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About UsBear-Paw Regional Greenways is a land trust with a mission to conserve a network of lands that permanently protects our region’s water, wildlife habitat, forests, and farmland.

Established by resident volunteers, Bear-Paw works to conserve open space through outreach, education, and land protection project assistance.

Our goal is to safeguard our irreplace-able water resources, important wildlife habitat and travel routes, and productive forests and farms.

We envision a region of scenic beauty and rural character where diversity and quality of life are sustained.

Inside this issueVOLUME XIX, ISSUE I • SPRING 2019

Generosity Supports Our Mission ...........................................1

What are the personal reasons for a conservation gift? .............3

Give your time to Bear-Paw! .....4Thank-you Land Stewards! ........4Join us for the Fourth Annual Breakfast in the Barn! .............5

Bear-Paw plans another Swim benefit ................................5

A Narrow Escape and Rescue at the Annual Meeting! ............5

The Vernal Window and Climate Change ..........................6

Bear-Paw Supporters 2018 ......8Calendar of Events ....................11Conserving Land, One at a Time ..........................................12 Continued on page 2

Generosity Supports Our MissionThanks to you, our members, we were able to conserve another 240 acres in the second half of 2018, mostly through donations. In all, we completed six conservation easement projects in Candia, Deerfield, Nottingham, and Raymond; including the donated conservation easement on the Ed and Ruth Fowler property covered in our last newsletter. See related article on page 3.

Gile Beye, Pendleton Forest, DeerfieldThis project was years in the making but Gile’s interest in a conservation outcome prevailed and this 128-acre property is now Deerfield’s newest town forest. It is an important part of the Great Brook Corridor conservation area and includes an especially scenic portion of the Great Brook Trail. Gile’s grandmother, Mary Pendleton, donated an easement on the parcel back in 1991. The property includes a wide variety of forests and wetlands, as well as frontage on both sides of the brook.

Beverly and David Dantos, RaymondBeverly Dantos and her son, David, donated a conservation easement on their nine acre property in Raymond. Although small in size, it helps provide a link between larger conservation lands – including the 158-acre Cramer easement to the east and the 145-acre Flint Hill Town Forest to the west. The property includes a small field, a stream, and a forested wetland; providing a variety of habitat in a relatively small space.

Great Brook Trail in the Pendleton Forest, Deerfield

Beverly’s property connects larger conservation areas that provide enough habitat for the bear that visits on occasion.

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Gathering My ThoughtsAfter serving on the Board of Directors for the past two years, I am excited and, I must say, a bit anxious to now be your new Chairperson.

As a result of your on-going help and support, Bear-Paw just surpassed the mark of conserving more than 9,000 acres. We have plans to conserve another 700 acres this year. With the dedication of our volunteers, directors, of course, you, our members, we are well positioned to reach the

10,000 acre mark. Now that is exciting!My anxiety stems from the shoes

I must fill. Outgoing Chairperson, Al Jaeger, has done a tremendous job over the past two years leading our organization – by word and by deed. Al’s dedication to Bear-Paw and the work we do has been unwavering. And his ability to motivate and inspire us will be difficult to duplicate. He has passed on to me his words of wisdom. My hope is that I can heed them.

I really enjoyed interacting with everyone at our many Bear-Paw meetings and activities. I hope to see many more of you in the coming year.

Best regards,

Hal Kreider, Board Chairperson

Board OF DIRECTORS

Candia Susan Wilderman Deerfield Bruce Adami, Treasurer

Bonnie Beaubien Al Jaeger, Vice Chair

Northwood Jeff Kantorowski Hal Kreider, Chair Grace MatternNottingham Sam Demeritt Strafford Harmony Anderson Mimi Jost, Secretary

STAFFExecutive Director Daniel KernILLUSTRATIONS Al Jaeger

Generosity Supports Our Mission continued...

Kate Hartnett, DeerfieldKate was a long-time resident of Deerfield with a history of conservation work for the town but she reluctantly decided to move north. Before she left, she donated a 25-acre conservation easement on her property. It includes frontage on Thurston Pond and its outlet. Much of the property is highly ranked habitat and it helps connect much larger conservation areas, including Bear Brook State Park with a large unfragmented forest to the north.

Dale and Raelene Shippee-Rice, Nottingham Dale and Raelene donated a conservation easement on their 9-acre property in Nottingham. The parcel is mostly forested, with some wetlands interspersed, as it slopes down to the flood plain of the North River; providing an important protected corridor along it. There is also a small “lane” that leads from Garland Road to a historic milldam and what remains of its pond on the river. The property adds to a growing list of conservation areas on the river, including Bear-Paw’s Kimball Family Forest and North River Preserves.

Kennard Forest, NottinghamRonald Kennard sold his 34-acre property to the Town of Nottingham in 2013 at a significant discount with one condition, that it be permanently protected from development. The town fulfilled that promise last year by donating a conservation easement to Bear-Paw. The property includes frontage on Kennard Road and significant wildlife habitat identified in the NH Wildlife Action Plan. It adds to over 400 acres of conservation land in the area and is within a 2,600-acre contiguous block of unfragmented forest.

Bear-Paw appreciates the opportunity to work with all of these landowners and communities. Without them, we could not conserve a network of lands that permanently protects our region’s water, wildlife, forests, and farmland.

