BETHEL On Sept. 25 a significant conservation easement protecting the 2,670-acre Shelburne Valley Forest and 1,030-acre Bald Cap Peak Forest, collectively known as the Mahoosuc Highlands Initiative conserved 3,700 acres. Both properties are now owned by the Forest Society (The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests) as a permanently protected forest reservation. […]
The North Country's rugged beauty along Route 2 from the shores of the Androscoggin River up to the ridges of the Mohoosucs will be forever preserved, after the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests announced Monday the 3,700-acre conservation project is completed.