on the farm and hopes the easement will give future generations the opportunity to farm the land as well ...
Project STORY and Five Rivers Walk at Winant Park
August 7, 2024 - Five Rivers staff and volunteers joined Project S.T.O.R.Y. for a walk at Winant Park. We spent an hour and a half exploring trails near the heart of Concord, enjoying our lunches while taking in the view from the top. By all accounts, this first Five Rivers-Project STORY outing was a resounding success. Experiencing the woods with twenty energetic and engaged kids, including some first-time hikers, lifted everyone’s spirits. Project S.T.O.R.Y. is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to assisting and empowering youth from diverse communities in Concord ...
Five Rivers Announces 134 Acres in Dunbarton Conserved
August 1, 2024 - Five Rivers Conservation Trust is pleased to announce the permanent conservation of the 134-acre Kathryn Layne property near the center of Dunbarton. Kathryn’s brother, Ken Koerber, is a longtime Dunbarton resident who owns a 131-acre farm in the center of town that he conserved with Five Rivers in 2021. The latest in the family’s generous contributions to land conservation was made by Kathryn, who, on August 1, 2024, donated a conservation easement on her 134 acres to Five Rivers Conservation Trust ...
Contoocook Creamery Benefit Farm-to-Table Dinner
July 23, 2024 - Thank you to everyone who joined us for the farm-to-table benefit dinner, hosted by Contoocook Creamery. Jamie Robertson of Contoocook Creamery at Bohanan Farm held this event at the farm, which helped raise money for Five Rivers' critical mission - to conserve land in New Hampshire’s Capital region ...
Guided Forest Immersion on June 23rd
June 23, 2024 - Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Guided Forest Immersion event on June 23rd. Despite the summer mosquitoes and stormy weather, the group enjoyed spending time at Ransmeier Woods ...
Derby Day – May 4, 2024 in Warner NH
On May 4, 2024, Five Rivers volunteer Karinne Heise attended Warner's annual Children's Fishing Derby. For over 60 years, Warner Fish & Game Club has hosted the derby at Children’s Brook, a half-mile stretch of Willow Brook along Pumpkin Hill Road where only kids under the age of 16 are allowed to fish. Karinne photographed and authored this article for Five Rivers' 2024 Annual Report ...
Third Annual Snowshoe at Janeway Conservation Area in Webster
March 3, 2024 - Thank you to everyone who joined us on March 3rd as we explored the 477-acre Janeway property, our largest conserved property. This year we ventured to new areas of the property, including venturing through the woods down to the Blackwater River. We enjoyed bright sun, warm weather, and great conversation as we wandered around the property, and thoroughly enjoyed learning about its history and the area's natural landscape! ...
