Newfound Land Conservation Partnership

A community-based, volunteer-led partnership for land conservation.

In 2007, a group of individuals concerned with the pace of development in the watershed met to determine how to balance development with land conservation.  From these efforts the Newfound Land Conservation Partnership was established in 2009, and has now driven land conservation in the watershed for over a decade.  This group is comprised of local watershed residents, the Newfound Lake Region Association, the Lakes Region Conservation Trust, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, The Nature Conservancy, and representatives from NH Audubon.  The NLCP educates and serves the needs of the community on land-related matters and provides information on the advantages to private owners of protective easements on tracts of land with high environmental value.  The LRCT and SPNHF provide land stewardship expertise and can manage conservation easements.

The Partnership is currently working with landowners in all five watershed towns and looking to protect land around the Alexandria aquifer, which is a drinking water supply and the largest water source feeding into Newfound Lake through the Fowler River. This region also contains the Alexandria Bog, which is an extremely rich and productive habitat for wildlife and a natural water purifier.

• Conserving Your Land: Options for New Hampshire Landowners

Land Trusts

• Lakes Region Conservation Trust
• The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Land Trust Alliance

NLCP Members

Principal Partners