We're on the home stretch!

This 400-acre conservation project is the largest area conserved since our first property on Mt. Monadnock was protected in 1915! Recently, two landowners were inspired by this initiative to conserve their land nearby as well. Help us protect the incredibly scenic landscape surrounding Mt. Monadnock forever!

Thank you to supporters

A big "shout out"to JetBoil, Inc. of Manchester, NH who nominated the Monadnock project for a $25,000 grant from the Conservation Alliance earlier in the campaign. Check out their wonderful camping products at: http://www.jetboil.com/.

There's still time to help conserve nearly 400 acres on Mt. Monadnock!

We're coming down the home stretch and there's still time to help conserve nearly 400 acres on Mt. Monadnock ~ protecting public access to trails, and updgrading the trailhead for the Marlboro Trail!

Just in time for hiking season!

Little steps get closer to the top of the mountain!

Cynthia S. from South Carolina writes:

"Prior to leaving New England in 1997 I climbed Mt Monadnock 51 times (18 of which were my birthday hikes).

 

I have returned to New England to climb it a number of times since then, including my 60th birthday.  

 

Mt Monadnock was my favorite backyard mountain!!!"

 

Please join Cynthia is supporting our campaign to conserve nearly 400 acres on Mt. Monadnock.

 

 

We're almost there and need your support!

Spring is just a few days away – and we are fast approaching our Mt. Monadnock land conservation campaign deadline to protect 400 acres on this iconic mountain!

With mailings out, field trips and presentations behind us, social media continuing to orbit, a challenge grant from Fitzwilliam, your calls and emails, and some pending foundation grants, we’ve raised approximately $625,000 of the $760,000 campaign to date. Thus far, we have donations from over 900 individuals, from Maine to California.

view from proposed conservation land

This means we still have $135,000 to raise in the days ahead (our deadline is March 20 for a March 31 closing) – so please continue to contact those you know who may have an affiliation with Mt. Monadnock to support the protection of this important landscape. Because of the Forest Society and local communities commitments to protecting the mountain since 1915 – Monadnock is still the same landscape Henry David Thoreau experienced! And thank you to all who have already supported this campaign.

                                                                                                Dave Anderson leads a hike.

"Conserve Monadnock" Momentum Grows!

Swirling in like March's first big snowstorm, we're seeing a groundswell of support for the conservation of 400 acres of land on Mt. Monadnock from around the country. Visiting Monadnock is as Park Manager Pat Hummell says: "Recognizing that the mountain is still just as Henry David Thoreau experienced it." Local conservation efforts began in 1913 and have been expanding steadily since then. This project is the largest land area conserved since the Forest Society protected its first piece in 1915.