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BIG News for the Mink Brook Community Forest!

November 19, 2020

This conservation project is a real winner, landing Hanover’s first LCHIP grant – $200,000 from the NH Land & Community Heritage Investment Program! This means fund-raising is now complete, thanks to generous support from the Hanover community, which attracted the support of LCHIP, the US Forest Service, and more. Any extra funds raised will go to help the Town care for the property – build trails and trailheads, deal with invasives, mowing, and more.

What do YOU think the future of this place should be? Share your ideas in this survey. Zoom in to the final community meeting on Dec. 2, when Julie Evans of the Northern Forest Center will lead a discussion on conservation, forest management, and recreation priorities.  Recordings of past meetings and more info HERE.

Filed Under: Featured, Media, Mink Brook Community Forest

Your input is needed at the Mink Brook Community Forest!

November 2, 2020

Help the Town of Hanover plan for recreation and management at the future Mink Brook Community Forest (off Greensboro Road) by participating in this 5 minute survey. The survey is open through November 29th, 2020.

Filed Under: Mink Brook Community Forest, Partnerships

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

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

Mink Brook Community Forest meeting now on our YouTube channel!

May 29, 2020

NEW! Watch the May 27th, 2020 recording of a Zoom informational meeting on the Mink Brook Community Forest project. The call was led by JT Horn, Senior Project Manager for the Trust for Public Land and Rob Houseman, Planning Director for the Town of Hanover.

Filed Under: Education, Events, Featured, Media, Mink Brook Community Forest, Partnerships

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