Thurston Pond Brook, Deerfield

Old mill pond on the North River, Nottingham

Kennard Forest woods road, Nottingham

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What are the personal reasons for a conservation gift?GILE BEYE: “This property has been in my family for a very long time. It was first purchased by my ancestor Major Simon Marston in 1765 and had been occupied by my family since then. It was my grandmother’s wish and my mother’s wish after her to preserve the land. Much of the land went into conservation in the 90’s and I am grateful to Bear-Paw and the Deerfield Conservation Commission for working with me to conserve the last part of the land. It contains soils with significant farming value—good for growing food instead of houses!”

BEVERLY DANTOS: “The animals are being pushed out and they’ve been here longer than we have. I want to make sure no one takes it away from them!” Beverly has seen many kinds of animals enjoying her property in Raymond and she is happy to add its protection to the wildlife corridor that includes the nearby Flint Hill Town Forest and the Cramer conservation easement, also protected by Bear-Paw.

KATE HARTNETT: With her long history of work for conservation in the town of Deerfield as well as being one of the instigators of Bear-Paw, one could not imagine Kate, upon her move from town leaving her property to be developed. She said, “I see the donation of my conservation easement as a kind of ‘starter dough’ for what I believe to be an important wildlife corridor connecting Bear Brook State Park with lands to the north. I am grateful that the conservation efforts in the region are working to protect a functional green infrastructure while there is still time to do so.”

RAELENE SHIPPEE-RICE: At Bear-Paw’s Annual Meeting Raelene shared the story of her move to Nottingham and her husband Dale’s search for the perfect property. Dale visited the area ahead of her to look for likely prospects and all she asked was that it not be a cape. “I’ve found it!” he phoned her. When Raelene arrived, she was surprised by the cape-style house, but “Come walk with me,” he said. From the moment they stepped into the forest on the property, she knew she had found her home. The woods are now permanently protected in memory of her late husband.

He can do it!We were very pleased to thank Paul Eaton for his two years of that messy job of monitoring and emptying the aluminum can trailer at Hannaford. Paul awarded Bear-Paw with the promise to do it again this year. Thank you, Paul!

Paul Eaton accepts Bear-Paw's Conservation Award at the 2019 Annual Meeting.

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Give your time to Bear-Paw!Do you have some time to contribute to your local, non-profit land trust? Do you want to help us get to 10,000 acres conserved? Bear-Paw is looking for volunteers to fill a variety of roles in and out of the office:

Office – We have a variety of administrative tasks that need to be completed on an ongoing or occasional basis (data entry, stuffing envelopes, etc.). If you like working inside, at your own pace, this is for you!

Events – The Bear-Paw Crew staffs display and information tables at community happenings like Old Home Days or helps with fundraising events like the Breakfast in the Barn. They can also help by sharing their experience on a walk or talk.

Web and Social Media – Do you like taking pictures and/or writing? Bear-Paw needs your help posting to website and Facebook.

Ready for a more regular commitment? Several Bear-Paw committees and the Board of Directors meet each month and need your help growing the good work of Bear-Paw. Membership Development works on finding new members and fundraising, Outreach and Education helps plan educational and other events, and Land Protection and Stewardship helps guide Bear-Paw’s conservation efforts.

Not sure yet? Contact Harmony Anderson (harmony@metrocast.net) or Daniel Kern (info@bear-paw.org) to help figure out where you might fit in. Bear-Paw looks forward to welcoming you!

Here is what a couple of our great volunteers have to say:

“I like hiking through woods that have no trails and to go through areas few people visit. It is rewarding to get to know land I’ve not seen before on my first visit and then to revisit them each year. I like to observe how habitats change over time. This year I invited two abutters to accompany me when monitoring the Rooney easement. They showed me places I’d not seen, and I showed them places new to them along the boundaries. I hope to participate more.” —WINI YOUNG

“The more we all pitch-in, the more great work Bear-Paw can accomplish. Plus, I’ll take any excuse to be outdoors in beautiful places.” —PAUL EATON

Thank-you Land Stewards!By Susan Wilderman

With over 9,000 acres of conservation land Bear Paw is thankful for the over 60 volunteer monitors who yearly visit each easement and Bear-Paw preserve. These individuals play an essential role in helping to maintain relationships with landowners and help to make sure that easement terms are observed.

Bear-Paw will thank all of our Land Stewards at an event planned for the Cahill conservation easement property in Strafford on June 18th.

Land Stewards Event

Cahill property, Strafford

June 18th

If you are interested in learning about what it means to be a volunteer monitor, please plan to join us. You can also attend our “Outdoor Skills” workshop on May 28th. See the details in the calendar.

We also offer stewardship volunteer opportunities throughout the year; including “workdays” where you can meet and work alongside our land stewards. No experience required.

Frank Mitchell, right, leads a workshop on navigating in the woods to potential Land Steward volunteers.

Here’s the serving Crew at the 2018 Breakfast in the Barn!Paul Eaton, third from right, helps lead a group of stewardship volunteers from Liberty Mutual!

