A portion of Concord’s pine barrens, the only known home in all of New England for the iridescent, endangered Karner blue butterfly, is changing hands.
Nearly seven acres of sandy, lupine-laden property adjacent to an existing conservation easement will transfer from private ownership to the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game after the $575,000 sale was approved by Gov. Kelly Ayotte and the Executive Council earlier this month.
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