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Local Land Conservation Resource List for Hancock, NH |
Conservation Commission
The first step in protecting a significant natural area in your community is to contact your local conservation commission. Conservation commissions are local government entities charged with protecting natural resources in their town. A commission may protect natural areas by acquiring lands with the permission of the selectmen or city council, and manage these areas for conservation purposes.
To find out whether or not Hancock has a conservation commission and who the chairperson is, contact your town hall:
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M-F 8:30 AM-4:30 PM PO BOX 6 HANCOCK, NH 03449 select@hancocknh.org www.hancocknh.org | This information was provided by the NH Deptartment of Transportation in September 2014. Their publication City and Town Officials of the State of New Hampshire may contain more current information or information about your conservation commission. |
Learn more about conservation commissions by visiting www.nhacc.org/basics/.
Local and regional land trusts
| Harris Center for Conservation Education Laurie Bryan - Director 83 Kings Highway Hancock, NH 03449 (603) 525-3394 bryan@harriscenter.org www.harriscenter.org | Monadnock Conservancy Ryan Owens - Executive Dir. PO Box 337 Keene, NH 03431 (603) 357-0600 Ryan@MonadnockConservancy.org www.monadnockconservancy.org |
Land trusts working throughout the state
| Archaeological Conservancy Mark Michael - Director 5301 Central Ave. NE, Suite 902 Albuquerque, NM 87108-1517 (505) 266-1540 tacsw@nm.net www.americanarcheology.com | Audubon Society of NH Vanessa Jones 3 Silk Farm Road Concord, NH 03301 (603) 224-9909 Vjones@nhaudubon.org www.nhaudubon.org |
| New England Forestry Foundation Whitney Beals - Assoc. Dir. of Land Protection PO Box 1346 Littleton, MA 01460 (978) 952-6856 info@newenglandforestry.org www.newenglandforestry.org | New England Wildflower Society William Brumback - Conservation Director 180 Hemenway Road Framingham, MA 01701 (508) 877-7630 bbrumback@newfs.org www.newfs.org |
| NH Preservation Alliance Jennifer Goodman - Executive Dir. PO Box 268 Concord, NH 03302-0268 (603) 224-2281 jg@nhpreservation.org www.nhpreservation.org | Northeast Wilderness Trust James Northup - Executive Dir. 14 Beacon Street, Suite 506 Boston, MA 02106 (617) 742-0628 jim@newildernesstrust.org www.newildernesstrust.org |
| Society for the Protect. of NH Forests Tom Howe - Sr.Dir.of Land Prot. 54 Portsmouth Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 224-9945 thowe@forestsociety.org www.forestsociety.org | The Nature Conservancy/NH Chapter Mark Zankel - Deputy State Director 22 Bridge Street, 4th Floor Concord, NH 03301 (603) 224-5853 mzankel@tnc.org www.nature.org/newhampshire/ |
| Wildlife Land Trust Robert Koons - Executive Dir. 4 Professional Drive, Suite 112 Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (301) 258-3036 rkoons@hsus.org www.wlt.org |