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New Board Emeritus

August 26, 2022

The Conservancy is proud to announce that Hugh Mellert has been named as an Emeritus Member of its Board of Directors. Hugh served on the Board from 1998-2018. An energetic and dedicated community volunteer, Hugh leads outdoor trips, advises on stewardship of our natural areas, and, most recently, stepped up to lead the complex effort to replace the trail bridge at the Mink Brook Nature Preserve. Many have participated in his annual winter moonlight snowshoe tour at Slade Brook, and enjoyed a trail Hugh has helped manage or crossed a bridge he built. He is a valued voice on our Community Engagement, Lands, and Land Stewardship Committees. Hugh is also vice-chair of the Hanover Conservation Commission and chair of its Trails Committee.

Filed Under: Board of Directors, Uncategorized Tagged With: Board of Directors, Emeritus, volunteer

Plant a Tree for Earth Day

April 21, 2020

Trees give us many gifts – clean air and water, places to recreate, wildlife habitat…and carbon storage. Restoring trees to the landscape is the single best low-tech, low-cost pathway for storing more carbon on the land. A forest can store an average of 2-3 tons/acre of C02 each year. With just a will and a spade, we can get started pulling carbon from the air right now.

A NATURAL CARBON SINK – To prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions must reach net zero by 2050.  Capturing carbon from the air naturally – by putting trees to work – can provide significant cumulative carbon removal through 2050 and beyond.

When choosing a tree for your home landscape, consider this:

  • Fast growing trees store the most carbon during their first decades.
  • Long-lived trees can keep carbon stored for generations without releasing it in decomposition.
  • Native trees will thrive in these soils and best support local wildlife.
  • Low-maintenance, disease-resistant species will do better without greenhouse-gas-producing fertilizers and equipment.
Red Oak identification image
Red Oak
Red Maple identification image
Red Maple

We suggest Northern Red Oak — Acorns attract wildlife and the leaves develop a brick-red fall color. Red oak is fast growing, easy to transplant, and tolerant of urban conditions (including dry and acidic soil and air pollution).  Best growth is in full sun and well drained, slightly acidic, sandy loam. Northern red oak often reaches 60-90’ and occasionally 150’. Trees may live up to 500 years.

A colorful alternative for damp soils is Red Maple — the most abundant native tree in eastern North America. Known for its early brilliant fall foliage and red flowers, it is usually found in moist woodlands and wet swamps in sun or part shade. A medium-sized, fast-growing tree (2-5’/yr), its seeds and buds are eaten by birds and mammals, but it is not preferred by deer.

Filed Under: Conservation, Events, Forest Ecology, Stewardship Tagged With: Earth Day, Trees, volunteer

CHaD HERO Hike this Sunday

October 9, 2018

Hikers and hunters, please note that the woods will be busier than normal this Sunday, October 14th.

Hike sign

Both the 5- and 7-mile hiking routes for the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) HERO event wind their way through the Mink Brook Nature Preserve. Volunteers will be directing HERO hikers at major junctions from approximately 10-2.

 

Filed Under: Events, Mink Brook, Outdoor Trips, Partnerships, Trails, Volunteers Tagged With: CHaD HERO, events, HERO, hike, Mink Brook, volunteer

Bioengineering at Mink Brook

May 1, 2014

UVLT's Jason Berard installs willow stakes at Mink Brook - May, 2014
UVLT’s Jason Berard installs willow stakes at Mink Brook – May, 2014
When Tropical Storm Irene blasted through our region a few years ago, it altered the path of Mink Brook here in the preserve, most visibly just above the log bridge. The stream abandoned one channel and the force of the current moved north, creating new erosion that we have monitored ever since. In 2014, we installed a “bio-engineering” project to restore stream-side habitat and slow erosion. In April, our volunteers cut stakes of live willow at Birch Meadow Farm in Fairlee (a riverfront farm conserved by the Upper Valley Land Trust) and kept them dormant in a snowbank on the north side of a Lyme barn. Weeks later, when conditions were right, the stakes were driven into the eroded streambank. They are now beginning to sprout! Their roots and shoots should help knit the bank together, protecting water quality by settling sediment, reducing erosion, and shading the water to keep it cool, and providing habitat for perching birds and cover for brook trout – naturally.

Filed Under: Mink Brook, Stewardship, Volunteers Tagged With: brook, erosion, Mink Brook, stewardship, streambank, volunteer, workday

Try our new Greensboro Ridge trail!

May 21, 2012

Our new trail at the  Greensboro Ridge Natural Area is ready for visitors, thanks to last week’s help from Hypertherm volunteers and our hardy, rain-drenched crew on Upper Valley Trails Day. Blazing will be completed soon, but the half-mile path, which links the Silent Brook Trail with Oli’s Eagle Trail, is now easy to follow. Try it out!

Filed Under: Greensboro Ridge, Trails, Volunteers Tagged With: Greensboro Ridge, new trail, volunteer

Tunis Brook Mill Lot

April 23, 2012

On Earth Day, a hardy group of 10 volunteers cleared much of the path to our gem in northeastern Hanover: the Tunis Brook Mill Lot. Find photos and upcoming chances to lend a hand here. Join us on Sunday, April 29 from 1-3 pm to finish the job and visit this special place.

Filed Under: Trails, Volunteers Tagged With: Tunis Brook, volunteer, work day

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71 Lyme Road
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 643-3433

info@hanoverconservancy.org

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