SHELBURNE — Two side-by-side landscape-scale conservation projects on the north side of the Androscoggin River have been awarded matching grants by the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program that total $900,000 on the just-announced 2021 list. The Conservation Fund and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Society) are collaborating on these adjacent working forest projects in this small town.
When the multi-year effort is completed, more than 3,700 acres will be owned by the Forest Society, creating its second-largest reservation in the state.
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