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Join us for the Fourth Annual Breakfast in the Barn! For three years, some of Bear-Paw’s most generous supporters have helped us take big steps for land conservation with donations at the Breakfast in the Barn! We will meet again this year at the big, red barn at the Kitz Farm in Strafford. Caterer Randy Brisson will gather local eggs, sausages, bacon, potatoes and baked goods so we will be treated to the delicious sizzle as we arrive for another feast. Randy promises a repeat of last year’s favorite, strawberry-stuffed French toast. There will be music and stories of shared conservation experiences and a chance to greet old friends and make new ones.

At the end of the Breakfast guests will have a chance to pledge a donation that goes directly to Bear-Paw’s land conservation program. We quickly see results in newly protected land every year in our own neighborhoods and know it has happened because of your support. Last year’s Breakfast guests raised $40,000 that helped Bear-Paw complete five new conservation easements and over 400 acres. Can we reach that mark again?

The barn will be packed, with every seat taken, so please make your reservation today at 603.463.9400 or info@bear-paw.org to secure your place. Come help us protect the woodlands and farmlands we love!

A Narrow Escape and Rescue at the Annual Meeting!What to do? Our scheduled speaker was a federal employee who was not permitted to work during the shutdown with the meeting just days away! Luckily, our own board member, Susan Wilderman, who teaches science and math at Jesse Remington High School, also leads a multi-year study on habitat restoration in Michigan during the summer. In the three days before the meeting, she created a program about the work she and graduate students do to help study how oil and gas drilling pads are restored to forest. Susan led us through the still-unsolved mystery of why after 30 years these open areas in the middle of healthy forests had failed to fill in. She and students will be back this summer to chart progress.

Bear-Paw appreciates the generous gifts to both the raffle and the ample morning and lunch tables. Thank you for making our meeting truly a community affair.

Bear-Paw plans another Swim benefitCalling all swimmers! It isn’t too early to gather pledges for your swim efforts for the 3rd Annual Bear-Paw Swim sometime in late summer. Our swim guru, Mark West, is working out the details for the place and time, and promises a change in venue to make things interesting. He is looking at quiet ponds that abut some of our conservation easements, and wants to end the event with a cookout on the shore. We’ll post on Bear-Paw’s Facebook page and website when the date, place, and time are definite. Not a swimmer? Pledge your support for a swimmer. We can also use help with safety canoe and kayak paddlers, and will need volunteers to get that cookout ready. Let Bear-Paw know of any way you’d like to volunteer at info@bear-paw.org.

Saturday, May 4th 9–11am

Guests pledge at the Breakfast in the Barn 2018.

Breakfast in the Barn Sponsors

Kitz Farm, George and Catherine Kitz ReVision Energy, LLC Severino Trucking, Ronald and Amy

SeverinoBrown Engineering and Surveying, LLC /

NH Land Solutions Candia First Stoppe Country Store Crafts Appraisal Associates, Ltd. Dill Family Farm, Alden Dill Heritage True Value Hardware and

Corner Market, Bruce and Kevin Detrude

Meyer Family Dentistry Northwood Garage, Jim and Linda

Grant Parade Properties, Jeanne Menard Ridgeview Construction, Shane Carter

The Vernal Window and Climate ChangeBy Alix Contosta

The vernal window is a period that marks the transition between winter and the growing season. In New England we often think of this period as mud season— a time when thawing snow and ice result in sometimes impassable roads and trails. This so-called fifth season can be a nuisance for people, but it marks a period opportunity for ecosystems that starts with snowmelt and ends with forest canopy budbreak and leaf out. Spring flowers like lady slipper orchids and trilliums take advantage of the direct sunlight that reaches the forest floor in the absence of snow cover or a closed forest canopy. Phytoplankton that live in streams similarly experience a surge in productivity during this interval between ice out and canopy green-up.

Less familiar than the posting of roads and the blooming of wildflowers are other dramatic transitions that occur during the vernal window. As the ecosystem goes from snowpack to snow-free, the replacement of bright white snowpack with much darker snow-free surface changes from reflecting a lot of sunlight to one that absorbs more of the sun’s energy. Once the snowpack disappears the near freezing soil can warm as much as 9 °F in a single day, speeding soil microbial activity, the decay of plant litter and organic matter providing the release of CO2. Streams can switch to spring freshet as the ecosystem becomes snow free exporting volumes of water and nutrients to downstream rivers, lakes, and oceans.

At the end of the vernal window, the emergence of leaves and the closing of the forest canopy cause additional changes. The reflectivity of green leaves is lower than snow or ice, but greater than the brown ground or dormant trees and grasses. Actively growing trees shift the atmospheric balance as they take up CO2 through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis also requires water, so as the greening plants take up water and release it through their leaves, this replaces runoff as the dominant process for moving water through the ecosystem.

How has climate change affected the Vernal Window?Several decades of research show that climate change has altered the timing of events that mark the start and end of the vernal window. Both snowmelt and canopy green-up are occurring earlier in the year as air temperatures have warmed. However, the rates of change in these two phenomena are not the same. A study at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Woodstock, NH, illustrates the difference. There snowpack disappearance occurs two weeks earlier than it did in the mid-1950s. Yet forest canopy leaf-out occurs only six days earlier than at that time. Why the difference? Snowpack and snowmelt are much more dependent on just temperature while trees respond to both temperature and light, needing a particular day length to bloom. The longer vernal window

Snow cover and bare ground from UNH’s Thompson Farm monitoring site illustrate the difference in reflectivity. PHOTO CREDIT: PICTUREPOST, PICTUREPOST.UNH.EDU

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Lady slipper.

