Most of these lands have been donated. The Forest Society manages its land for multiple uses as promoted by the Tree Farm Program and refined by Society philosophy.
Objectives vary according to the donor's wishes and capability of the land.
Monetary assistance is now available to those landowners that suffered economic loss because of the storm. The Society for the Protection of NH Forests, the NH Division of Forests and Lands, and the UNH Cooperative Extension created a program that will provide grants to landowners to help cover the costs of placing a conservation easement on their damaged land or donating their land to a forest conservation organization. They both may depend upon the same piece of land for their health. The Society has developed model conservation easements to protect community drinking water supplies and associated valuable natural resources. Over the next year, Society staff will continue to work with citizen task forces in three pilot communities, Hollis, Durham, and Merrimack, to acquire land and easements critical to present and future water supplies.