By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org
BETHLEHEM — The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests said last Thursday it will create a new education and events center and move some staff north of the notches outside of Concord in announcing the planned $8.5 million transformation of the 1,400-acre Rocks Estate here.
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