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that results could impact ecosystem energy, carbon, and water balances both within the vernal window and throughout the rest of the year. Importantly, research also shows that colder, snowier winters tend to have shorter vernal windows.

Researchers keenly interested in the impacts of a longer vernal window on ecosystems have initiated a citizen science effort to work with five middle and high schools in the area, four in New Hampshire and one in Maine to track changes in snow depth, soil frost depth, soil biological activity, and forest canopy green-up using the NASA supported Global Learning

and Observations to Benefit the Environment Protocols (GLOBE, globe.gov). These are key ecosystem attributes that can affect winter forest harvest, outdoor recreation, and maple sugaring.

Continuing research will help us imagine what our landscape might look like in the future if the vernal window ceases to exist and is instead replaced by an extended period between leaf-off in the fall and leaf-on in the spring without snow cover. We are only beginning to comprehend what this might mean for the ecosystems and people of New England.

For more information about the citizen science work, the ongoing research, and additional reading see links here:

https://elizabethburakowski.com/projects/us-forest-service-citsci-tracking-the-vernal-window-with-bundled-globe-protocols/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/ 170316125628.htm

Alix Contosta is a Research Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire https://eos.unh.edu/person/alexandra-contosta

Rushing waterfall with spring freshet (from melting snow) transporting nutrients.

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CHAMPIONS ($5,000+)BRUCE ADAMILINDA AND BOB KREWSONBLANCHE AND HY OSSOFF FAMILY

STEWARDS ($2,000+)HARMONY ANDERSONBOB COTEBEVERLY DANTOSDR. EDWARD AND RUTH FOWLERAL JAEGERJOHN AND JANICE KRAUSELIZABETH KRUSEPETER AND SARAH LIONGORDON AND CAROLYN PAGE

PARTNERS ($1,000+)BONNIE BEAUBIENROBERT AND CYNTHIA BENNETTROBERT BOYNTON AND JOHN FRANCIS

BOYNTONCODY CRAMER AND DANA ZULAGERPAUL AND BETH EATONDENNIS GARNHAM AND JANET BUTLERDAVID AND JUDITH HESSDANA AND SCOTT HOCHGRAFBENNO AND MIRJAM IJTSMAJEFF KANTOROWSKI AND BOB STROBELHAL AND IRENE KREIDERALAN AND KATHLEEN MATTHEWSJAMES RICEJENNIFER WISE AND JOHN SEIDNERWILLARD AND SARA URBANCARL WALLMAN, GRAYLAG CABINSCYNTHIA WYATT, BRANCH HILL FARMANNE YOUNG AND STETSON AMESSCOTT YOUNG AND GENE REAGORANONYMOUS (4)

PROTECTORS ($500+)WILLIAM AND DIANNE ABELYPHILIP AND CAROLYN AUGERANDI AXMAN AND MARK GOLDSTEINERICK AND KATHLEEN BERGLUNDHERBERT MCKINNEY AND NANCY BROWN-

MCKINNEYRICHARD BROWNSHANE CARTER, RIDGEVIEW CONSTRUCTIONPATRICK AND SANDRA CASSIER, DEERFIELD

LEATHERSDANIELLE CHANDONNETJOHN AND CAROL CHICARELLODAVIS AND CAROLYN CLARKEGEORGE DEWOLF AND JOYCE PALMERCHRISTINE DOYLE AND STEVEN MATHESBRENDA AND JIM EAVESBRUCE AND KATHERINE FREEMANMIMI AND CHARLES JOSTDAVID KERNMARYLOU KOSMATKABRUCE LINDWALL AND LAURIE GULLIONJOHN AND MARIANNE LITVAITISNANCY MATHESGRACE MATTERN AND DAVID COURSINANDY AND KATIE MEEHANMARY AND DAVID MOOREJACK AND SANDY O’BRIENTRACEY OSBORN PIKE, DEERFIELD FAMILY

DENTISTRYALISON PARODI-BIELING AND JOHN PARODIKENNETH AND SUSAN RYANLOIS SANS AND MICHAEL NORMANDINRONALD AND AMY SEVERINOROBERT AND PRISCILLA WILCOXKAREN ZANDER AND BERNIE METZGERANONYMOUS

Bear-Paw Supporters 2018The Board, Staff, and volunteers of Bear-Paw want to acknowledge all of our contributors for their generous support! We couldn’t have protected even one of our 9,000 acres without every one of you.

Friends of Bear-Paw Giving SocietyIn 2018, these donors each contributed $500 or more to Bear-Paw playing an extraordinary role in allowing us to continue our work. Friends of Bear-Paw provide over 60% of our annual membership contributions.

