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Limited guided hikes at the future Mink Brook Community Forest

September 10, 2020

Join the Town of Hanover and the Hanover Conservancy this fall for a limited series of guided hikes at the future Mink Brook Community Forest on Greensboro Road. Hikes will be offered every Tuesday between September 15th and October 13th, with rain dates on Thursdays. Strenuous, off-trail hikes will alternate to the north and south parcels each week at 9 a.m., with a gentle meadow walk every week at noon.

Note: No public access is permitted outside of the scheduled guided walks.

Pre-registration required; group size limited to 10 people (leader plus 9).

Learn more and register here. 

Filed Under: Conservation, Events, Mink Brook Community Forest, Outdoor Trips, Partnerships

Register today for tours of the Mink Brook Community Forest!

September 8, 2020

Guided hikes to this posted property- to be conserved next year by the Town of Hanover with support from the Trust for Public Land  and the Hanover Conservancy- are  being held this fall!

Learn more about dates, events and pre-register for these limited trips through the Town of Hanover at this link.

Filed Under: Conservation, Mink Brook Community Forest

We’ve got mail!

August 19, 2020

Wooden mailbox on the summit of Balch Hill This fun mailbox on the summit of Balch Hill is filled with pens and postcards so visitors can write a note with their favorite memories of this natural area, whose summit we protected 50 years ago.

Some notes so far: “I am 7 1/2 years old and my Dad brought me here today for the first time! Thank you for keeping this place open. I love the butterflies.”

“This hike is magical. I do it weekly. We are privileged to life in such a beautiful place as this.”

“In honor of Dr. Susan Harper; a mentor and beautiful spirit whose legacy will flourish in the Upper Valley forever.” For more about Susan, visit the News page of our website.

Filed Under: Balch Hill, Conservation Tagged With: Susan Harper

50 Days for 50 Years at Balch Hill

July 30, 2020

Did you know that Balch Hill nearly became the site of over 100 homes? Fifty years ago, the Hanover Conservancy led a group of concerned neighbors to raise the funds to purchase and protect the summit of this iconic place.

Over the last half century, the Balch Hill Natural Area has grown with more lands owned by the Conservancy, Town of Hanover, and Dartmouth College, and managed by a volunteer neighborhood stewardship committee with support from Town and Conservancy staff.

On August 1st, we are launching a 50 day fundraising campaign for the Balch Hill Stewardship Fund, ensuring that this beloved property will be maintained for the next 50 years! Please consider making a gift today. Your donation will support trail maintenance, mowing, invasive plant treatment, sign replacement and many other projects at the hill.

Filed Under: Balch Hill, Conservation, Featured

Hanover Votes to Fund Mink Brook Community Forest

July 8, 2020

At last night’s Hanover Town Meeting, residents voted to approve a $500,000 contribution towards the purchase of the Mink Brook Community Forest from reserve and conservation funds held by the Town. From the Valley News, “Plans to turn 260 acres of woods and old farmland along both sides of Greensboro Road into a town forest also were OK’d on Tuesday. Residents voted by a show of hands to spend $500,000 to help purchase land which crosses Mink Brook and includes a brick farmhouse from 1850. The Trust for Public Land, assisted by the Hanover Conservancy, hopes to spend $2.5 million acquiring the property from the Leavitt family. So far, an anonymous donor has footed $500,000 to help the project, which also received a $600,000 community forest program grant from the U.S. Forest Service. None of the town’s share will come from new taxes, and will instead be taken from existing reserve and conservation funds. Officials also hope to sell the property’s farmhouse to help finance the overall project, and a separate four acres could be used by Twin Pines Housing Trust to build “a small cluster of affordable cottage-style homes targeted to new homeowners,” according to an April news release.” 

Filed Under: Conservation, Media, Mink Brook Community Forest, Partnerships

GOOD NEWS FOR GREENSBORO!

May 5, 2020

We all know that broad and beautiful meadow on Greensboro Road – a generous open space that is such a welcome sight in days like these. The Hanover Conservancy is proud to partner with the Town of Hanover and the Trust for Public Land in a major project to protect these 250 acres of floodplain meadow, upland forest, and the corridor of Mink Brook, to be called the Mink Brook Community Forest. MORE

Filed Under: Conservation, Featured, Mink Brook Community Forest, Partnerships

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Upcoming Events

  1. For the Love of Nature Trail Adventure

    February 14 - March 14
  2. Hike to Moose Mountain Ledges

    February 27 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  3. Explore the New Black Bear Loop

    March 6 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 643-3433

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