| Three grants, one for trail
improvement, one for trail development, and one for land acquisition,
have been received by two groups working on the Wantatiquet-Monadnock
Trail. The total of the three grants is $43, 500, the money to be used
to complete the funding for projects whose total value is $68,500. The
money will be used on the western section of the trail, with two
projects in Hinsdale and one in Chesterfield.
The first of these, a Recreational Trails Grant of
$20,000 from the New Hampshire Bureau of Trails, will be used in
Hinsdale by the Wantastiquet-Monadnock Greenway Committee to construct
the section of the Fort Hill Connector Trail from
the old railroad bridge at the Connecticut River to the Route 119
crossing at Schorling Brook. An additional $5000, made up of volunteer
time and labor and donated equipment services from Sum-Turf Construction
of Keene, will be used to complete the project. Future plans include
replanking the bridge for continuation into Vermont. The Wantastiquet-Monadnock
Greenway Committee is a subcommittee of the Friends of Pisgah.
| The greenway committee also received an
$11,500 grant from the New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage
Investment Program (LCHIP). These funds will be used to help
purchase a parcel of land on Plain Road in Hinsdale, a property
which will allow the extension of the Bear Mountain Connector
Trail from Daniels Mountain
to Bear Mountain. Additional funding in the amount of $5000 each
was obtained from The Friends of Pisgah and from The Trust for
Public Lands. The property owner, Plain Road Associates, will
participate in the project by selling the property at a price well
below its market value. Participating partners on this section of
the greenway include the Monadnock Conservancy and
the Chesterfield Conservation Commission. |
Bear Mountain from Daniels Mountain Southern View
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Water Control
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The third grant, in the amount of $12,000 and
also from the New Hampshire Bureau of Trails, was received by the
Chesterfield Conservation Commission for major remediation work on
muddy sections of the Ann
Stokes Loop Trail in Chesterfield. This trail, the
first officially opened section the greenway trail in 1999, has
been very popular with local hikers. Work to be done includes the
installation of puncheons and the construction of water bars and
possibly a bridge or two. |
For further information
call
John Summers at 352-0151
or Tom Duston at 256-6082. |
