GORHAM — The town Forest Management Committee held a public hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 7, after town forester Haven Neal of Berlin reviewed the stewardship plan he prepared for the Tinker Brook tract, a 2,020-acre town forest expansion project acquired in 2020 at no cost to taxpayers.
The project received well over $1 million in grants, including $450,000 from the U.S. Forestry Service’s Community Forest Program, $300,000 from state LCHIP, $75,000 from the Open Space Institute, $18,000 from the “Moose Plate” program and $30,000 from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund.
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