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Great Bay, near Lubberland Creek Preserve, Newmarket - E. Aldrich photo
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December 15, 2005
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 photo © Charlie Ott This year, give your friends and loved ones a gift of nature that they will remember forever!
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Conserving Great Bay: Purchase of Newmarket property made possible in part by Lowe's Home Improvement A strategic acquisition in Newmarket has allowed The Nature Conservancy to expand a nature preserve and open a new Great Bay office. The Conservancy has moved into its new office on Bay Road in Newmarket, on 35.5 acres adjacent to – and now part of – its Lubberland Creek Preserve. Until now, the Conservancy’s Great Bay office was in leased space on Route 85 in Newfields. “With our continuing land protection and stewardship focus, and our expanding marine programs, we’ve been looking for a few years now for a property that could add great conservation of important habitat and also provide a place for our local staff to hang their hats,” said Daryl Burtnett, TNC’s state director in New Hampshire. “This place is ideal for us and it’s been just wonderful to have such strong support from neighbors and supporters in the area.”
Helping to make the project possible is a $200,000 grant from Lowe’s Home Improvement, the largest gift of cash by a corporation to the Conservancy’s New Hampshire Chapter. The Lowe’s grant is part of a recent $1 million gift by the company to Conservancy projects in Massachusetts, New York and Vermont. The Conservancy purchased the Newmarket land from Frank Smas, including a small house that will now serve as TNC’s Great Bay office. In the coming months, the Conservancy plans to link the property with the existing trail network on the Lubberland Creek Preserve. The property was identified as a priority for protection through scientific planning efforts of The Nature Conservancy and the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership. The project protects 1,700 feet of frontage near the mouth of Lubberland Creek and supports a high-quality salt marsh. It is strategically located between the Conservancy's 231-acre Lubberland Creek Preserve and the Moody Point neighborhood’s 115 acres of designated open space to the south. The new purchase links those two tracts and others, forming a contiguous protected area of more than 2,300 acres. <<Learn more about TNC's expanded preserve>> Giving in 2005: New Tax Law Brings New Opportunities Events in 2005 have called for an unprecedented response from individuals, nonprofit organizations and government to aid victims of natural disasters. Americans have responded with record levels of charitable giving to assist those in need. Now Congress has acted to encourage additional charitable giving during this critical time by changing income tax laws to help Americans fund relief efforts while continuing to support their traditional charitable interests. The Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 includes a number of important charitable giving provisions. For example, the act temporarily suspends limits on deductions for gifts of cash to qualified charities (including The Nature Conservancy) made during the period beginning August 28, 2005 and ending December 31, 2005. Thus, donors may deduct qualified charitable gifts in amounts up to their adjusted gross income, if so desired. For more information, please contact Tiffany McKenna, director of philanthropy at 603-224-5853, ext. 15, or check with your advisors about the best ways to take advantage of special giving opportunities. <<Learn more about this window of opportunity.>> A Land Ethic: The New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association recently honored the New Hampshire chapter of The Nature Conservancy with its annual Land Ethic for Tomorrow Award. The association cited the Conservancy for its "outstanding conservation projects in New Hampshire" and for following "excellent surveying and boundary-marking standards." "The Conservancy puts a lot of thought into its surveying projects," said Doug Brunelle, the association's awards chair and survey manager for H.E. Bergeron Engineering in North Conway. "They know what to ask for and they get good projects in return." The award was presented at the association's annual meeting Dec. 1 at the Wayfarer Inn in Bedford.
The Conservancy's Story: The Nature Conservancy, and the people whose passions have made it successful, is the topic of a new book by New Hampshire author Bill Birchard. Nature’s Keepers: The Remarkable Story of How The Nature Conservancy Became the Largest Environmental Organization in the World, examines the life and work of nine individuals who’ve made a lasting impact not only on the Conservancy, but on conservation. With their quirks, their mistakes, their drive and their commitment, these individuals have stretched the envelope of what is possible for conserving biodiversity, influencing not just the Conservancy but also other organizations. Birchard, who lives in Amherst, N.H., conducted about 225 interviews with people inside and outside the Conservancy. He reviewed thousands of documents, from letters and white papers to emails and articles. <<Read the interview with Bill Birchard Opportunities in Conservation: The New Hampshire chapter of the Nature Conservancy seeks a dynamic, experienced fundraiser to write fundraising proposals. This New Hampshire-based position is responsible for researching, editing and writing grant proposals seeking individual, foundation, corporate, and government support.
A successful candidate will build long-term relationships with key foundation staff and work to connect TNC trustees with foundation and corporate principal leaders; work with staff to identify fundable priority work and match needs with grant funding opportunities; track and monitor activities of grant funded programs to ensure compliance with donors' requests; produce all required reports. This position is located in Concord, N.H., and has no direct reports. Annual fundraising target for this position will be ~ $400K. <<Learn more about this employment opportunity>>
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