About a quarter mile of forested shoreline along the Merrimack River will be protected from development and added to the Stillhouse Forest conservation area in Canterbury and Northfield.The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests raised.
The Francestown Land Trust has purchased a conservation easement for Abbottville Farm after three years of negotiations and fundraising.The easement, which finalized on Dec. 23, protects 40 acres of scenic agricultural fields and adjacent forest.
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A new federal grant aims to protect the Merrimack River from climate change, pollution and development pressures in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The U.S. Forest Service says the Merrimack River watershed is one of the most threatened in the country due to forest loss and increasing water quality risks.
The Merrimack also provides drinking water to about 600,000 people, one of the biggest populations relying on any surface water body in New England.
Demand for water is on the rise from cities like Nashua, Manchester and Concord, which want to diversify their water sources as droughts and population growth strain current supplies.