News from Five Rivers Conservation Trust
Five Rivers Receives LCHIP Grant for Koerber Family Forest in Dunbarton
On December 4, 2019, Five Rivers Conservation Trust received an anchoring grant of $100,000 from LCHIP to permanently protect the 133-acre Koerber Family Forest in the center of Dunbarton ...
Bohanan Farm Hike – November 3, 2019
We had a great day on Sunday, November 3rd at the Bohanan Farm, where approximately 86 people hiked to the convergence of the Blackwater and Contoocook Rivers. Volunteers Ted Deirs, Lyndon Rayton and Ruth Smith provided brief educational stops along the 2.5 mile hike ...
Member Spotlight – Tim Pifer, Concord
Our new Member Spotlight is on Tim Pifer, a long-time Five Rivers member and volunteer. Tim is a charter member of our Conservation Leader Society and also volunteers his time as an easement monitor for Five Rivers. He recently retired after a distinguished 30-year career in New Hampshire’s Police Forensic Laboratory, serving as the lab’s director for 23 years ...
Trustee Bonnie Christie’s “Watershed Moment”
On September 22, 2019, The Concord Monitor published "My Turn: The Oppressive Heat of a Watershed Moment" by Five Rivers' Trustee Bonnie Christie. The article is about the moment Bonnie made the connection between the impact of climate change on her life and the promise that the land around us holds for creating a solution ...
Five Rivers Is Moving!
For nearly three years, Resilient Building Group has hosted Five Rivers’ office. RBG’s business has grown tremendously and they need the space we have occupied. As a result, we are moving to the Concord Center at 10 Ferry Street, Suite 311-A in Concord ...
Concord Conservation Land Linked
Five Rivers and the City of Concord have collaborated once again to conserve an important property – within 1.5 miles of downtown. “Backwoods 2” is a 26-acre addition to the original Backwoods property of 28 acres. This latest addition was purchased by the city who donated a conservation easement on the property to Five Rivers Conservation Trust ...
In Gilmanton, A Hidden History Revealed
Have you ever walked or ridden along a quiet rural road in New Hampshire and imagined what you’d see if you could travel back in time? Let's travel back almost 150 years and see what one of Five Rivers' newest conserved properties looked like ...
Exploration at Wilson-Sapiro Property in Gilmanton on August 18th
August 18, 2019 - On Sunday afternoon, August 18th, Five Rivers hosted an event in Gilmanton on one of our newest properties - Wilson-Sapiro. More than 60 people joined us on this interesting walk that explored the vast historical and natural treasures of the Jones mill area of Gilmanton! ...
