Central New Hampshire Forestlands

Homestead Preserve

Sandwich, New Hampshire
Completed Project

In March of 2010 the Northeast Wilderness Trust accepted the donation of an easement on a 37-acre, heavily forested tract in Sandwich, New Hampshire. This property contains undeveloped mature forest, with some areas unlogged for more than a century, and abundant wetlands. This remote and unfragmented tract supports excellent wildlife habitat, contains eight natural communities, is surrounded by other remote and high quality forest land, and is very near to a New Hampshire Audubon Society wildlife sanctuary. The easement donors intend to convey the fee interest in this property to a local land trust.

Tewksbury Brook

Center Sandwich, New Hampshire
Completed Project, Stewardship Funds Needed

In 2009, the Northeast Wilderness Trust received a donation of a conservation easement on a 408-acre property in Sandwich, NH. The Tewksbury Brook property is named for the small stream that runs along its eastern border. Abutting the 35,800-acre Sandwich Range Wilderness Area of the White Mountain National Forest, this new piece of wilderness serves as habitat for a myriad of species and is an important connective corridor between the White Mountains and the Ossipee Mountains.

The Lakes Region of New Hampshire is experiencing a high rate of development, and the community-minded conservation donors wanted to see Tewksbury Brook remain as wildlife habitat. The original owners of the Tewksbury Brook property were so committed to its conservation, that they donated the forever-wild conservation easement to the Northeast Wilderness Trust, and …
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Metcalf Property

Sandwich, New Hampshire
Completed Project

In 2007, the 86-acre Metcalf property was sold to the Squam Lakes Conservation Trust, with the Northeast Wilderness Trust receiving the donation of a forever-wild easement. The donors of the easement wanted the property to serve as an undeveloped, wilderness link between the Squam Range Wilderness of the White Mountain National Forest to the Sandwich Notch Road. The Sandwich Notch Park and the Sandwich Town Forest are also nearby.

Though the property had been heavily logged in the past, the surrounding conservation land made this a worthwhile wilderness recovery project. The property contains intact wetlands and mature forest stands of beech, hemlock, and oak, and offers potential habitat for pine marten. Our partner in the wilderness conservation of this property is the Squam Lakes Conservation Society.

Hersey Mountain Wilderness

New Hampton and Sanbornton, New Hampshire
Completed Project

In June 2007, the Northeast Wilderness Trust and the New England Forestry Foundation completed a 2,100-acre forever-wild conservation easement on Hersey Mountain, a forested property located in New Hampton and Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Situated on a ridge between the curving Pemigewasset River and Interstate 93, Hersey Mountain is a largely roadless property, forested primarily by northern hardwoods and home to a diversity of wildlife, including moose and black bear. Comprised of multiple tracts of land, the Hersey Mountain conservation project combines wilderness preservation and sustainable forestry.

A rigorous ecological assessment of the entire 3,100-acre property was conducted to determine which areas should be preserved as wilderness and which could be used for forestry. Approximately 2,100 acres were identified as a high priority for wilderness-level protection and have been protected …
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