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New Hampshire
How We Work
About Us
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
Since establishing its first preserve here in 1961, The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire has helped protect more than 270,000 acres of ecologically significant land and currently owns and manages 28 preserves across the state.
It's thanks to the support of members like you, along with who we are and how we work that has made the Conservancy so successful — and makes us optimistic that we can expand that great conservation work to meet the challenges ahead.
Our Projects
From Great Bay to the Great North Woods, The Nature Conservancy is hard at work on protection projects across the state.
Restoring Oysters to Great Bay
Find out how tons of recycled shells and a dedicated group of "oyster nannies" are helping to restore the health of New Hampshire's unique inland estuary.
Floodplain forest restoration is the highest priority at this historic farm which sits at the confluence of the Connecticut and Upper Ammonoosuc Rivers.
Maintaining the unique fire-dependent habitat of the Ossipee Pine Barrens requires active and careful management.
Canoeing and kayaking the Ashuelot River in Surry, NH. A tributary of the Connecticut River. © Jerry
From its trickling start near the New Hampshire/Quebec border in Pittsburg to its enormous outflow at Long Island Sound, the Connecticut River is an emblem of New England’s human and natural environment.
With culverts and dams blocking the free-flow of water and movement of fish and other organisms, how fragmented is a river system? The Nature Conservancy takes a closer look at the Ashuelot River watershed.
After years of planning and hard work, the Homestead Woolen Mill Dam on the Ashuelot River in Swanzey has been removed.
Spanning 990 square miles and 46 towns, New Hampshire's coastal watersheds harbor exceptional and irreplaceable natural, cultural, recreational and scenic resources. Now it's up to us and our partners to protect them.
In the Great Bay Restoration Compendium, The Nature Conservancy looks at an array of opportunities to restore the estuary's oysters, softshell clams, eelgrass beds and diadromous fish.
Sound science and innovative partnerships help in the quest to protect the Gulf of Maine.
Go Deeper: Multimedia
Whoooo's Visiting Lubberland Creek?
In 2009, an rare visitor to Great Bay was all the buzz on the seacoast.
Restoring the Ossipee Pine Barrens: A Photographer's Angle
Photographer Joe Klementovich found inspiration from the sights and sounds of the Conservancy's efforts to restore fire to the Ossipee Pine Barrens.
Take flight over our projects in the Mount Washington Valley with Director of Stewardship, Jeff Lougee.
Jeremy Woodward talks about surviving heart failure and becoming an IRONMAN.
The Oyster Restoration Project was recently featured on NH Chronicle!
Board of Trustees
The guidance of the New Hampshire Program's Board of Trustees is critical to the continued success of The Nature Conservancy. Meet our Board of Trustees.
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