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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has closed a deal acquiring a 306.30-acre piece of New Hampshire’s northern hardwood forest in the Mascoma Headwaters unit of Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. The property will now be added to Conte Refuge in fee simple for its permanent protection. The acquisition of this parcel of land (Unit B) marks a major accomplishment for us and our partners, the Bear Hill Conservancy and the Kilham Bear Center.
With two out of three phases complete, WildLandscapes’ efforts to permanently protect 14,817 acres of New Hampshire’s northern hardwood forest with the Bear Hill Conservancy is well on its way. Phase III will finally maintain an incredible region for biodiversity while creating connectivity between Bear Hill and White Mountain National Forest. In the last two months, we’ve identified a major source of funding that will help us complete this final phase.
For conservationists and preservationists, the slight, implicit difference between “conservation” and “preservation” in connotation is significant because, in practice, it indicates a difference in how to carry out protection. WildLandscapes focuses on adaptive landscape conservation that protects land for wildlife and people while allowing for uses like, for example, sustainable ranching on landscapes in Florida.
A Conservation Area is a given area of land in which private landowners can join a regional partnership consisting of interested agencies, organizations, indigenous tribes, and local communities, the goal of which is to achieve regional conservation goals. Private landowners benefit because they acquire less than fee title interest or enter into management agreements while retaining their rights to land use.
This article will explain some of the top reasons that conservation areas are the best path forward for landscape conservation.