BEAR-PAW TOWNS ALLENSTOWNBARNSTEADCANDIADEERFIELDEPSOMHOOKSETTNORTHWOODNOTTINGHAMPITTSFIELDRAYMONDSTRAFFORD

FOUNDATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONSAMAZON SMILE FOUNDATIONBROWN ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING, LLC, SCOTT

FRANKIEWICZCANDIA CONSERVATION COMMISSIONCANDIA FIRST STOPPE COUNTRY STORE, JOE SOBOLCRAFTS APPRAISAL ASSOCIATES, LTD.DEERFIELD CONSERVATION COMMISSIONDEERHEAD SPORTSMAN CLUBDOUCET SURVEY, INC.EARTHSHARE NEW ENGLANDEVERSOURCE ENERGY SERVICE COMPANYEXETER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES, INC.FACEBOOK DONATIONSFRIENDS OF THE HOOKSETT LIBRARY

GOSSELIN INSURANCE, PETER AND NANCY GOSSELINGREAT BAY RESOURCE PROTECTION PARTNERSHIP,

LAND PROTECTION TRANSACTION GRANT PROGRAM

HANNAFORD SUPERMARKET†

HERITAGE TRUE VALUE HARDWARE / HERITAGE CORNER MARKET, BRUCE AND SHERI DETRUDE

HOOKSETT CONSERVATION COMMISSIONLIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATIONMERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUPMERRIMACK CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP,

TRANSACTION GRANT PROGRAMMOOSE MOUNTAINS REGIONAL GREENWAYSNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION,

WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE PROGRAMNATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE,

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

And a special thank you to all of our volunteers!

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NH CONSERVATION REAL ESTATE, TOM HOWARDNH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES,

LOCAL SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAMNH FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENTNH LAND AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE INVESTMENT

PROGRAM (LCHIP)NH LOCKED MOOSE, INC. FOREVER LOCKEDNIPPO LAKE GOLF CLUB, VICKY AND WALTER

MOWERSNORTHWOOD CRANK PULLERS SNOWMOBILE CLUBNOTTINGHAM CONSERVATION COMMISSIONPAYPAL GIVING FUNDRANSMEIER AND SPELLMAN, PCREVISION ENERGYWENTWORTH HUNT CLUB INC.

GIFTS IN HONOR OFBONNIE BEAUBIEN CODY CRAMER AND DANA ZULAGER BENNETT JOHN FRANCIS BOYNTON BETSY KRUSE JUDI LINDSEY

GIFTS IN MEMORY OF CAROL A. CALDWELLSUZANNE EATON CRANNEYRICHARD R. JENISCHALICE N. KRAUSPETER MENARDNATALIE MURPHY

ADVOCATES ($250+)DAVID BARR AND SUSAN CURTISGILE BEYE AND KENT JOHNSONCHRISTINA BROWN AND LOUIS GAGNONDAWN CLANCYROBERT AND JANET STORY CLARKLARRY CLIFFORDEDMOND COURNOYERMARTHA CURRY AND DON PINKERTONOWEN AND VALERIE DAVIDDANA AND CINDY DAVIDSONJOHN DETRUDEJOHN AND MARIAN FREEMANSTEVEN AND NANCY GOODSPEEDDANIEL KERNSANDRA KERNJOHN AND JOANNA KORTECARL KRUSEPAUL AND AMY LINDSAYDR. JODY LOWKIMBERLY AND CHRISTOPHER MEYERCHERYL MROZIENSKIMARK MUELLER AND DAVID RICHARDJILL NOONEY AND DR. ROBERT MUNGER,

BEDROCK FARMDIANE AND JIM PHILBRICKSTEPHEN AND ELAINE PIKELOU POWELLSUSAN PRATT-SMITHLOUIS PULZETTIPATRICIA AND PETER SANBORN, LAVOIE

FOUNDATIONROBYN AND BUZZ SHIELYRUSSELL SHILLABERROBERT AND JENNIFER SHONE

ELLEN SNYDER AND SRINI SRINIVASANBARBARA SWEETBRADLEY AND LINDA SYLVESTERCINDY AND DON TOMILSONLAWRENCE TONDELDAVIS TRACYWEST ENVIRONMENTAL INC.MAGGIE AUERBACH AND RICK YOUNGRIED ZULAGERANONYMOUS (3)

SUPPORTERS ($100+)ROBERT AND CELIA ABRAMSSUZANNE ALLISONDIANA ANDERSONSUSAN ARNOLDROBERT AND JOANN BAILEYGREGORY BANEJAMES AND SUSAN BARNESRANDY AND MAGGIE BEACHMICHELLE AND DAVID BENGERBETH BENHAMBRET BERSACKPETER AND DINA BOCKLAURA BONK AND PHILIP TROWBRIDGEARICKEY AND JULIE BOUNDSKEVIN BOXTOM AND LINDA BRENNANJAKE BRONNENBERG, FOREST SERVICES LLCSHIRLEY BROWNELLANNE BURNETTDANIEL AND JOYCE CAPPIELLORHODA AND STEPHEN CAPRONPETER CARSWELL AND NORMA BISHOPBETSY CHADWICKTHOMAS AND PATIENCE CHAMBERLINSTEPHEN CHISHOLMJEFFREY AND LISA CLARKTHE CLINCH FAMILYSTEVEN COUTUREIRENE CRUIKSHANKJULIE DECOSTA AND GIGI KLIPASAMUEL AND DEANNA DEMERITTPETER DESANTIS, COMPREHENSIVE TRAIL SERVICESGREG DOANEGREG AND HEATHER DUBESUSAN AND TOM DUDEREWICZMATTHEW AND SEONAID EATONJOSEPH AND ANN FARRELLYTOM AND MADELYN FOULKESROGER AND KIMBERLEA FRANCOEUR,

