THE MANY FACES OF CONSERVATION

SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS 54 Portsmouth Street Concord, NH 03301-5400

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THE MANY FACES OF CONSERVATION

MEMBERS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!

Carol and Robert are among the 10,000 members who helped the Forest Society protect more than a million acres in New Hampshire. To join them, use the envelope in this issue, or visit forestsociety.org/join-today. To learn more about the Assets to Acres program, visit forestsociety.org/assets-acres.

Carol and Robert Stewart

Thornton, NH Members since 2000

“With both our fathers being Eagle Scouts, we developed a conservation awareness in our childhoods, laying the foundation for our joint interest in conserving the worsening environment we heard about and, to some degree, experienced firsthand. When we began planning our retirement, New

Hampshire beckoned us with its wilderness and outdoor opportunities. Eventually, we bought a 5-acre property abutting the White Mountain National Forest in a subdivision that was very conservation minded and still is today, twenty-plus years later. It didn't take long for us to find ways to pursue our interests. We became docents and tour guide volunteers at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. This experience exposed us to a wealth of conservation activities to pursue with various groups of like-minded new friends. During this time, the Forest Society was a beacon in its fight against Northern Pass, and we learned much about their mission to protect open space, wooded areas, and scenic landscapes. We later learned about how we could make a significant contribution to the Forest Society through its Assets to

Acres program. We own a small parcel that wouldn’t, in and of itself, be particularly useful, but donating our home and property to the Forest Society as part of our estate plan will allow them to sell it and use the proceeds to protect larger areas with greater conservation values. This would make it possible for future generations to ‘inherit’ what we have been able to enjoy all this time.