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Project Name: Ploss Pines Preserve
Project Type: Gift
Town: Goffstown
Partner: Friends of Goffstown Land Conservation
Acreage: 31

Project Description: This beautiful 31-acre property has a remnant pitch pine forest along a ridge that runs North/South through the land. The property fronts on Henry Bridge Road, where there is a mown field of approximately 3 acres. Harry Brook, a tributary to the Piscataquog, forms a southerly bound of the property and the area surrounding Harry Brook is a conservation focus for the town of Goffstown. Much of this brook in Dunbarton has already been protected. The land has frontage on the Piscataquog River upstream of the county land the future use of which is now under discussion. Another unnamed stream and the associated floodplain forest add diversity to the property, although most of the land is forested.

The donor would like to see the land retained as open space, used educationally, and kept open to the public via hiking trails, if they make the most sense from management perspective.
PLC would hope to manage and maintain the Pitch Pine stand, as feasible and, working closely with the Friends of Goffstown Land Conservation, establish one or more hiking trails to facilitate nature appreciation and outdoor recreation and highlight the special natural features for enhanced nature appreciation.

Fundraising: PLC must raise $20,000 to cover associated project costs. To date, $11,000 has been raised. Contributions to this project are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. The Piscataquog Land Conservancy’s tax identification number is 23-7085677. For more information on how you can support this project or other PLC land protection projects now underway please contact the office at 603-487-3331 or click to contribute.