RPF ASSOCIATES, INC.JOAN AND JOSHUA FREEDSERITA AND WILMER FREYPATRICIA GARDNERMR. AND MRS. JAMES L. GARVINBRIAN AND WINIFRED GEARYDAVID GOODRICHDAVID GOULDJEFFREY AND MARLENE GRAHAMWILLIAM GREENAN AND PAMELA BOYERJO GREENWALDERIK AND NANCY GROSSBARBARA HAINEPAMELA HALLHARVEY AND BARBARA HARKNESS

SARAH HARKNESSKATE HARTNETT AND RACHEAL STUARTNEIL AND DEB HARVEYJOHN HERRMANN, KNIFE & PLOW, LLCELIZABETH HERTZFELDDAVID HOPKINS AND KIMBERLY ALLISONLAURIE MANKEJAMES AND PAMELA KELLYDONALD KELSEYCHRISTINE AND PETER KENDALLRONALD KENNARDJAMES AND LUCINDA KERIVANSAMUEL AND RUTH KNOWLESADRIENNE KOVACH AND DAVID BERLINSKYCAROL LAMBERTNANCY LAMBERT AND DR. MARTIN LEELYNNE LAROCHELLE RICHARDLINDA LEECURTIS AND PATRICIA LEYJUDI AND JIM LINDSEYDEBBIE AND WOLFGANG LISKOWMEL AND CATHI LISTONJAMES LOGANWESTY AND GEORGE LOVEJOYMICHAEL AND BETH MARCHANDROBERT AND BARBARA MATHEWS, CUSTOM

SHOEMAKERFRED AND PENNY MCGARRYFRANCES MENARDPRISCILLA MERRILLDONNA METCALFRICHARD MILLER AND KARLENE NORMANDINERICK AND MELISSA MISCHKEFRANK MITCHELL AND KATHY HANSONRICK MITCHELL AND POLLY ROUNDSMARC AND DEBORAH MIVILLEROBERT AND SUSAN MOONEYRICHARD AND EMILY MOOREVIRGINIA L. MULLIGANDOUGLAS MURPHYJAMES MURPHYWILLIAM NORTHRUP JR.ROBERT O’BRIENERIC AND JANICE ORFFJOAN OTTINGERISOBEL PARKEBRIAN AND SHERRY PATTILLOTOM AND JUDY PEARSONJOANNE PENDERGASTJULIET AND DICK PERDICHIZZIALAN PERKINS AND LIZ BULKLEYKITTY PETERSON AND MICHAEL EGANLIZ PIKECARL PRELLWITZDONALD AND GLORIA QUIGLEYDONALD AND GWEN RHODESJENNIFER ROBERTSBARBARA ROBIDOUXBETSY AND ALAN SANDERSJUDITH SCHAEFERCALVIN AND PENNY SCHROEDERMARC AND KERI SEXTONBEVERLY SHEACAROLE SHELBYJANE SHERWINERIC AND BECKY SIDEMAN, EAST WIND FARM

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SUSAN SIGGELAKISSUE SIROISKATHLENE STEINMULLERRODGER AND MARTHA STONEELAINE SULLIVANKENNETH AND ELENA SUPERJOANNE SWEENEYRALPH AND MARILYN TEDESCO, GREENLAWN

CONTRACTORSBOYEN THOMPSON AND DEBORAH LIBBYMARK AND CAROL THOMPSONGREGORY TILLMAN AND SIOBHAN SENIERJIM AND HOLLY TOMILSONDAVID AND CHERYL TURNERJAMES AND PATRICIA VAILLANCOURTGARY VICKERY AND ANDREA OGDENMARGARET WALKERBETTY WARNERFRANK WILCZEKSUSAN WILDERMANDONALD WILLIAMS AND JANICE LEVITONJOCAROL WOODBURNKURT AND BETHENE WUELPERWINI AND BOB YOUNGANONYMOUS (12)

CONTRIBUTORS ($50+)SARAH BARNUMROGER AND DAWNA BELANGERKENNETH AND CHARLOTTE BERRYROLAND BERUBEELIZABETH BIRNIEBELINDA BODNARCHRIS BOGARDRICHARD BOISVERT AND DEBBIE DENIG-BOISVERTGERARD AND CHRISTINE BROPHYCATHERINE CALLAHANGEORGE CARRIGANDAVID AND MARY JANE CARROLLRISA AND JOHN CESKAVICHLOUISE KING CHAGNONDOUGLAS AND SUSAN CHAMBERLINLEEANN AND JIM CHILDRESSJOAN AND FRANK CHRISTISON LAGAYDEAN AND SUSAN CILLEYFRED AND NANCY CLARKDAVID COPELANDJUNE AND MICHAEL CORMIERSCOTT AND ELSIE CURRYNORMAN AND KAREN DODGEBRUCE AND CLARINDA DONLEPATRICIA AND PATRICK DOYLESUSAN DUMAISMERRIL, LIZ, MOLLY, AND BRENNAN DWYERLUCY AND BEN EDWARDSJIM EGGERSJANE COOPER FALLALAN AND JOYCE FRIZZELLALLAN AND HOLLY GAHMTIM GAUDREAU, THIRD STONE FARMGLEN AND GWENYTH GERHARDKELLI AND ED GERHARDBRAD AND LORRAINE HALLWILLIAM AND LINDA HODGDONJUDITH HUCKINS

