SHELBURNE — The Forest Society, the state’s oldest non-profit conservation organization, is working to create what, if successful, would be its second-largest reservation in the Granite State.
Jack Savage, president of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (as the Forest Society is formally known), spoke on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at the edge of Reflection Pond on the north side of Route 2.
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