LESTER AND BERTHA HUCKINSROBERT AND JACQUELINE JAEGERRICHARD JENISCHTHOMAS AND MARGARET JOHNSONMISSI AND MIKE KERIVANBRUCE KERRRONNIE AND DEBORAH LABORE, PLUMBING-N-

HEATING SOLUTIONS, LLCMICHAEL AND FRAN LAMBLINDA LEBITZ AND JOHN BUATTIPATRICK LYMANERIC MAGLIOASHLEY MARTIN AND BRIAN WINSLOWSCOTT AND JANE MARTINWILLIAM AND BARBARA MARTINCHRISTINE MCLAUGHLINLYNDA MCLAUGHLINANNE MENARDAMANDA MERRILLANNE MEYERS AND JASON MAHONCHARLIE MORENO, CONSULTING FORESTERWALTER AND VICKY MOWERSALVIN AND PEGGY MUNSHERRY NECHAJROSEMARY NOSSIFFJANET PAGE / GENESTBETTE PAINEROBERT PARADIS AND REJEAN BLANCHETTERICHARD AND CARRIE PASCOEMARTIN AND JEANNE PATRIZIDAVID AND PAMELA PERKINSROBYN PHILLIPSPATRICIA PINEALISON PROULXMAUREEN QUINNLINDA RAUTERWAYNE RAUTIOLESLEY RAYMONDSENATOR JOHN REAGANEUGENIE REEDCONSTANCE AND DOUGLAS RICHARDSCINDY ROBERTSONBETTY SABEANELIZABETH SAUNDERSSTEVEN AND JODI SCHAEFEREVELYN SCHROEDER AND HELENE HAGGARMARILYN SEMPLERAY SEVIGNYJUDITH SHUTERCHERYL SMITH AND CHARLENE ANDERSENSUSAN SMITHDAN AND MOLLY SPERDUTOSTEVEN AND JANE STEINERMARGUERITE SWAINBETH TENERJOHN TERNINKOALBERT AND PATRICIA VACHONJANE AND DENNIS VACHONJANE VALLIERE, HERMANOS COCINA MEXICANAJOHN WALLACEELLEN WESTBROOKROBIN WHITE AND MARSHALL HATCH III.

WILD GRACESTAMSIN WHITEHEADCHERI WOLFF AND BOB BETTER

DIANNE AND JOHN WRIGHTPETER YARENSKYVINCENT ZULKOWSKIANONYMOUS (5)

$1–$49BARB BAKER AND PAULA ANANIAJAMES AND BARBARA BENNETTNORMAN AND LOUISE BRASSARDROBERT AND NORMA CARLSONSANDRA CHADWICKJUNE CHASECAROL CLAPPNANCY COLBURNRAYMOND AND LUCIA COTEKRISTINE DECOURCEYDANA AND SUSAN DELUCAPETER AND JOANNE DEVLINWALTER AND CINDY EGOMICHAEL FERBERDAVIS FINCHMARILYN AND MICHAEL FISCHERKENNETH AND DONNA GERBERSHERRY GODLEWSKI AND MELISSA ZYCHWILLIAM AND IRENE GRANDGRANITE UNITED WAYBILL HALEDIANE FLINT HARDYJOSEPH AND SUSAN HAYDENKENNETH AND ELIZABETH HECKMANMARY ANTOINETTE JACKSONSUSAN JUDGECARYN LASKY AND DUANE FORDDOUGLAS AND KAREN LEAVITTCHERYL LEBLANCTAMARA LEIBOWITZROGER AND TRISH LEROUXBARBARA LEZONKEVIN MCENEANEY, MCENEANEY SURVEY

ASSOCIATES, INC.MARGARET MORENZABRAM PEARSONSUSAN PENNEY AND GLENN MOORETHOMAS AND DIANNE PETERSONJOHN POST AND ELIZABETH TRACYREVEREND JOHN POSTRACHEL AND MIKE RAINEYCINDY REIDFREDERICK AND JANE ROBERTSCRAIG ROMANO, WRITER AND GUIDEBOOK AUTHORANNE RYDERBETH SHAYAH, RAW BAR APOTHECARYCLIFFORD AND FRANCES SMITHMARTHA AND PETER SMITHMICHAEL SORTERERIC SPEED AND DENISE MARKOWARLENE TALLBERGCHARLES WESTMARGARET WESTGREGG AND LISA WILDERMARK WILLIAMSHOLLY ZIRKLEANONYMOUS (3)

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Bear-Paw One Step at a TimeBear-Paw continues to celebrate the 9,000 acres of our region’s forests, wetlands and farmlands that our work has protected. In addition to conserving water, wildlife habitat, forests, and farms, there is another benefit for us all – more than 6,000 of those acres are open to the public! Come join us as we explore our conservation lands, including these:

May 18 • 9 – 11 amWalk on an old favorite with excellent trails on the Isinglass River Conservation Reserve in Strafford.

June 22 • 10 am – 12 pmWalk on the newly conserved Marston Farm easement and Pendleton Forest in Deerfield. See page 1 for information about this “new” property.

July 27 • 10 am – 12 pmWalk on the Dearborn Forest in Raymond, another return to a property with excellent trails.

August 17 • 9:30 am – 12 pmWalk on Bear-Paw’s Great Marsh Preserve in Allenstown – bring a container to pick some of the abundant wild blueberries.

September 28 • 9 am – 12 pmWalk on the Strafford School District’s Hill Pond property in Strafford – bring a snack for our stop at the peninsula across the pond.

Calendar of EventsSpring & Summer

Discover Wild NH DaySaturday, April 20 • 10 am – 3 pm • NHFG, 11 Hazen Drive, ConcordCome visit the Bear-Paw display and activity table in the big white tent!

Breakfast in the Barn!Saturday, May 4 • 8:30 – 11 am • Kitz Farm, StraffordSee page 5 for details on attending!

Spring Migration BirdwalkSaturday, May 11 • 7:30 – 9 am • Burbank Woods Preserve, DeerfieldFrank Mitchell will lead our spring migration walk this year and give tips on bird identification by sight and song. Come join in the fun identifying beautifully colored migrant songbirds like vireos, warblers, and thrushes.

Outdoor Skills and Backwoods NavigationTuesday, May 28 • 4 – 7 pm •Freese Town Forest, Deerfield The workshop with Frank Mitchell and Susan Wilderman will give you a chance to learn and practice skills such as map and compass reading, understanding property survey maps and navigating in sometimes unfamiliar and challenging terrain. You will expand your exploratory horizons and bolster your confidence about off-trail navigation. See page 4 for details.

Spring WildflowersSaturday, June 1 • 9 – 11 am • Kimball Family Forest Preserve, NottinghamLearn about spring wildflowers and how to identify them. Susan Wilderman will teach you skills needed to identify common wild flowers using Newcomb’s biological key. Bring your kids to this family-friendly visit to the woods.

Vernal Pool Ecology for KidsSaturday, June 8 • 10 am – 12 pm • April Bacon Conservation Easement, NottinghamMark West will lead this visit to April Bacon’s property in Nottingham. Everyone will get a chance to explore the abundant vernal pools that are found there and the variety of life within them. Plan to get wet!

Land Steward Thank You and RefresherTuesday, June 18 • 4 – 6 pm •Cahill Conservation Easement, StraffordSee page 4 for details.

Epsom Town Forest to the Blasty Bough!Saturday, July 20 • 2 – 5 pm • Epsom Town Forest, EpsomAlison Parodi, the Chair of the Epsom Conservation Commission, will lead a walk through the Epsom Town Forest, maybe ending at the Blasty Bough Brewing Company if conditions permit! Hikers can choose from two loops with different length and difficulty.

All programs are free and open to the public. Please pre-register at info@bear-paw.org, www.bear-paw.org, or 603.463.9400, unless noted otherwise, so that we can be sure to have adequate materials for everyone or notify participants of any changes.

11603.463.9400 E-MAIL INFO@BEAR-PAW.ORG WWW.BEAR-PAW.ORG

Conserving Land, One at a TimeBy Daniel Kern

Meeting people at their homes and on their land is one of the things I enjoy most at Bear-Paw. Working with families to help accomplish the goals they have for their property is rewarding and sometimes very challenging. Everyone has different ideas about where they want to end up. Sometimes we cannot find a way to work together but more often than not, we do.

Many landowners donate the value of an easement or property to Bear-Paw and/or their town (see the landowner donation stories on page 3). However, some folks are not in a position to do that so we have to agree on a price for a purchase. The value is determined through negotiation based on the appraised value, landowner goals, and our estimate of what we think we can raise.

Once we decide how to move forward, it is then Bear-Paw’s job to find the resources to complete each project. This usually means a visit to the local Conservation Commission to ask for their support. Most Bear-Paw projects receive substantial funding from town Conservation Funds. Bear-Paw often leverages this community support with funding from many different types of grant programs, depending on availability, the characteristics of the property, and its intended uses. There are too many sources to list here but we sometimes tap into five or more to complete just one purchase. Each program or grant has its own set of goals that must be integrated into the project before funding is secured and a closing can be scheduled. Many of our projects are simple, but some can be complex and involve many stakeholders.

If you are interested in exploring the options available to you and your family, please contact me at 603.463.9400 or info@bear-paw.org.

Post Office Box 19Deerfield, NH 03037

JOIN US!Come help Grow the Greenways at the “Breakfast in the Barn” – page 5

Outdoor Skills and Backwoods Navigation – page 4

See all the events in the calendar on page 11!

Land under Bear-Paw easements . . . . .7,402 acres

Bear-Paw Preserves (owned land) . . .1,624 acres

Total land protected . . . . 9,026 acres

Bear-Paw Regional Greenways 65 Pinewood Road #4Allenstown, NH 03275Alternative Mailing Address:PO Box 19, Deerfield, NH 03037

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